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Blowin' in the wind: both ‘negative’ and ‘positive’ feedback in an outflowing quasar at z∼1.6

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2015

Giovanni Cresci*
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisco di Arcetri, largo E. Fermi 5, 50127, Firenze, Italy email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Quasar feedback in the form of powerful outflows is invoked as a key mechanism to quench star formation, preventing massive galaxies to over-grow and producing the red colors of ellipticals. On the other hand, some models are also requiring ‘positive’ AGN feedback, inducing star formation in the host galaxy through enhanced gas pressure in the interstellar medium. However, finding observational evidence of the effects of both types of feedback is still one of the main challenges of extragalactic astronomy, as few observations of energetic and extended radiatively-driven winds are available. We present SINFONI near infrared integral field spectroscopy of XID2028, an obscured, radio-quiet z=1.59 QSO, in which we clearly resolve a fast (1500 km/s) and extended (up to 13 kpc from the black hole) outflow in the [OIII] lines emitting gas, whose large velocity and outflow rate are not sustainable by star formation only. The narrow component of Hα emission and the rest frame U band flux show that the outflow position lies in the center of an empty cavity surrounded by star forming regions on its edge. The outflow is therefore removing the gas from the host galaxy (‘negative feedback’), but also triggering star formation by outflow induced pressure at the edges (‘positive feedback’). XID2028 represents the first example of a host galaxy showing both types of feedback simultaneously at work.

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