Impact of AGN and nuclear star formation on the ISM turbulence of galaxies: Insights from JWST/MIRI spectroscopy
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| author | Riffel, Rogemar A. Colina, Luis Costa-Souza, José Henrique Mainieri, Vincenzo Santaella, Miguel Pereira Dors, Oli L. García-Bernete, Ismael Alonso-Herrero, Almudena Audibert, Anelise Bellocchi, Enrica Bunker, Andrew J. Campbell, Steph Combes, Françoise Davies, Richard I. Díaz-Santos, Tanio Donnan, Fergus R. Esposito, Federico García-Burillo, Santiago García-Lorenzo, Begoña Martín, Omaira González Haidar, Houda Hicks, Erin K. S. Hoenig, Sebastian F. Imanishi, Masatoshi Labiano, Alvaro Lopez-Rodriguez, Enrique Packham, Christopher Almeida, Cristina Ramos Rigopoulou, Dimitra Rosario, David Souza-Oliveira, Gabriel Luan Martín, Montserrat Villar Veenema, Oscar Zhang, Lulu |
| author_facet | Riffel, Rogemar A. Colina, Luis Costa-Souza, José Henrique Mainieri, Vincenzo Santaella, Miguel Pereira Dors, Oli L. García-Bernete, Ismael Alonso-Herrero, Almudena Audibert, Anelise Bellocchi, Enrica Bunker, Andrew J. Campbell, Steph Combes, Françoise Davies, Richard I. Díaz-Santos, Tanio Donnan, Fergus R. Esposito, Federico García-Burillo, Santiago García-Lorenzo, Begoña Martín, Omaira González Haidar, Houda Hicks, Erin K. S. Hoenig, Sebastian F. Imanishi, Masatoshi Labiano, Alvaro Lopez-Rodriguez, Enrique Packham, Christopher Almeida, Cristina Ramos Rigopoulou, Dimitra Rosario, David Souza-Oliveira, Gabriel Luan Martín, Montserrat Villar Veenema, Oscar Zhang, Lulu |
| contents | Active galactic nuclei (AGN), star formation (SF), and galaxy interactions can drive turbulence in the gas of the ISM, which in turn plays a role in the SF within galaxies. The impact on molecular gas is of particular importance, as it serves as the primary fuel for SF. Our goal is to investigate the origin of turbulence and the emission of molecular gas, as well as low- and intermediate-ionization gas, in the inner few kpc of both AGN hosts and SF galaxies. We use JWST MIRI/MRS observations of a sample consisting of 54 galaxies at z<0.1. We present fluxes of the H2 S(5)6.9091, [Ar II]6.9853, [FeII]5.3403, and [Ar III]8.9914 lines, along with velocity dispersion from W80. For galaxies with coronal emission, [Mg V]5.6098 is also included. Line ratios are compared to photoionization and shock models to explore the origin of the gas emission. AGNs exhibit broader emission lines than SFGs, with the largest velocity dispersions observed in radio-strong (RS) AGNs. H2 gas is less turbulent compared to ionized gas, while coronal gas presents higher velocity dispersions. The W80 values for the ionized gas exhibits a decrease from the nucleus out to radii of approximately 0.5--1 kpc, followed by an outward increase up to 2-3 kpc. In contrast, the H2 line widths generally display increasing profiles with distance from the center. Correlations W80 and line ratios such as H2 S(5)/[ArII] and [FeII]/[ArII] indicate that the most turbulent gas is associated with shocks, enhancing H2 and [FeII] emissions. We speculate that these shocked gas regions are produced by AGN outflows and jet-cloud interactions in AGN-dominated sources, while in SFGs, they may be created by stellar winds and mergers. This shock-induced gas heating may be an important mechanism of AGN (or stellar) feedback, preventing the gas from cooling and forming new stars. |
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| spellingShingle | Impact of AGN and nuclear star formation on the ISM turbulence of galaxies: Insights from JWST/MIRI spectroscopy Riffel, Rogemar A. Colina, Luis Costa-Souza, José Henrique Mainieri, Vincenzo Santaella, Miguel Pereira Dors, Oli L. García-Bernete, Ismael Alonso-Herrero, Almudena Audibert, Anelise Bellocchi, Enrica Bunker, Andrew J. Campbell, Steph Combes, Françoise Davies, Richard I. Díaz-Santos, Tanio Donnan, Fergus R. Esposito, Federico García-Burillo, Santiago García-Lorenzo, Begoña Martín, Omaira González Haidar, Houda Hicks, Erin K. S. Hoenig, Sebastian F. Imanishi, Masatoshi Labiano, Alvaro Lopez-Rodriguez, Enrique Packham, Christopher Almeida, Cristina Ramos Rigopoulou, Dimitra Rosario, David Souza-Oliveira, Gabriel Luan Martín, Montserrat Villar Veenema, Oscar Zhang, Lulu Astrophysics of Galaxies Active galactic nuclei (AGN), star formation (SF), and galaxy interactions can drive turbulence in the gas of the ISM, which in turn plays a role in the SF within galaxies. The impact on molecular gas is of particular importance, as it serves as the primary fuel for SF. Our goal is to investigate the origin of turbulence and the emission of molecular gas, as well as low- and intermediate-ionization gas, in the inner few kpc of both AGN hosts and SF galaxies. We use JWST MIRI/MRS observations of a sample consisting of 54 galaxies at z<0.1. We present fluxes of the H2 S(5)6.9091, [Ar II]6.9853, [FeII]5.3403, and [Ar III]8.9914 lines, along with velocity dispersion from W80. For galaxies with coronal emission, [Mg V]5.6098 is also included. Line ratios are compared to photoionization and shock models to explore the origin of the gas emission. AGNs exhibit broader emission lines than SFGs, with the largest velocity dispersions observed in radio-strong (RS) AGNs. H2 gas is less turbulent compared to ionized gas, while coronal gas presents higher velocity dispersions. The W80 values for the ionized gas exhibits a decrease from the nucleus out to radii of approximately 0.5--1 kpc, followed by an outward increase up to 2-3 kpc. In contrast, the H2 line widths generally display increasing profiles with distance from the center. Correlations W80 and line ratios such as H2 S(5)/[ArII] and [FeII]/[ArII] indicate that the most turbulent gas is associated with shocks, enhancing H2 and [FeII] emissions. We speculate that these shocked gas regions are produced by AGN outflows and jet-cloud interactions in AGN-dominated sources, while in SFGs, they may be created by stellar winds and mergers. This shock-induced gas heating may be an important mechanism of AGN (or stellar) feedback, preventing the gas from cooling and forming new stars. |
| title | Impact of AGN and nuclear star formation on the ISM turbulence of galaxies: Insights from JWST/MIRI spectroscopy |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02517 |