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A fast-rotator post-starburst galaxy quenched by supermassive black-hole feedback at z = 3
(Springer Nature, 2024-09-16) D’Eugenio, Francesco; Pérez-González, Pablo G.; Maiolino, Roberto; Scholtz, Jan; Perna, Michele; Circosta, Chiara; Übler, Hannah; Arribas, Santiago; Böker, Torsten; Bunker, Andrew J.; Carniani, Stefano; Charlot, Stephane; Chevallard, Jacopo; Cresci, Giovanni; Curtis-Lake, Emma; Jones, Gareth C.; Kumari, Nimisha; Lamperti, Isabella; Looser, Tobias J.; Parlanti, Eleonora; Rix, Hans Walter; Robertson, Brant; Rodriguez Del Pino, Bruno; Tacchella, Sandro; Venturi, Giacomo; Willott, Chris J.; European Research Council (ERC); Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN); Comunidad De Madrid; Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España); Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF); Arizona State University (ASU); State University of Santa Cruz (UESC); National Science Foundation (NSF)
The most massive galaxies in the Universe stopped forming stars due to the time-integrated feedback from central supermassive black holes (SMBHs). However, the exact quenching mechanism is not yet understood, because local massive galaxies were quenched billions of years ago. Here we present JWST/NIRSpec integral-field spectroscopy observations of GS-10578, a massive, quiescent galaxy at redshift z = 3.064 ± 0.002. From its spectrum, we measure a stellar mass M⋆ = 1.6 ± 0.2 × 1011 M⊙ and a dynamical mass Mdyn = 2.0 ± 0.5 × 1011 M⊙. Half of its stellar mass formed at z = 3.7–4.6, and the system is now quiescent, with a current star-formation rate of less than 19 M⊙ yr−1. We detect ionized- and neutral-gas outflows traced by [O iii] emission and Na i absorption, with mass outflow rates 0.14–2.9 and 30–100 M⊙ yr−1, respectively. Outflow velocities reach vout ≈ 1,000 km s−1, comparable to the galaxy escape velocity. GS-10578 hosts an active galactic nucleus, evidence that these outflows are due to SMBH feedback. The neutral outflow rate is higher than the star-formation rate. Hence, this is direct evidence for ejective SMBH feedback, with a mass loading capable of interrupting star formation by rapidly removing its fuel. Stellar kinematics show ordered rotation, with spin parameter λRe=0.62±0.07, meaning GS-10578 is rotation-supported. This study presents direct evidence for ejective active galactic nucleus feedback in a massive, recently quenched galaxy, thus helping to clarify how SMBHs quench their hosts. The high value of λRe implies that quenching can occur without destroying the stellar disk.
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Accelerated quenching and chemical enhancement of massive galaxies in a z ≈ 4 gas-rich halo
(Nature Astronomy, 2025-07-21) Pérez-González, Pablo G.; D'Eugenio, Francesco; Rodriguez Del Pino, Bruno; Perna, Michele; Übler, Hannah; Maiolino, Roberto; Arribas, Santiago; Cresci, Giovanni; Lamperti, Isabella; Bunker, Andrew J.; Carniani, Stefano; Willott, Chris J.; Böker, Torsten; Parlanti, Eleonora; Scholtz, Jan; Venturi, Giacomo; Barro, Guillermo; Costantin, Luca; Martin-Navarro, Ignacio; Dunlop, James S.; Magee, Daniel; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN); Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España); European Commission; Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC); European Research Council (ERC); Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF); Fundación La Caixa
Stars in galaxies form when baryons radiatively cool down and fall into gravitational wells whose mass is dominated by dark matter. Eventually, star formation quenches as gas is depleted and/or perturbed by feedback processes, no longer being able to collapse and condense. We report the first spatially resolved spectroscopic observations, using the JWST/NIRSpec IFU, of a massive, completely quiescent galaxy (Jekyll) and its neighborhood at $z=3.714$, when the Universe age was 10% of today's. Jekyll resides in a massive dark matter halo (with mass M$_\mathrm{DM}>10^{12}$ M$_\odot$) and forms a galaxy pair with Hyde, which shows very intense dust-enshrouded star formation (star formation rate $\sim300$ M$_\odot$yr$^{-1}$). We find large amounts of kinematically perturbed ionized and neutral gas in the circumgalactic medium around the pair. Despite this large gas reservoir, Jekyll, which formed $10^{11}$ M$_\odot$ in stars and chemically enriched early (first billion years of the Universe) and quickly (200-300 Myr), has remained quiescent for over 500 Myr. The properties of the gas found around the two galaxies are consistent with intense, AGN-induced photoionization, or intense shocks. However, with the current data no obscured or unobscured AGN is detected in the central galaxy (Jekyll) nor in the very active and dust rich star-forming galaxy (Hyde).
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Connecting X-ray nuclear winds with galaxy-scale ionised outflows in two z ∼ 1.5 lensed quasars
(EDP Sciences, 2021-04-20) Tozzi, P.; Cresci, Giovanni; Marasco, A.; Nardini, E.; Marconi, A.; Mannucci, F.; Chartas, G.; Rizzo, F.; Amiri, A.; Brusa, M.; Comastri, A.; Dadina, Mauro; Lanzuisi, G.; Mainieri, V.; Mingozzi, M.; Perna, Michele; Venturi, Giacomo; Vignali, C.; Italian Ministry for University and Research (MUR); Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI); Comunidad de Madrid; Tozzi, G. [0000-0003-4226-7777]; Cresci, G. [0000-0002-5281-1417]; Marasco, A. [0000-0002-5655-6054]; Nardini, E. [0000-0001-9226-8992]; Marconi, A. [0000-0002-9889-4238]; Mannucci, F. [0000-0002-4803-2381]; Rizzo, F. [0000-0001-9705-2461]; Amiri, A. [0000-0002-8553-1964]; Dadina, M. [0000-0002-7858-7564]; Lanzuisi, G. [0000-0001-9094-0984]; Mainieri, V. [0000-0002-1047-9583]; Mingozzi, M. [0000-0003-2589-762X]; Perna, M. [0000-0002-0362-5941]; Venturi, G. [0000-0001-8349-3055]
Aims. Outflows driven by active galactic nuclei (AGN) are expected to have a significant impact on host galaxy evolution, but the matter of how they are accelerated and propagated on galaxy-wide scales is still under debate. This work addresses these questions by studying the link between X-ray, nuclear ultra-fast outflows (UFOs), and extended ionised outflows, for the first time, in two quasars close to the peak of AGN activity (z ∼ 2), where AGN feedback is expected to be more effective. Methods. Our selected targets, HS 0810+2554 and SDSS J1353+1138, are two multiple-lensed quasars at z ∼ 1.5 with UFO detection that have been observed with the near-IR integral field spectrometer SINFONI at the VLT. We performed a kinematical analysis of the [O III]λ5007 optical emission line to trace the presence of ionised outflows. Results. We detected spatially resolved ionised outflows in both galaxies, extended more than 8 kpc and moving up to v > 2000 km s−1. We derived mass outflow rates of ∼12 M⊙ yr−1 and ∼2 M⊙ yr−1 for HS 0810+2554 and SDSS J1353+1138. Conclusions. Compared with the co-hosted UFO energetics, the ionised outflow energetics in HS 0810+2554 is broadly consistent with a momentum-driven regime of wind propagation, whereas in SDSS J1353+1138, it differs by about two orders of magnitude from theoretical predictions, requiring either a massive molecular outflow or a high variability of the AGN activity to account for such a discrepancy. By additionally considering our results together with those from the small sample of well-studied objects (all local but one) having both UFO and extended (ionised, atomic, or molecular) outflow detections, we found that in 10 out of 12 galaxies, the large-scale outflow energetics is consistent with the theoretical predictions of either a momentum- or an energy-driven scenario of wind propagation. This suggests that such models explain the acceleration mechanism of AGN-driven winds on large scales relatively well.
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Galaxy-scale ionised winds driven by ultra-fast outflows in two nearby quasars
(EDP Sciences, 2020-11-24) Marasco, A.; Cresci, Giovanni; Nardini, E.; Mannucci, F.; Marconi, A.; Tozzi, P.; Amiri, A.; Venturi, Giacomo; Piconcelli, Enrico; Lanzuisi, G.; Tombesi, F.; Mingozzi, M.; Perna, Michele; Carniani, Stefano; Brusa, M.; Di Serego Alighieri, S.; Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF); Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI); Marasco, A. [0000-0002-5655-6054]; Cresci, G. [0000-0002-5281-1417]; Nardini, E. [0000-0001-9226-8992]; Manucci, F. [0000-0002-4803-2381]; Marconi, A. [0000-0002-9889-4238]; Tozzi, G. [0000-0003-4226-7777]; Amiri, A. [0000-0002-8553-1964]; Venturi, G. [0000-0001-8349-3055]; Piconcelli, E. [0000-0001-9095-2782]; Lanzuisi, G. [0000-0001-9094-0984]; Tombesi, F. [0000-0002-6562-8654]; Mingozzi, M. [0000-0003-2589-762X]; Perna, M. [0000-0002-0362-5941]; Carniani, S. [0000-0002-6719-380X]; Brusa, M. [0000-0002-5059-6848]; Di Serego Alighieri, S. [0000-0001-8769-2692]; Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
We used MUSE adaptive optics data in narrow field mode to study the properties of the ionised gas in MR 2251-178 and PG 1126-041, two nearby (z similar or equal to 0.06) bright quasars (QSOs) hosting sub-pc scale ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) detected in the X-ray band. We decomposed the optical emission from diffuse gas into a low- and a high-velocity components. The former is characterised by a clean, regular velocity field and a low (similar to 80 km s(-1)) velocity dispersion. It traces regularly rotating gas in PG 1126-041, while in MR 2251-178 it is possibly associated with tidal debris from a recent merger or flyby. The other component is found to be extended up to a few kpc from the nuclei, and shows a high (similar to 800 km s(-1)) velocity dispersion and a blue-shifted mean velocity, as is expected from outflows driven by active galactic nuclei (AGN). We estimate mass outflow rates up to a few M-circle dot yr(-1) and kinetic efficiencies L-KIN/L-BOL between 1-4x10(-4), in line with those of galaxies hosting AGN of similar luminosities. The momentum rates of these ionised outflows are comparable to those measured for the UFOs at sub-pc scales, which is consistent with a momentum-driven wind propagation. Pure energy-driven winds are excluded unless about 100x additional momentum is locked in massive molecular winds. In comparing the outflow properties of our sources with those of a small sample of well-studied QSOs hosting UFOs from the literature, we find that winds seem to systematically lie either in a momentum-driven or an energy-driven regime, indicating that these two theoretical models bracket the physics of AGN-driven winds very well.
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JADES Data Release 3: NIRSpec/Microshutter Assembly Spectroscopy for 4000 Galaxies in the GOODS Fields
(American Astronomical Society, 2025-02-14) D'Eugenio, Francesco; Cameron, Alex J.; Scholtz, Jan; Carniani, Stefano; Willott, Chris J.; Curtis-Lake, Emma; Bunker, Andrew J.; Parlanti, Eleonora; Maiolino, Roberto; Willmer, Christopher N. A.; Jakobsen, Peter; Robertson, Brant; Johnson, Benjamin D.; Tacchella, Sandro; Cargile, Phillip; Rawle, T. D.; Arribas, Santiago; Chevallard, Jacopo; Curti, Mirko; Egami, E.; Eisenstein, Daniel; Kumari, Nimisha; Looser, Tobias J.; Rieke, Marcia; Rodriguez Del Pino, Bruno; Saxena, Aayush; Übler, Hannah; Venturi, Giacomo; Witstok, Joris; Baker, William M.; Bhatawdekar, Rachana; Bonaventura, Nina; Boyett, Kristan; Charlot, Stephane; Danhaive, Angelica Lola; Hainline, Kevin N.; Hausen, Ryan; Helton, Jakob M.; Ji, Xihan; Ji, Zhiyuan; Jones, Gareth C.; Juodžbalis, Ignas; Maseda, Michael; Pérez-González, Pablo G.; Perna, Michele; Puskás, Dávid; Shivaei, Irene; Silcock, Maddie; Simmonds, Charlotte; Smit, Renske; Sun, Fengwu; Villanueva, Natalia C.; Williams, Christina C.; Zhu, Yongda; Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC); European Research Council (ERC); Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI); Comunidad de Madrid; University of Arizona (UA); Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF); Australian Research Council (ARC)
We present the third data release of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES), providing both imaging and spectroscopy in the two GOODS fields. Spectroscopy consists of medium-depth and deep NIRSpec/microshutter assembly spectra of 4000 targets, covering the spectral range 0.6-5.3 μm and observed with both the low-dispersion prism (R = 30-300) and all three medium-resolution gratings (R = 500-1500). We describe the observations, data reduction, sample selection, and target allocation. We measured 2375 redshifts (2053 from multiple emission lines); our targets span the range from z = 0.5 up to z = 13, including 404 at z > 5. The data release includes 2D and 1D fully reduced spectra, with slit-loss corrections and background subtraction optimized for point sources. We also provide redshifts and signal-to-noise ratio > 5 emission-line flux catalogs for the prism and grating spectra, and concise guidelines on how to use these data products. Alongside spectroscopy, we are also publishing fully calibrated NIRCam imaging, which enables studying the JADES sample with the combined power of imaging and spectroscopy. Together, these data provide the largest statistical sample to date to characterize the properties of galaxy populations in the first billion years after the Big Bang.
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MAGNUM survey: Compact jets causing large turmoil in galaxies Enhanced line widths perpendicular to radio jets as tracers of jet-ISM interaction
(EDP Sciences, 2021-04-07) Venturi, Giacomo; Cresci, Giovanni; Marconi, A.; Mingozzi, M.; Nardini, E.; Carniani, Stefano; Mannucci, F.; Marasco, A.; Maiolino, Roberto; Perna, Michele; Treister, E.; Bland Hawthorn, J.; Gallimore, J.; Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (FONDECYT); European Research Council (ERC); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC); Comunidad de Madrid; Venturi, G. [0000-0001-8349-3055]; Cresci, G. [0000-0002-5281-1417]; Marconi, A. [0000-0002-9889-4238]; Mingozzi, M. [0000-0003-2589-762X]; Nardini, E. [0000-0001-9226-8992]; Carniani, S. [0000-0002-6719-380X]; Mannucci, F. [0000-0002-4803-2381]; Marasco, A. [0000-0002-5655-6054]; Perna, M. [0000-0002-0362-5941]; Treister, E. [0000-0001-7568-6412]; Gallimore, J. [0000-0002-6972-2760]
Context. Outflows accelerated by active galactic nuclei (AGN) are commonly observed in the form of coherent, mildly collimated high-velocity gas directed along the AGN ionisation cones and kinetically powerful (≳1044 − 45 erg s−1) jets. Recent works found that outflows can also be accelerated by low-power (≲1044 erg s−1) jets, and the most recent cosmological simulations indicate that these are the dominant source of feedback on sub-kiloparsec scales, but little is known about their effect on the galaxy host. Aims. We study the relation between radio jets and the distribution and kinematics of the ionised gas in IC 5063, NGC 5643, NGC 1068, and NGC 1386 as part of our survey of nearby Seyfert galaxies called Measuring Active Galactic Nuclei Under MUSE Microscope (MAGNUM). All these objects host a small-scale (≲1 kpc) low-power (≲1044 erg s−1) radio jet that has small inclinations (≲45°) with respect to the galaxy disc. Methods. We employed seeing-limited optical integral field spectroscopic observations from the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) at the Very Large Telescope to obtain flux, kinematic, and excitation maps of the extended ionised gas. We compared these maps with archival radio images and in one case, with Chandra X-ray observations. Results. We detect a strong (up to ≳800–1000 km s−1) and extended (≳1 kpc) emission-line velocity spread perpendicular to the direction of the AGN ionisation cones and jets in all four targets. The gas excitation in this region of line-width enhancement is entirely compatible with shock ionisation. These broad and symmetric line profiles are not associated with a single coherent velocity of the gas. A ‘classical’ outflow component with net blueshifted and redshifted motions is also present, but is directed along the ionisation cones and jets. Conclusions. We interpret the observed phenomenon as due to the action of the jets perturbing the gas in the galaxy disc. These intense and extended velocity spreads perpendicular to AGN jets and cones are indeed currently only observed in galaxies hosting a low-power jet whose inclination is sufficiently low with respect to the galaxy disc to impact on and strongly affect its material. In line with cosmological simulations, our results demonstrate that low-power jets are indeed capable of affecting the host galaxy.