JWST Discovery of a Very Fast Biconical Outflow of Warm Molecular Gas in the Nearby Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy F08572+3915 NW
We present new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Mid-Infrared Instrument Medium-Resolution Spectrometer observations of the nearby ultraluminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) F08572+3915 NW. These integral field spectroscopic (IFS) data reveal a kpc-scale warm-molecular rotating disk and biconical outflow...
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| author | Kylie Yui Dan Jerome Seebeck Sylvain Veilleux David Rupke Eduardo Gonzalez-Alfonso Ismael Garcia-Bernete Weizhe Liu Dieter Lutz Marcio Melendez Miguel Pereira Santaella Eckhard Sturm Francesco Tombesi |
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| description | We present new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Mid-Infrared Instrument Medium-Resolution Spectrometer observations of the nearby ultraluminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) F08572+3915 NW. These integral field spectroscopic (IFS) data reveal a kpc-scale warm-molecular rotating disk and biconical outflow traced by the H _2 ν = 0–0 S(1), S(2), S(3), and S(5) rotational transitions. The outflow maintains a relatively constant median (maximum) projected velocity of 1100 km s ^−1 (3000 km s ^−1 ) out to ∼1.4 kpc from the nucleus. The outflowing H _2 material is slightly warmer (640–700 K) than the rotating disk material (460–520 K), perhaps due to shock heating in the highly turbulent outflowing material. This outflow shares the same kinematics and orientation as the sub-kiloparsec scale warm H _2 outflow traced by the rovibrational H _2 lines in Keck AO near-infrared IFS data. However, this warm H _2 outflow is significantly faster than the sub-kiloparsec-scale cold molecular outflow derived from multi-transition far-infrared OH observations with Herschel and the greater than or equivalent to kiloparsec-scale cold molecular outflow mapped by millimeter-wave interferometric CO 1–0 observations with IRAM-PdBI and NOEMA. The new JWST data bolster the scenario where the buried quasar in this ULIRG is excavating the dust screen, accelerating perhaps as much as 60% of the dusty warm molecular material to velocities beyond the escape velocity, and thus influencing the evolution of the host galaxy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-643b95e463944d27bfdcb3e31e2c0a5c2025-01-17T09:11:07ZengIOP PublishingThe Astrophysical Journal1538-43572025-01-0197916810.3847/1538-4357/ad9a50JWST Discovery of a Very Fast Biconical Outflow of Warm Molecular Gas in the Nearby Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy F08572+3915 NWKylie Yui Dan0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5894-4651Jerome Seebeck1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4014-9067Sylvain Veilleux2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3158-6820David Rupke3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1608-7564Eduardo Gonzalez-Alfonso4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5285-8517Ismael Garcia-Bernete5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9627-5281Weizhe Liu6https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3762-7344Dieter Lutz7https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0291-9582Marcio Melendez8https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8485-0325Miguel Pereira Santaella9https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4005-9619Eckhard Sturm10https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0018-3666Francesco Tombesi11https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6562-8654Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland , College Park, MD 20742, USADepartment of Astronomy, University of Maryland , College Park, MD 20742, USADepartment of Astronomy, University of Maryland , College Park, MD 20742, USA; Joint Space-Science Institute, Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland , College Park, MD 20742, USADepartment of Physics, Rhodes College , Memphis, TN 38112, USAUniversidad de Alcalá , Departamento de Física y Matemáticas, Campus Universitario, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, SpainCentro de Astrobiología (CAB) , CSIC-INTA, Camino Bajo del 497 Castillo s/n, E-28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, SpainDepartment of Astronomy, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , Tucson, AZ 85719, USAMax Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics , Giessenbachstraße 1, 85748 Garching, GermanySpace Telescope Science Institute , 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USAInstituto de Física Fundamental (IFF) , CSIC, Serrano 123, E-28006 Madrid, SpainMax Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics , Giessenbachstraße 1, 85748 Garching, GermanyPhysics Department, Tor Vergata University of Rome , Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; INAF—Astronomical Observatory of Rome , Via Frascati 33, 00040 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy; INFN—Rome Tor Vergata , Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, ItalyWe present new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Mid-Infrared Instrument Medium-Resolution Spectrometer observations of the nearby ultraluminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) F08572+3915 NW. These integral field spectroscopic (IFS) data reveal a kpc-scale warm-molecular rotating disk and biconical outflow traced by the H _2 ν = 0–0 S(1), S(2), S(3), and S(5) rotational transitions. The outflow maintains a relatively constant median (maximum) projected velocity of 1100 km s ^−1 (3000 km s ^−1 ) out to ∼1.4 kpc from the nucleus. The outflowing H _2 material is slightly warmer (640–700 K) than the rotating disk material (460–520 K), perhaps due to shock heating in the highly turbulent outflowing material. This outflow shares the same kinematics and orientation as the sub-kiloparsec scale warm H _2 outflow traced by the rovibrational H _2 lines in Keck AO near-infrared IFS data. However, this warm H _2 outflow is significantly faster than the sub-kiloparsec-scale cold molecular outflow derived from multi-transition far-infrared OH observations with Herschel and the greater than or equivalent to kiloparsec-scale cold molecular outflow mapped by millimeter-wave interferometric CO 1–0 observations with IRAM-PdBI and NOEMA. The new JWST data bolster the scenario where the buried quasar in this ULIRG is excavating the dust screen, accelerating perhaps as much as 60% of the dusty warm molecular material to velocities beyond the escape velocity, and thus influencing the evolution of the host galaxy.https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad9a50Galactic and extragalactic astronomyGalaxiesExtragalactic astronomyActive galaxiesInfrared galaxiesUltraluminous infrared galaxies |
| spellingShingle | Kylie Yui Dan Jerome Seebeck Sylvain Veilleux David Rupke Eduardo Gonzalez-Alfonso Ismael Garcia-Bernete Weizhe Liu Dieter Lutz Marcio Melendez Miguel Pereira Santaella Eckhard Sturm Francesco Tombesi JWST Discovery of a Very Fast Biconical Outflow of Warm Molecular Gas in the Nearby Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy F08572+3915 NW The Astrophysical Journal Galactic and extragalactic astronomy Galaxies Extragalactic astronomy Active galaxies Infrared galaxies Ultraluminous infrared galaxies |
| title | JWST Discovery of a Very Fast Biconical Outflow of Warm Molecular Gas in the Nearby Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy F08572+3915 NW |
| title_full | JWST Discovery of a Very Fast Biconical Outflow of Warm Molecular Gas in the Nearby Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy F08572+3915 NW |
| title_fullStr | JWST Discovery of a Very Fast Biconical Outflow of Warm Molecular Gas in the Nearby Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy F08572+3915 NW |
| title_full_unstemmed | JWST Discovery of a Very Fast Biconical Outflow of Warm Molecular Gas in the Nearby Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy F08572+3915 NW |
| title_short | JWST Discovery of a Very Fast Biconical Outflow of Warm Molecular Gas in the Nearby Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy F08572+3915 NW |
| title_sort | jwst discovery of a very fast biconical outflow of warm molecular gas in the nearby ultraluminous infrared galaxy f08572 3915 nw |
| topic | Galactic and extragalactic astronomy Galaxies Extragalactic astronomy Active galaxies Infrared galaxies Ultraluminous infrared galaxies |
| url | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad9a50 |
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