Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-12-21
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Proceedings of the 11th Asian-Pacific Regional IAU Meeting 2011; NARIT Conference Series, Vol. 1, S. Komonjinda, Y. Kovalev, a
Scientific paper
Massive gas outflows are considered a key component in the process of galaxy formation and evolution. It is, therefore, not surprising that a lot of effort is going in quantifying their impact via detailed observations. This short contribution presents recent results obtained from HI and CO observations of different objects where the AGN - and in particular the radio jet - is likely playing an important role in producing the gas outflows. These preliminary results are reinforcing the conclusion that these outflows have a complex and multiphase structure where cold gas in different phases (atomic and molecular) is involved and likely represent a major component. These results will also provide important constraints for establishing how the interaction between AGN/radio jet and the surrounding ISM occurs and how efficiently the gas should cool to produce the observed properties of the outflowing gas. HI likely represents an intermediate phase in this process, while the molecular gas would be the final stage. Whether the estimated outflow masses match what expected from simulations of galaxy formation, it is still far from clear.
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