Outflows of Low and High Ionization Gas in Nearby AGN

Müller Sánchez, F.; Prieto, A.; Davies, R. I.; Hicks, E. K. S.
Bibliographical reference

Co-Evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 267, p. 403-403

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2010
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4
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2
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We present results from a survey of nearby AGN using the adaptive optics assisted integral-field spectrometer SINFONI on the VLT. These data enable us to study at high angular resolution (~ 0.″08) the distribution and kinematics of the low-ionization gas traced by the BrΓλ2.17 μm recombination line and [Si vi] λ 1.96 μm, [Al ix] λ 2.04 μm, and [Ca viii] λ 2.32 μm, the most prominent coronal lines in the near-IR. Overall, our results show that the coronal lines extend to a radius similar to that of narrow Brγ emission, mimicking in most cases the narrow-line region (NLR). In addition, the kinematics of the highly ionized species, and most of the Brγ kinematics, is dominated by non-circular motions with higher dispersion along the ionization cones, indicating that material is being accelerated and outflowing from a region very close to the AGN.