The Astrophysical Journal Letters (Jan 2023)
First Results from the JWST Early Release Science Program Q3D: Benchmark Comparison of Optical and Mid-infrared Tracers of a Dusty, Ionized Red Quasar Wind at z = 0.435
- David S. N. Rupke,
- Dominika Wylezalek,
- Nadia L. Zakamska,
- Sylvain Veilleux,
- Caroline Bertemes,
- Yuzo Ishikawa,
- Weizhe Liu,
- Swetha Sankar,
- Andrey Vayner,
- Hui Xian Grace Lim,
- Ryan McCrory,
- Grey Murphree,
- Lillian Whitesell,
- Lu Shen,
- Guilin Liu,
- Jorge K. Barrera-Ballesteros,
- Hsiao-Wen Chen,
- Nadiia Diachenko,
- Andy D. Goulding,
- Jenny E. Greene,
- Kevin N. Hainline,
- Fred Hamann,
- Timothy Heckman,
- Sean D. Johnson,
- Dieter Lutz,
- Nora Lützgendorf,
- Vincenzo Mainieri,
- Nicole P. H. Nesvadba,
- Patrick Ogle,
- Eckhard Sturm
Affiliations
- David S. N. Rupke
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- Department of Physics, Rhodes College , 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112, USA ; [email protected]
- Dominika Wylezalek
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- Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg , Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Mönchhofstr 12-14, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Nadia L. Zakamska
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bloomberg Center, Johns Hopkins University , 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; Institute for Advanced Study , Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
- Sylvain Veilleux
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- Department of Astronomy and Joint Space-Science Institute, University of Maryland , College Park, MD 20742, USA
- Caroline Bertemes
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- Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg , Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Mönchhofstr 12-14, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Yuzo Ishikawa
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bloomberg Center, Johns Hopkins University , 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Weizhe Liu
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- Swetha Sankar
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bloomberg Center, Johns Hopkins University , 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Andrey Vayner
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bloomberg Center, Johns Hopkins University , 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Hui Xian Grace Lim
- Department of Physics, Rhodes College , 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112, USA ; [email protected]
- Ryan McCrory
- Department of Physics, Rhodes College , 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112, USA ; [email protected]
- Grey Murphree
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- Department of Physics, Rhodes College , 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112, USA ; [email protected]; Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai’i , Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- Lillian Whitesell
- Department of Physics, Rhodes College , 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112, USA ; [email protected]
- Lu Shen
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Research in Galaxies and Cosmology, Department of Astronomy, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China; School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University , College Station, TX 77843-4242 USA
- Guilin Liu
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Research in Galaxies and Cosmology, Department of Astronomy, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China; School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
- Jorge K. Barrera-Ballesteros
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- Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México , AP 70-264, CDMX 04510, Mexico
- Hsiao-Wen Chen
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- Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, The University of Chicago , 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Nadiia Diachenko
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bloomberg Center, Johns Hopkins University , 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Andy D. Goulding
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- Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University , 4 Ivy Lane, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
- Jenny E. Greene
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- Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University , 4 Ivy Lane, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
- Kevin N. Hainline
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- Fred Hamann
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California , Riverside, CA 92521, USA
- Timothy Heckman
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bloomberg Center, Johns Hopkins University , 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Sean D. Johnson
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Dieter Lutz
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik , Giessenbachstrasse 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Nora Lützgendorf
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- European Space Agency, Space Telescope Science Institute , Baltimore, MD, USA
- Vincenzo Mainieri
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- European Southern Observatory , Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 2, D-85748 Garching bei München, Germany
- Nicole P. H. Nesvadba
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- Université de la Côte d’Azur , Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange, Bd de l’Observatoire, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice cedex 4, France
- Patrick Ogle
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- Space Telescope Science Institute , 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Eckhard Sturm
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik , Giessenbachstrasse 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aced85
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 953,
no. 2
p. L26
Abstract
The [O iii ] 5007 Å emission line is the most common tracer of warm, ionized outflows in active galactic nuclei across cosmic time. JWST newly allows us to use mid-IR spectral features at both high spatial and spectral resolution to probe these same winds. Here we present a comparison of ground-based, seeing-limited [O iii ] and space-based, diffraction-limited [S iv ] 10.51 μ m maps of the powerful, kiloparsec-scale outflow in the Type 1 red quasar SDSS J110648.32+480712.3. The JWST data are from the Mid-InfraRed Instrument. There is a close match in resolution between the data sets (∼0.″6), in ionization potential of the O ^+2 and S ^+3 ions (35 eV) and in line sensitivity (1–2 × 10 ^−17 erg s ^−1 cm ^−2 arcsec ^−2 ). The [O iii ] and [S iv ] line shapes match in velocity and line width over much of the 20 kpc outflowing nebula, and [S iv ] is the brightest line in the rest-frame 3.5–19.5 μ m range, demonstrating its usefulness as a mid-IR probe of quasar outflows. [O iii ] is nevertheless intrinsically brighter and provides better contrast with the point-source continuum, which is strong in the mid-IR. There is a strong anticorrelation of [O iii ]/[S iv ] with average velocity, which is consistent with a scenario of differential obscuration between the approaching (blueshifted) and receding (redshifted) sides of the flow. The dust in the wind may also obscure the central quasar, consistent with models that attribute red quasar extinction to dusty winds.
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