The Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS). Discovery of a global [C II] 158 μm line excess in AGN HE 1353-1917

DOI: 
10.1051/0004-6361/201935577
Publication date: 
01/06/2019
Main author: 
Smirnova-Pinchukova, I.
IAA authors: 
Pérez-Torres, M.
Authors: 
Smirnova-Pinchukova, I.;Husemann, B.;Busch, G.;Appleton, P.;Bethermin, M.;Combes, F.;Croom, S.;Davis, T. A.;Fischer, C.;Gaspari, M.;Groves, B.;Klein, R.;O'Dea, C. P.;Pérez-Torres, M.;Scharwächter, J.;Singha, M.;Tremblay, G. R.;Urrutia, T.
Journal: 
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Publication type: 
Article
Volume: 
626
Pages: 
L3
Abstract: 
The [C II]λ158 μm line is one of the strongest far-infrared (FIR) lines and an important coolant in the interstellar medium of galaxies that is accessible out to high redshifts. The excitation of [C II] is complex and can best be studied in detail at low redshifts. Here we report the discovery of the highest global [C II] excess with respect to the FIR luminosity in the nearby AGN host galaxy HE 1353-1917. This galaxy is exceptional among a sample of five targets because the AGN ionization cone and radio jet directly intercept the cold galactic disk. As a consequence, a massive multiphase gas outflow on kiloparsec scales is embedded in an extended narrow-line region. Because HE 1353-1917 is distinguished by these special properties from our four bright AGN, we propose that a global [C II] excess in AGN host galaxies could be a direct signature of a multiphase AGN-driven outflow with a high mass-loading factor.
Database: 
ADS
SCOPUS
URL: 
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85082833842&doi=10.1051%2f0004-6361%2f201935577&partnerID=40&md5=a6d7ca46c849302273b0e2a7862eeaf3
ADS Bibcode: 
2019A&A...626L...3S
Keywords: 
galaxies: Seyfert;galaxies: star formation;ISM: jets and outflows;infrared: ISM