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Abstract

We review the mechanisms driving the ionized gas outflows in radio-quiet (RQ) AGN. Although it constitutes ∼90% of the AGN population, what drives these outflows in these AGNs remains an open question. High-resolution imaging and integral field unit (IFU) observation is key to spatially resolving these outflows, whereas radio observations are important to comprehend the underlying radiative processes. Radio interferometric observations have detected linear, collimated structures on the hundreds of pc scale in RQ AGN, which may be very similar to the extended radio jets in powerful galaxies. Proper motions measured in some objects are sub-relativistic. Other processes, such as synchrotron radiation from shock-accelerated gas around the outflows could give rise to radio emissions as well. Near the launching region, these outflows may be driven by the thermal energy of the accretion disk and exhibit free–free emission. IFU observations on the other hand have detected evidence of both winds and jets and the outflows driven by them in radio-quiet AGN. Some examples include nearby AGN such as Mrk 1044 and HE 1353-1917. An IFU study of nearby (z <0.06) RQ AGN has found that these outflows may be related to their radio properties on <100 pc scale, rather than their accretion properties. Recent JWST observations of RQ AGN XID 2028 have revealed that radio jets and wind could inflate bubbles, create cavities, and trigger star formation. Future high-resolution multi-wavelength observations and numerical simulations taking account of both jets and winds are hence essential to understand the complex interaction between radio-quiet AGN and the host from sub-pc to kpc scales.

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Title
What Drives the Ionized Gas Outflows in Radio-Quiet AGN?
Author
Singha, Mainak 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Christopher P O’Dea 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Baum, Stefi A 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Manitoba, 30A Sifton Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; Astrophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA; Southeastern Universities Research Association, 1201 New York Ave. NW, Suite 430, Washington, DC 20005, USA; Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA 
 Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Manitoba, 30A Sifton Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada 
First page
85
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20754434
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2857024445
Copyright
© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.