JWST Reveals Powerful Feedback from Radio Jets in a Massive Galaxy at z = 4.1

Author:

Roy NamrataORCID,Heckman TimothyORCID,Overzier RoderikORCID,Saxena AayushORCID,Duncan KennethORCID,Miley GeorgeORCID,Villar Martín Montserrat,Gabányi Krisztina ÉvaORCID,Aydar CatarinaORCID,Bosman Sarah E. I.ORCID,Rottgering HuubORCID,Pentericci LauraORCID,Onoue MasafusaORCID,Reynaldi VictoriaORCID

Abstract

Abstract We report observations of a powerful ionized gas outflow in the z = 4.1 luminous radio galaxy TNJ1338-1942 hosting an obscured quasar using the Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on board JWST. We spatially resolve a large-scale (∼15 kpc) outflow and measure outflow rates. The outflowing gas shows velocities exceeding 900 km s−1 and broad line profiles with widths exceeding 1200 km s−1 located at an ∼10 kpc projected distance from the central nucleus. The outflowing nebula spatially overlaps with the brightest radio lobe, indicating that the powerful radio jets are responsible for the outflow kinematics. The gas is possibly ionized by the obscured quasar with a contribution from shocks induced by the jets. The mass outflow rate map shows that the region with the broadest line profiles exhibits the strongest outflow rates. The total mass outflow rate is ∼500 M yr−1, and the mass loading factor is ∼1, indicating that a significant part of the gas is displaced outwards by the outflow. Our hypothesis is that the overpressured shocked jet fluid expands laterally to create an expanding ellipsoidal “cocoon” that causes the surrounding gas to accelerate outwards. The total kinetic energy injected by the radio jet is about 3 orders of magnitude larger than the energy in the outflowing ionized gas. This implies that kinetic energy must be transferred inefficiently from the jets to the gas. The bulk of the deposited energy possibly lies in the form of hot X-ray-emitting gas.

Funder

Space Telescope Science Institute

Publisher

American Astronomical Society

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