Galaxy evolution. Black hole feedback in the luminous quasar PDS 456

E Nardini¹, J N Reeves², J Gofford², F A Harrison³, G Risaliti⁴, V Braito⁵, M T Costa⁶, G A Matzeu⁶, D J Walton⁷, E Behar⁸, S E Boggs⁹, F E Christensen¹⁰, W W Craig¹¹, C J Hailey¹², G Matt¹³, J M Miller¹⁴, P T O'Brien¹⁵, D Stern¹⁶, T J Turner¹⁷, M J Ward¹⁸

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¹ Astrophysics Group, School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK. e.nardini@keele.ac.uk.
² Astrophysics Group, School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK. Center for Space Science and Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA.
³ Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
⁴ Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo Enrico Fermi 5, I-50125 Firenze, Italy. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
⁵ INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate (LC), Italy.
⁶ Astrophysics Group, School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK.
⁷ Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.
⁸ Department of Physics, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel.
⁹ Space Science Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
¹⁰ Danmarks Tekniske Universitet Space-National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej 327, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
¹¹ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA.
¹² Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
¹³ Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 84, I-00146 Roma, Italy.
¹⁴ Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.
¹⁶ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.
¹⁷ Physics Department, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA. Eureka Scientific Inc., 2452 Delmer Street Suite 100, Oakland, CA 94602, USA.
¹⁸ Department of Physics, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.

PMID: 25700515
DOI: 10.1126/science.1259202

Galaxy evolution. Black hole feedback in the luminous quasar PDS 456

E Nardini et al. Science. 2015.

. 2015 Feb 20;347(6224):860-3.

doi: 10.1126/science.1259202.

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Affiliations

¹ Astrophysics Group, School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK. e.nardini@keele.ac.uk.
² Astrophysics Group, School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK. Center for Space Science and Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA.
³ Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
⁴ Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo Enrico Fermi 5, I-50125 Firenze, Italy. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
⁵ INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate (LC), Italy.
⁶ Astrophysics Group, School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK.
⁷ Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.
⁸ Department of Physics, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel.
⁹ Space Science Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
¹⁰ Danmarks Tekniske Universitet Space-National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej 327, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
¹¹ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA.
¹² Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
¹³ Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 84, I-00146 Roma, Italy.
¹⁴ Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.
¹⁶ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.
¹⁷ Physics Department, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA. Eureka Scientific Inc., 2452 Delmer Street Suite 100, Oakland, CA 94602, USA.
¹⁸ Department of Physics, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.

PMID: 25700515
DOI: 10.1126/science.1259202

Abstract

The evolution of galaxies is connected to the growth of supermassive black holes in their centers. During the quasar phase, a huge luminosity is released as matter falls onto the black hole, and radiation-driven winds can transfer most of this energy back to the host galaxy. Over five different epochs, we detected the signatures of a nearly spherical stream of highly ionized gas in the broadband x-ray spectra of the luminous quasar PDS 456. This persistent wind is expelled at relativistic speeds from the inner accretion disk, and its wide aperture suggests an effective coupling with the ambient gas. The outflow's kinetic power larger than 10(46) ergs per second is enough to provide the feedback required by models of black hole and host galaxy coevolution.

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