Kiloparsec-scale AGN Outflows and Feedback in Merger-Free Galaxies

Abstract

Recent observations and simulations have challenged the long-held paradigm that mergers are the dominant mechanism driving the growth of both galaxies and supermassive black holes (SMBH), in favour of non-merger (secular) processes. In this pilot study of merger-free SMBH and galaxy growth, we use Keck Cosmic Web Imager spectral observations to examine four low-redshift ($0.043<z<0.073$) disk-dominated `bulgeless' galaxies hosting luminous AGN, assumed to be merger-free. We detect blueshifted broadened [OIII] emission from outflows in all four sources, which the \oiii/\hbeta~ratios reveal are ionised by the AGN. We calculate outflow rates in the range $0.12-0.7{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }{\mathrm{yr}}^{-1}$, with velocities of $675-1710\mathrm{km}{\mathrm{s}}^{-1}$, large radial extents of $0.6-2.4\mathrm{kpc}$, and SMBH accretion rates of $0.02-0.07{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }{\mathrm{yr}}^{-1}$. We find that the outflow rates, kinematics, and energy injection rates are typical of the wider population of low-redshift AGN, and have velocities exceeding the galaxy escape velocity by a factor of $\sim 30$, suggesting that these outflows will have a substantial impact through AGN feedback. Therefore, if both merger-driven and non-merger-driven SMBH growth lead to co-evolution, this suggests that co-evolution is regulated by feedback in both scenarios. Simulations find that bars and spiral arms can drive inflows to galactic centres at rates an order of magnitude larger than the combined SMBH accretion and outflow rates of our four targets. This work therefore provides further evidence that non-merger processes are sufficient to fuel SMBH growth and AGN outflows in disk galaxies.

arXiv comment14 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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