The MEGARA view of outflows in LINERs

Abstract

Outflows are believed to be ubiquitous in all AGNs, although their presence in low luminosity AGNs, in particular, for LINERs, has only started to be explored. Their properties (geometry, mass and energetics) are still far from being properly characterised. We use integral field spectroscopic data from the MEGARA instrument, at GTC, to analyse a small sample of nine LINERs, candidates of hosting ionised gas outflows. We aim to study the main emission lines in the optical to identify their properties and physical origin. We obtained data cubes at the lowest (R$\sim$6000) and highest (R$\sim$20000) spectral resolution of MEGARA. We modelled and subtracted the stellar continuum to obtain the ionised gas contribution, and then fitted the emission lines to extract their kinematics (velocity and velocity dispersion). We identified outflows as a secondary component in the emission lines. The primary component of the emission lines was typically associated to gas in the galactic disc. For some objects, there is an enhanced-$\sigma$ region co-spatial with the secondary component. We associated it to turbulent gas produced due to the interaction with the outflows. We find signatures of outflows in six LINERs, with mass outflow rates ranging from 0.004 to 0.4 M${}_{sun}$yr${}^{-1}$ and energy rates from $\sim$10${}^{38}$ to $\sim$10${}^{40}$ erg s${}^{-1}$. Their mean electronic density is 600cm${}^{-3}$, extending to distances of $\sim$400 pc at an (absolute) velocity of $\sim$340 km s${}^{-1}$ (on average). They tend to be compact and unresolved, although for some sources they are extended with a bubble-like morphology. Our results confirm the existence of outflows in the best LINER candidates identified using previous long-slit spectroscopic and imaging data. These outflows do not follow the scaling relations obtained for more luminous AGNs. For some objects we discuss jets as the main drivers of the outflows

31 pages, 15 figures. Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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