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Mapping Jet-gas Coupling and Energetic Ionized Outflows in High-redshift Radio Galaxies with JWST/NIRSpec

  • Authors: Namrata Roy, Timothy Heckman, Alaina Henry, Wuji Wang, Pranav Kukreti

Namrata Roy et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal 1002 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 17.

Spatially resolved [O III]λ5007 emission in TN J0121. Left: [O III] moment 0 map the clumpy and asymmetric ionized gas distribution, with the brightest emission concentrated near the radio core (magenta contour lines) and a secondary, spatially offset clump lying ∼2″ to the east. Middle: [O III] W80 map tracing the velocity width of the [O III] line, which peaks in the vicinity of the radio center and shows localized broadening (>1200 km s−1) indicative of AGN-driven kinematic disturbance. Right: radial W80 radial profile along the putative jet axis. Similar to the 2D map, the average W80 radial profile also shows relatively modest line width (∼500–800 km s−1) across most regions but exhibits a spike to >1200 km s−1 near the radio core. The compact radio morphology in TN J0121 might host a small-scale jet underneath, which is pushing the gas and disrupting the kinematics.

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