Outflows from AGN: their Impact on Spectra and the Environment

TL;DR

This paper uses multi-dimensional simulations to study AGN outflows, analyzing their spectral signatures and potential environmental impacts, focusing on disk winds and large-scale inflow-driven winds.

Contribution

It provides the first detailed simulation-based analysis of AGN outflows' spectra and environmental effects, linking theoretical models to observations.

Findings

Simulated spectra match observed broad- and narrow-line regions.

Outflows can significantly influence host galaxy environments.

Disk winds and large-scale inflows have distinct spectral signatures.

Abstract

We present a brief summary of the main results from our multi-dimensional, time-dependent simulations of gas dynamics in AGN. We focus on two types of outflows powered by radiation emitted from the AGN: disk winds and winds driven from large-scale inflows. We show spectra predicted by the simulations and discuss their relevance to observations of broad- and narrow-line regions of the AGN. We finish with a few remarks on whether these outflows can have a significant impact on their environment and host galaxy.