Directly Tracing Cool Filamentary Accretion over >100 kpc into the Interstellar Medium of a Quasar Host at z = 1

We report the discovery of giant (50−100 kpc) [O ii ] emitting nebulae with MUSE in the field of TXS 0206−048, a luminous quasar at z = 1.13. “Down-the-barrel” UV spectra of the quasar show absorption at velocities coincident with those of the extended nebulae, enabling new insights into inflows and...

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Main Authors: Sean D. Johnson, Joop Schaye, Gregory L. Walth, Jennifer I-Hsiu Li, Gwen C. Rudie, Hsiao-Wen Chen, Mandy C. Chen, Benoît Epinat, Massimo Gaspari, Sebastiano Cantalupo, Wolfram Kollatschny, Zhuoqi (Will) Liu, Sowgat Muzahid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aca28e