GATOS: missing molecular gas in the outflow of NGC 5728 revealed by JWST
(2024)
Journal Article
Davies, R., Shimizu, T., Pereira-Santaella, M., Alonso-Herrero, A., Audibert, A., Bellocchi, E., Boorman, P., Campbell, S., Cao, Y., Combes, F., Delaney, D., Díaz-Santos, T., Eisenhauer, F., Esparza Arredondo, D., Feuchtgruber, H., Förster Schreiber, N. M., Fuller, L., Gandhi, P., García-Bernete, I., García-Burillo, S., …Zhang, L. (2024). GATOS: missing molecular gas in the outflow of NGC 5728 revealed by JWST. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 689, Article A263. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202449875
The ionisation cones of NGC 5728 have a deficit of molecular gas based on millimetre observations of CO (2-1) emission. Although photoionisation from the active nucleus may lead to suppression of this transition, warm molecular gas can still be prese... Read More about GATOS: missing molecular gas in the outflow of NGC 5728 revealed by JWST.