J/A+A/679/A89ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/679/A89doi:10.26093/cds/vizier/bc-n7/lijCDSPerna M.Arribas S.Marshall M.D'Eugenio F.Uebler H.Bunker A.,Charlot S.Carniani S.Jakobsen P.Maiolino R.Rodriguez Del Pino B.,Willott C.J.Boeker T.Circosta C.Cresci G.Curti M.Husemann B.,Kumari N.Lamperti I.Perez-Gonzalez P.G.Scholtz J.2026-07-01T14:01:19Z2023-11-15T07:28:31ZCDS support team

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cds-question@unistra.frquasarsinfrared-astronomyspectroscopyLBQS 0302-0019 is a blue quasar (QSO) at z~3.3 that hosts powerful outflows and resides in a complex environment consisting of an obscured active galactic nucleus (AGN) candidate and multiple companions, all within 30kpc in projection. We aim to characterise this complex system using JWST NIRSpec Integral Field Spectrograph (IFS) observations obtained as part of the NIRSpec IFS GTO programme 'Galaxy Assembly with NIRSpec IFS' (GA-NIFS); these data cover the QSO rest-frame optical emission lines with a spatial resolution of ~0.1" and a sampling of 0.05' (~380pc) over a contiguous sky area of ~3"x3" (23x23kpc^2^). We developed a procedure to correct for the spurious oscillations (or 'wiggles') in NIRSpec single-spaxel spectra caused by the spatial under-sampling of the point spread function. We performed a QSO-host decomposition with the QDeblend3D tools. We used multi-component kinematic decomposition of the optical emission line profiles to infer the physical properties of the emitting gas in the QSO environment. The QSO-host decomposition allows us to identify both a low- and a high-velocity component. The former possibly traces a warm rotating disk with a dynamical mass Mdyn~10^11^M_{sun}_ and a rotation-to-random motion ratio vrot/{sigma}0~2. The other kinematic component traces a spatially unresolved ionised outflow with a velocity of ~1000km/s and an outflow mass rate of ~10^4^M_{sun}_/yr. We clearly detect eight companion objects close to LBQS 0302-0019. For two of them, we detect a regular velocity field that likely traces rotating gas, and we infer individual dynamical masses of ~10^10^M_{sun}_. Another companion shows evidence of gravitational interaction with the QSO host. Optical line ratios confirm the presence of a second, obscured AGN~20kpc from the primary QSO; the dual AGN dominates the ionisation state of the gas in the entire NIRSpec field of view. This work has unveiled in unprecedented detail the complex environment of LBQS 0302-0019, which includes its host galaxy, a close obscured AGN, and nine interacting companions (five of which were previously unknown), all within 30kpc of the QSO. Our results support a scenario where mergers can trigger dual AGN and can be important drivers of rapid early supermassive black hole growth.2023A&A...679A..89Phttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/679/A89CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic serviceIsServedByConesearch servicehttps://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/679/A89https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/679/A89http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/679/A89https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/679/A89https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/679/A89http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/679/A89GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapCone search capability for table J/A+A/679/A89/list (Informations of fits spectrum)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/679/A89/list?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/679/A89/list?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/679/A89/list?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true46.20770830.13708330.0055555555555555566/23210https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/moc/J/A+A/679/A89?format=asciiInfrareddefaultJ/A+A/679/A89/listInformations of fits spectrumrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintRAJ2000Right ascension (J2000)pos.eq.ra;meta.mainDEJ2000Declination (J2000)pos.eq.dec;meta.mainNxNumber of pixels along X-axismeta.numberintsizeSize of FITS fileKibytephys.size;meta.fitsintspShow the spectrummeta.ref.urlcharFileNameName of FITS file, in subdirectory fitsmeta.id;meta.fitscharTitleTitle of the FITS filemeta.title;meta.fitschar