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Kiloparsec-scale Alignment of a Radio Jet with Cool Gas and Dust in a z ∼ 6 Quasar

Published inThe astrophysical journal. Letters, vol. 983, no. 1, L8
Publication date2025-04-10
First online date2025-04-04
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We present high-angular-resolution (0 . ″ 068, ∼400 pc) Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) imaging of the [C ii ] line and dust continuum emission of PSO J352.4034–15.3373, a radio-loud quasar at z = 5.83. The observations reveal a remarkably close match between the orientation of the [C ii ] and thermal dust emission mapped by ALMA and radio synchrotron emission of a radio jet previously mapped by the Very Long Baseline Array. This narrow alignment extends over ∼4 kpc, reminiscent of the well-studied “alignment effect” in lower-redshift radio galaxies. The [C ii ] kinematics show a linear increase in velocity with galactocentric radii up to ∼200 km s −1 at r = 2 kpc, consistent with bulk motions within the galaxy potential, and not relativistic jet motions. The kinematics and respective morphologies are consistent with a picture in which the relativistic jet injects energy into the interstellar medium (potentially leading to subsequent star formation), giving rise to the observed alignment and significant (≳100 km s −1 ) [C ii ] velocity dispersion within the host galaxy on kiloparsec scales. Indeed, the astonishingly close alignment and narrow linearity of the radio jet with the [C ii ] and dust emission are hard to conceive without some fundamental relationship between the two.

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WALTER, Fabian et al. Kiloparsec-scale Alignment of a Radio Jet with Cool Gas and Dust in a z ∼ 6 Quasar. In: The astrophysical journal. Letters, 2025, vol. 983, n° 1, p. L8. doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/adc2f5
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