NOEMA CO(2-1) data show a nuclear molecular outflow in NGC 3079 offset by 14 pc with velocities -350 to -450 km/s, mass outflow rate 8.82 M_sun/yr, kinetic power 3.8e41 erg/s, and momentum rate 15 times the AGN radiation momentum, indicating an energy-driven jet-powered outflow.
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Molecular Outflows in the Nucleus of the Nearby Compton-thick AGN NGC 3079
NOEMA CO(2-1) data show a nuclear molecular outflow in NGC 3079 offset by 14 pc with velocities -350 to -450 km/s, mass outflow rate 8.82 M_sun/yr, kinetic power 3.8e41 erg/s, and momentum rate 15 times the AGN radiation momentum, indicating an energy-driven jet-powered outflow.