eprintid: 35167 rev_number: 11 eprint_status: archive userid: 8313 dir: disk0/00/03/51/67 datestamp: 2024-07-26 07:39:19 lastmod: 2024-07-26 07:39:25 status_changed: 2024-07-26 07:39:19 type: doctoralThesis metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Wang, Wuji title: Three-dimensional view of circumgalactic to interstellar medium around distant radio galaxies subjects: ddc-520 divisions: i-130001 adv_faculty: af-13 abstract: High-redshift radio galaxies (HzRGs, z ≳ 2) represent a unique population of luminous active galactic nuclei (AGN), enabling the simultaneous examination of jet-mode and radiative-mode feedback in massive galaxies. This thesis focuses on the gaseous medium from circumgalactic to interstellar medium (CGM to ISM) scales around the most well-observed HzRGs sample, leveraging multiwavelength 3D information from integral field spectrographs. The lives of galaxies are shaped both by internal processes and their environment. The ISM and CGM are thus key components in galaxy evolution as sites of energy exchange, chemical enrichment and material cycling. Using MUSE, I conducted the first systematic analysis of ∼ 100 kpc intrinsic Lyα nebulae (corrected for H I absorption) for the eight HzRGs. Our characterization of CGM gas properties enables a cross-comparison to different quasar species. The ISM within HzRGs however has remained poorly understood prior to the JWST era. I have analyzed the warm ionized gas on galactic scales using JWST/NIRSpec IFU with sub-kpc resolution, revealing inefficient radiatively driven outflows in one HzRG, potentially implying that jet-mode feedback dominates. Overall, this thesis initiates the 3D analysis of distant AGN, with legacy datasets spanning from the rest frame UV to far infrared (e.g., ALMA). date: 2024 id_scheme: DOI id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00035167 own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-351675 date_accepted: 2024-07-18 advisor: HASH(0x561a62afa9a0) language: eng bibsort: WANGWUJITHREEDIMEN20240724 full_text_status: public place_of_pub: Heidelberg citation: Wang, Wuji (2024) Three-dimensional view of circumgalactic to interstellar medium around distant radio galaxies. [Dissertation] document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/35167/1/WujiWang_thesis_final_May31.pdf