Abstract

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) driven feedback via jets and outflows play a dominant role in shaping galaxies across cosmic time. Recent results from JWST show an overabundance of AGN candidates especially at higher redshifts, which has deemed their role to be even more crucial in deciding the fate of galaxies. In this talk, I will first present one of the most violent and energetic ionized gas outflows around the radio lobes of a z>4 Radio Galaxy, spatially resolved with JWST/NIRSpec IFU at an exquisite detail. I will map the resolved gas outflow rate, energy and momentum to dissect how efficiently the radio jet-driven is transferring energy to the surroundings. I will next give a glimpse of low luminosity AGN (LLAGN) outflows hidden amidst normal star forming galaxies. I will present the spatially resolved ionized gas morphology ionization, and gas kinematics of a large sample of z ~ 1 galaxies to identify hidden outflow signatures and determine how the galaxy ISM properties evolve with redshift. Finally, I will end by briefly talking about a new exciting discovery where we found low luminosity AGN outflows in a new population of old, dead and quenched galaxies in the nearby universe (z < 0.1). Named “red geysers”. these may be the first direct evidence of feedback in action in passive galaxies with no star formation. While JWST are finding more such objects at higher redshift, this may be the beginning of establishing a connection between AGN feedback and star formation quenching in the massive galaxy population.