Deep GEMINI GMOS-IFU spectroscopy of BAL QSOs: I. Decoupling the BAL, QSO, starburst, NLR, supergiant bubbles and galactic wind in Mrk 231

Lipari, S.; Sanchez, S. F.; Bergmann, M.;Terlevich, R.; Garcia-Lorenzo, B.; Punsly, B.;Mediavilla, E.; Taniguchi, Y.; Ajiki, M.; Zheng, W.; Acosta, J.; Jahnke, K.. Deep GEMINI GMOS-IFU spectroscopy of BAL QSOs: I. Decoupling the BAL, QSO, starburst, NLR, supergiant bubbles and galactic wind in Mrk 231. eprint arXiv:astro-ph/0607054. 2006, Vol. , p. -2006.

= 200 pc, around the very nucleus. The physical properties of the four expanding nuclear bubbles were analysed, using the GMOS 3D spectra and maps. These results suggest that an important part of the nuclear NLR is generated by the OF process and the associated low velocity ionizing shocks.