A Modified 3D Biconical Outflow Model: Spatial Constraints on Active Galactic Nuclei–Driven Outflows

Abstract We present a modified outflow model and its application to constrain ionized outflow properties of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). By adding a rotating disk component to the biconical outflow model of H.-J. Bae & J.-H. Woo, we find that models with a rotating disk require faster launching velocities (≲1500 km s −1 ) than outflow-only models to be consistent with the observed gas kinematics of local type 2 AGNs. We perform Monte Carlo simulations to reproduce the observed distribution of gas kinematics of a large sample (∼39,000), constraining the launching velocity and opening angle. While the launching velocity is moderate for the majority of the local AGNs, the notable cases of 2%–5% show strong outflows with V max ∼ 1000–1500 km s −1 . By examining the seeing effect based on the mock integral field unit data, we find that the outflow sizes measured based on velocity widths tend to be overestimated when the angular size of the outflow is comparable to or smaller than the seeing. This result highlights the need for more careful treatments of the seeing effect in the outflow size measurement, yet it still supports the lack of global feedback by gas outflows for local AGNs.