The Circum Galactic Medium (CGM) is the extended reservoir of gas from which galaxies form. While it has a critical role for the formation of galaxies, it is rather difficult to observe given that the gas can extend far beyond the edges of the galaxy, resulting in rather faint emission signatures.
In my presentation, I will concentrate mostly on the CGM around high redshift radio galaxies, which are among the most massive and luminous galaxies known out to redshifts 5. We have detected the CGM in various tracers, both in emission and in absorption, mostly using the MUSE instrument on the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT), and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimer Array (ALMA). Our observations show that the metal enriched gas is already quite widespread within their CGM, likely driven by AGN-driven outflows. The radio-loud AGN seems to trace a phase near the end of the main formation epoch of these massive galaxies.
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