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Description
We present two-dimensional stellar and gaseous kinematics of the inner 0.7x1.2kpc^2^ of the Seyfert 1.5 galaxy ESO 362-G18, derived from optical (4092-7338{AA}) spectra obtained with the GMOS integral field spectrograph on the Gemini South telescope at a spatial resolution of 170 pc and spectral resolution of 36km/s. ESO 362-G18 is a strongly perturbed galaxy of morphological type Sa or S0/a, with a minor merger approaching along the NE direction. Previous studies have shown that the [OIII] emission shows a fan-shaped extension of ~10" to the SE. We detect the [OIII] doublet, [NII] and H{alpha} emission lines throughout our FOV. The stellar kinematics is dominated by circular motions in the galaxy plane, with a kinematic position angle of ~137{deg} and is centred approximately on the continuum peak. The gas kinematics is also dominated by rotation, with kinematic position angles ranging from 122{deg} to 139{deg}, projected velocity amplitudes of the order of 100km/s, and a mean velocity dispersion of 100km/s. A double-Gaussian fit to the [OIII]{lambda}5007 and H{alpha} lines, which have the highest signal to noise ratios of the emission lines, reveal two kinematic components: (1) a component at lower radial velocities which we interpret as gas rotating in the galactic disk; and (2) a component with line of sight (LOS) velocities 100-250km/s higher than the systemic velocity, interpreted as originating in the outflowing gas within the AGN ionization cone. We estimate a mass outflow rate of 7.4x10^-2^M_{sun}_/yr in the SE ionization cone (this rate doubles if we assume a biconical configuration), and a mass accretion rate on the supermassive black hole (SMBH) of 2.2x10^-2^M_{sun}_/yr. The total ionized gas mass within 84pc of the nucleus is 3.3x10^5^M_{sun}_; infall velocities of ~34km/s in this gas would be required to feed both the outflow and SMBH accretion.
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