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We present new JWST-NIRSpec IFS data for the luminous infrared galaxyNGC7469: a nearby (70.6Mpc) active galaxy with a Sy 1.5 nucleus that drives ahighly ionized gas outflow and a prominent nuclear star-forming ring. Using thesuperb sensitivity and high spatial resolution of the JWST instrumentNIRSpec-IFS, we investigate the role of the Seyfert nucleus in the excitationand dynamics of the circumnuclear gas. Our analysis focuses on the [Fe ii], H2,and hydrogen recombination lines that trace the radiation/shocked-excitedmolecular and ionized ISM around the AGN. We investigate the gas excitationthrough H2/Br{\gamma} and [Fe ii]/Pa\b{eta} emission line ratios and find thatphotoionization by the AGN dominates within the central 300 pc of the galaxyand together with a small region show ing signatures of shock-heated gas; theseshock-heated regions are likely associated with a compact radio jet. Inaddition, the velocity field and velocity dispersion maps reveal complex gaskinematics. Rotation is the dominant feature, but we also identify non-circularmotions consistent with gas inflows as traced by the velocity residuals and thespiral pattern in the Pa{\alpha} velocity dispersion map. The inflow isconsistent with the mass outflow rate and two orders of magnitude higher thanthe AGN accretion rate. The compact nuclear radio jet has enough power to drivethe highly ionized outflow. This scenario suggests that the inflow and outfloware in a self-regulating feeding-feedback process, with a contribution from theradio jet helping to drive the outflow.

GOALS-JWST: Gas Dynamics and Excitation in NGC7469 revealed by NIRSpec