Anisotropic AGN Outflows Filling The Cosmological Volume
Astrophysics
2008-09-04 v1
Abstract
We simulate anisotropic outflows of AGN, and investigate the large-scale impact of the cosmological population of AGN outflows over the Hubble time by performing N-body LambdaCDM simulations. Using the observed quasar luminosity function to get the redshift and luminosity distribution, and analytical models for the outflow expansion, AGNs are allowed to evolve in a cosmological volume. By the present epoch, 13 - 25% of the total volume is found to be pervaded by AGN outflows, with 10^{-9} G magnetic field.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0809.0515,
title = {Anisotropic AGN Outflows Filling The Cosmological Volume},
author = {Paramita Barai and Joel Germain and Hugo Martel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.0515},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures. Contributed talk at conference "The Central Kiloparsec: Active Galactic Nuclei and Their Hosts", Ierapetra, Crete, 4-6 June 2008. To appear in Volume 79 of the Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana