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A fundamental question in galaxy and black-hole evolution remains how galaxies and their supermassive black holes have evolved together over cosmic time. Specifically, it is still unclear how the position of X-ray active galactic nucleus…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-01-25 Nathan Cristello , Fan Zou , W. N. Brandt , Chien-Ting J. Chen , Joel Leja , Qingling Ni , Guang Yang

The role of active galactic nuclei (AGN) feedback in dwarf galaxies remains poorly understood, with conventional wisdom suggesting it primarily suppresses star formation. Using high-resolution MACER3D simulations that directly resolve the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-27 Tingfang Su , Suoqing Ji , Feng Yuan , Haojie Xia , Yuxuan Zou

The morphology of a galaxy reflects the mix of physical processes occurring within and around it, offering indirect clues to its formation and evolution. We apply both visual classification and computer vision to test the suspected…

We apply a simple model, tested on local ULIRGs, to disentangle the active galactic nucleus (AGN) and starburst contributions in submillimiter and 24um-selected ULIRGs observed with the Spitzer-IRS spectrometer. We quantitatively estimate…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Y. Watabe , G. Risaliti , M. Salvati , E. Nardini , E. Sani , A. Marconi

We present the results of a 5-8 micron spectral analysis performed on the largest sample of local ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) selected so far, consisting of 164 objects up to a redshift of ~0.35. The unprecedented sensitivity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 E. Nardini , G. Risaliti , Y. Watabe , M. Salvati , E. Sani

As a quenching mechanism, AGN feedback could suppress on-going star formation in their host galaxies. On the basis of a sample of galaxies selected from ALFALFA HI survey, the dependence of their HI mass M[HI], stellar mass M[*] &…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Yi-Nan Zhu , Hong Wu

We present 2D hydrodynamical simulations for the evolution of early-type galaxies containing central massive black holes (MBHs), starting at age 2 Gyr. The code contains accurate and physically consistent radiative and mechanical AGN wind…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-25 L. Ciotti , S. Pellegrini , A. Negri , J. P. Ostriker

Investigation of the triggering mechanisms of radio AGN is important for improving our general understanding of galaxy evolution. In the first paper in this series, detailed morphological analysis of high-excitation radio galaxies (HERGs)…

Sensitive Herschel far-infrared observations can break degeneracies that were inherent to previous studies of star formation in high-z AGN hosts. Combining PACS 100 and 160um observations of the GOODS-N field with 2Msec Chandra data, we…

We study the feedback from an AGN on stellar formation within its host galaxy, mainly using one high resolution numerical simulation of the jet propagation within the interstellar medium of an early-type galaxy. In particular, we show that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 C. Tortora , V. Antonuccio-Delogu , S. Kaviraj , J. Silk , A. D. Romeo , U. Becciani

Telescopes like Herschel and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) are creating new opportunities to study sources in the far infrared (FIR), a wavelength region dominated by cold dust emission. Probing cold dust in active…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Aden R. Draper , David R. Ballantyne

We utilize a combination of radio continuum observations and optical integral field spectroscopic (IFS) data to explore the impact of radio AGN on the evolution of their host galaxies at both global and sub-galactic scales. We construct a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-26 Gaoxiang Jin , Guinevere Kauffmann , Philip N. Best , Shravya Shenoy , Katarzyna Małek

We present an analysis of the 5-8 micron Spitzer-IRS spectra of a sample of 68 local Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies (ULIRGs). Our diagnostic technique allows a clear separation of the active galactic nucleus (AGN) and starburst (SB)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 E. Nardini G. Risaliti , M. Salvati , E. Sani , M. Imanishi , A. Marconi , R. Maiolino

Negative feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) is considered a key mechanism in shaping galaxy evolution. Fast, extended outflows are frequently detected in the AGN host galaxies at all redshifts and luminosities, both in ionised and…

Most Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are Radio Quiet, with radio emission that may arise from star-formation activity, AGN-driven winds, weak jets, and coronal activity. Disentangling these mechanisms is challenging and requires detailed…

This is the first of a series of three papers exploring the connection between the multiwavelength properties of AGNs in nearby early-type galaxies and the characteristics of their hosts. We selected two samples, both with high resolution 5…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alessandro Capetti , Barbara Balmaverde

To tackle the still unsolved and fundamental problem of the role of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) feedback in shaping galaxies, in this work we implement a new physical treatment of AGN-driven winds into our semi-analytic model of galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-28 N. Menci , F. Fiore , F. Shankar , L. Zanisi , C. Feruglio

We estimate the contribution of AGNs and of their host galaxies to the infrared background. We use the luminosity function and evolution of AGNs recently determined by the hard X-ray surveys, and new Spectral Energy Distributions connecting…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Laura Silva , Roberto Maiolino , Gian Luigi Granato

[abridged] AGN feedback is a crucial ingredient for understanding galaxy evolution. However, a complete quantitative time-dependent framework, including the dependence of such feedback on AGN, host galaxy, and host halo properties, is yet…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-21 Zsofi Igo , Andrea Merloni

[Abridged] We present an analysis of optical spectroscopically-identified AGN to M*+1 in a sample of 6 self-similar SDSS galaxy clusters at z=0.07. These clusters are specifically selected to lack significant substructure at bright limits…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 K. A. Pimbblet , S. S. Shabala , C. P. Haines , A. Fraser-McKelvie , D. J. E. Floyd