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We investigate a numerical model for AGN feedback where for the first time a relativistic particle population in AGN-inflated bubbles is followed within a full cosmological context. In our high-resolution simulations of galaxy cluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Sijacki , C. Pfrommer , V. Springel , T. A. Ensslin

We study fast nuclear winds driven by Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) feedback in merging galaxies using high-resolution hydrodynamics simulations. We use Stars and MUltiphase Gas in GaLaxiEs (SMUGGLE) to explicitly model the multiphase…

We perform high-resolution (15-30 pc) adaptive mesh simulations to study the impact of momentum-driven AGN feedback in cool-core clusters, focusing in this paper on the formation of cold clumps. The feedback is jet-driven with an energy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Yuan Li , Greg L. Bryan

Recent observations have found extended multi-phase gas in a significant fraction of massive elliptical galaxies. We perform high-resolution three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations of two idealized elliptical galaxies -- one…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-07 Chaoran Wang , Yuan Li , Mateusz Ruszkowski

We examine the detailed physics of the feedback mechanism by relativistic AGN jets interacting with a two-phase fractal interstellar medium in the kpc-scale core of galaxies using 29 3D grid-based hydrodynamical simulations. The feedback…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 A. Y. Wagner , G. V. Bicknell , M. Umemura

Growing supermassive black holes (Active Galactic Nuclei; AGN) release energy with the potential to alter their host galaxies and larger-scale environment; a process named "AGN feedback". Feedback is a required component of galaxy formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-15 Chris M. Harrison , Cristina Ramos Almeida

We present a population study of the star formation history of 1244 Type 2 AGN host galaxies, compared to 6107 inactive galaxies. A Bayesian method is used to determine individual galaxy star formation histories, which are then collated to…

In this study we quantify the properties of the gas and dark matter around active galactic nuclei (AGN) in simulated galaxy groups and clusters and analyze the effect of AGN feedback on the surrounding intra-cluster (group) medium. Our…

The feedback mechanisms triggered by supernova (SN) events and active galactic nuclei (AGN) play a central role in regulating the star formation and shaping galaxy properties. However, quantifying the impact and efficiency of these…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-12 M. C. Zerbo , M. E. De Rossi , M. A. Lara-López , S. A. Cora , L. J. Zenocratti

We study the interaction of feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) and a multi-phase interstellar medium (ISM), in simulations including explicit stellar feedback, multi-phase cooling, accretion-disk winds, and Compton heating. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-11-09 Philip F. Hopkins , Paul Torrey , Claude-Andre Faucher-Giguere , Eliot Quataert , Norman Murray

X-Ray observations of groups and clusters of galaxies show that the Intra-Cluster Medium (ICM) in their cores is hotter than expected from cosmological numerical simulations of cluster formation which include star formation, radiative…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Zanni , G. Murante , G. Bodo , S. Massaglia , P. Rossi , A. Ferrari

There is growing observational evidence for dwarf galaxies hosting active galactic nuclei (AGN), including hints of AGN-driven outflows in dwarfs. However, in the common theoretical model of galaxy formation, efficient supernova (SN)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-02 Sophie Koudmani , Debora Sijacki , Matthew C. Smith

Feedback in massive galaxies generally involves quenching of star formation, a favored candidate being outflows from a central supermassive black hole. At high redshifts however, explanation of the huge rates of star formation often found…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-27 Rebekka Bieri , Yohan Dubois , Joseph Silk , Gary A. Mamon

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) inject large amounts of energy into their host galaxies and surrounding environment, shaping their properties and evolution. In particular, AGN jets inflate cosmic-ray lobes, which can rise buoyantly as light…

Black hole feedback has been widely implemented as the key recipe to quench star formation in massive galaxies in modern semi-analytic models and hydrodynamical simulations. As the theoretical details surrounding the accretion and feedback…

Feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) is believed to prevent catastrophic cooling in galaxy clusters. However, how the feedback energy is transformed into heat, and how the AGN jets heat the intracluster medium (ICM) isotropically,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-05 H. -Y. K. Yang , C. S. Reynolds

Feedback processes are thought to solve some of the long-standing issues of the numerical modelling of galaxy formation: over-cooling, low angular momentum, massive blue galaxies, extra-galactic enrichment, etc. The accretion of gas onto…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-08 Yohan Dubois , Julien Devriendt , Adrianne Slyz , Romain Teyssier

We present three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations showing the effect of kinetic and radiative AGN feedback on a model galaxy representing a massive quiescent low-redshift early-type galaxy of $M_* = 8.41\times 10^{10} M_\odot$,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-10 Maximilian Eisenreich , Thorsten Naab , Ena Choi , Jeremiah P. Ostriker , Eric Emsellem

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) and star formation feedback may heat and remove gas from galaxies in a process that quenches ongoing star formation and shapes the evolution of galaxies. Potential impacts from these processes can be seen in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-10 Kyla Mullaney , Kelly E. Whalen , Jenna Cann , Kimberly Weaver , Jeffrey McKaig , Sara Doan

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) provide energetic feedback necessary to `turn off' star formation in high-mass galaxies (M$_{\rm halo} \geq $ 10$^{12.5}$ M$_{\odot}$, $10.4 \leq \log(\frac{M_*}{M_\odot}) \leq 11$) as observed. Cosmic rays…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-14 Charvi Goyal , Sam B. Ponnada , Philip F. Hopkins , Sarah Wellons , Jose A. Benavides , Kung-Yi Su
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