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We perform simulations to study the effects of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) radiation and wind feedback on the properties of slowly rotating accretion flow at parsec scale. We find that when only radiative feedback is considered, outflows…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-11 De-Fu Bu , Xiao-Hong Yang

Relativistic outflows (mainly observed in the radio) are a characteristic feature of both Galactic stellar mass black holes and supermassive black holes (SMBHs). Simultaneous radio and X-ray observations of Galactic sources have shown that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. Churazov , S. Sazonov , R. Sunyaev , W. Forman , C. Jones , H. Boehringer

Supermassive black holes in galaxies spend majority of their lifetime in the low-luminosity regime, powered by hot accretion flow. Strong winds launched from the hot accretion flow have the potential to play an important role in active…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-04 Fangzheng Shi , Feng Yuan , Zhiyuan Li , Zhao Su , Suoqing Ji

Recent rotation measure observations of a dozen or so galaxy clusters have revealed a surprisingly large amount of magnetic fields, whose estimated energy and flux are, on average, $\sim 10^{58}$ ergs and $\sim 10^{41}$ G cm$^2$,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stirling A. Colgate , Hui Li

We introduce a new model for the formation and evolution of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the RAMSES code using sink particles, improving over previous work the treatment of gas accretion and dynamical evolution. This new model is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-11 Pawel Biernacki , Romain Teyssier , Andreas Bleuler

Observational evidence and many numerical simulations show the existence of wind (i.e., uncollimated outflow) in accretion systems of the elliptical galaxy center. One of the primary aims of this study is to investigate the solutions of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-23 Razieh Ranjbar , Shahram Abbassi

In this paper we investigate the role of AGN feedback on the late stage evolution of elliptical galaxies by performing high-resolution hydrodynamical simulation in the {\it MACER} framework. By comparing models that take into account…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-31 Bocheng Zhu , Feng Yuan , Suoqing Ji , Yingjie Peng , Luis C. Ho

We employ the Delphi semi-analytical model to study the impact of black hole growth on high-redshift galaxies, both in terms of the observed UV luminosity and of the star formation rate. To do this, firstly, we assess the contribution of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-23 Olmo Piana , Pratika Dayal , Tirthankar Roy Choudhury

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are powered by the accretion of disks of gas onto supermassive black holes (SMBHs). Stars and stellar remnants orbiting the SMBH in the nuclear star cluster (NSC) will interact with the AGN disk. Orbiters…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-02 Gaia Fabj , Syeda S. Nasim , Freddy Caban , K. E. Saavik Ford , Barry McKernan , Jillian M. Bellovary

Disk accretion onto black holes is accompanied by collimated outflows (jets). In active galactic nuclei (AGN), the kinetic energy flux of the jet may exceed the bolometric luminosity of the disk a few orders of magnitude. This phenomena can…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-26 S. V. Bogovalov

Gas accretion by a galaxy's central super massive black hole (SMBH) and the resultant energetic feedback by the accreting active galactic nucleus (AGN) on the gas in and around a galaxy, are two tightly intertwined but competing processes…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-12-05 Tom Oosterloo , Raffaella Morganti , Suma Murthy

Several properties of the standard alpha-disc model for active galactic nuclei (AGN) are not entirely consistent with AGN observations. As well as such discrepencies, observations show evidence for the existence of high mass outflow winds…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Oren Slone , Hagai Netzer

We study galaxy super-winds driven in major mergers, using pc-resolution simulations with detailed models for stellar feedback that can self-consistently follow the formation/destruction of GMCs and generation of winds. The models include…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-13 Philip F. Hopkins , Dusan Keres , Norman Murray , Lars Hernquist , Desika Narayanan , Christopher C. Hayward

We argue that supermassive black hole growth in AGN occurs via sequences of randomly--oriented accretion discs with angular momentum limited by self--gravity. These stably co-- or counter--align with the black hole spin with almost equal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. R. King , J. E. Pringle , J. A. Hofmann

We explore the connection between black hole spin and AGN power by addressing the consequences underlying the assumption in the recent literature that the gap region between accretion disks and black holes is fundamental in producing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 David Garofalo

There exists a well known relation between the mass of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the center of galaxies and their bulge mass or central velocity dispersion. This suggests a co-evolution between SMBH and their galaxy hosts. Our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-04-19 R. Poitevineau , G. Castignani , F. Combes

The interplay between radiative cooling of the circumgalactic medium (CGM) and feedback heating governs the evolution of the universe's most massive galaxies. This paper presents simulations of feedback processes in massive galaxies showing…

A magnetic field dynamo in the inner regions of the accretion disk surrounding the supermassive black holes in AGNs may be the mechanism for the generation of magnetic fields in galaxies and in extragalactic space. We argue that the two…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-19 Vladimir I. Pariev , Stirling A. Colgate

While the influence of supermassive black hole (SMBH) activity on habitability has garnered attention, the specific effects of active galactic nucleus (AGN) winds, particularly ultrafast outflows (UFOs), on planetary atmospheres remain…

Supermassive black holes (BH) accrete gas from their surroundings and coalesce with companions during galaxy mergers, and both processes change the BH mass and spin. By means of high-resolution hydrodynamical simulations of galaxies, either…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Yohan Dubois , Marta Volonteri , Joseph Silk , Julien Devriendt , Adrianne Slyz