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We examine the correlation between the star formation rate (SFR) and black hole accretion rate (BHAR) across a suite of different AGN feedback models, using the time evolution of a merger simulation. By considering three different stages of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Robert J. Thacker , C. MacMackin , James Wurster , Alexander Hobbs

Active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback from accreting supermassive black holes (SMBHs) is an essential ingredient of galaxy formation simulations. The orbital evolution of SMBHs is affected by dynamical friction that cannot be predicted…

In this study of the `Resolving supermAssive Black hole Binaries In galacTic hydrodynamical Simulations' (RABBITS) series, we investigate the orbital evolution of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) during galaxy mergers. We simulate both disc…

We study the long-term evolution of an idealized cool-core galaxy cluster under the influence of momentum-driven AGN feedback using three-dimensional high-resolution (60 pc) adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) simulations. The momentum-driven…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Yuan Li , Greg L. Bryan

We investigate the effects of AGN feedback on the cosmological evolution of an isolated elliptical galaxy by performing two-dimensional high-resolution hydrodynamical numerical simulations. The inner boundary of the simulation is chosen so…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-02 Feng Yuan , Doosoo Yoon , Ya-Ping Li , Zhao-Ming Gan , Luis C. Ho , Fulai Guo

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

We employ cosmological hydrodynamical simulations to investigate the effects of AGN feedback on the formation of massive galaxies with present-day stellar masses of $M_{stel} = 8.8 \times 10^{10} - 6.0 \times 10^{11} M_{sun}$. Using…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Ena Choi , Jeremiah P. Ostriker , Thorsten Naab , Ludwig Oser , Benjamin P. Moster

The growth of supermassive black holes (SMBH) through accretion is accompanied by the release of enormous amounts of energy which can either be radiated away, as happens in quasars, advected into the black hole, or disposed of in kinetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-08-04 Andrea Merloni

We present general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations of merging equal-mass, spinning black holes embedded in an equatorial thin slab of magnetized gas. We evolve black holes either non-spinning, with spins aligned to the orbital…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-31 Giacomo Fedrigo , Federico Cattorini , Bruno Giacomazzo , Monica Colpi

We perform high resolution N-body+SPH simulations of isolated Milky-Way-like galaxies and major mergers between them, to investigate the effect of feedback from both an active galactic nucleus (AGN) and supernovae on the galaxy's evolution.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Richard D. A. Newton , Scott T. Kay

Feedback from supermassive black holes is believed to be a critical driver of the observed color bimodality of galaxies above the Milky Way mass scale. AGN feedback has been modeled in many galaxy formation simulations, but most…

We present the first implementation of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) feedback in the form of momentum driven jets in an Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) cosmological resimulation of a galaxy cluster. The jets are powered by gas accretion onto…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Yohan Dubois , Julien Devriendt , Adrianne Slyz , Romain Teyssier

Supermassive black hole accretion and feedback play central role in the evolution of galaxies, groups, and clusters. I review how AGN feedback is tightly coupled with the formation of multiphase gas and the newly probed chaotic cold…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-24 M. Gaspari

We identify the intrinsic dependence of star formation quenching on a variety of galactic and environmental parameters, utilizing a machine learning approach with Random Forest classification. We have previously demonstrated the power of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-22 Asa F. L. Bluck , Joanna M. Piotrowska , Roberto Maiolino

We present a comprehensive synthesis model for the AGN evolution and the growth of supermassive black holes in the Universe. We solve the continuity equation for SMBH mass function using the locally determined one as a boundary condition,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Andrea Merloni , Sebastian Heinz

Using parsec scale resolution hydrodynamical adaptive mesh refinement simulations we have studied the mass transport process throughout a galactic merger. The aim of such study is to connect both the peaks of mass accretion rate onto the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-18 Joaquín Prieto , Andrés Escala , George Privon , Juan d'Etigny

The centers of elliptical galaxies host supermassive black holes that significantly affect the surrounding interstellar medium through feedback resulting from the accretion process. The evolution of this gas and of the nuclear emission…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 S. Pellegrini , L. Ciotti , J. P. Ostriker

We present a clustering analysis of X-ray selected AGN by compiling X-ray samples from the literature and re-estimating the dark matter (DM) halo masses of AGN in a uniform manner. We find that moderate luminosity AGN (Lx(2-10…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 N. Fanidakis , A. Georgakakis , G. Mountrichas , M. Krumpe , C. M. Baugh , C. G. Lacey , C. S. Frenk , T. Miyaji , A. J. Benson

We develop semi-empirical models of the supermassive black hole and active galactic nucleus (AGN) populations, which incorporate the black hole growth implied by the observed AGN luminosity function assuming a radiative efficiency \epsilon,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Francesco Shankar , David H. Weinberg , Jordi Miralda-Escude'

Radiation, winds and jets from the active nucleus of a massive galaxy can interact with its interstellar medium leading to ejection or heating of the gas. This can terminate star formation in the galaxy and stifle accretion onto the black…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 A. C. Fabian