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We investigate the role of AGN feedback in turbulent heating of galaxy clusters. Specifically, we analyze the production of turbulence by g-modes generated by the supersonic expansion and buoyant rise of AGN-driven bubbles. Previous work…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-02 Christopher J. Bambic , Brian J. Morsony , Christopher S. Reynolds

Central jetted active galactic nuclei (AGN) appear to heat the core regions of the intracluster medium (ICM) in cooling-core galaxy clusters and groups, thereby preventing a cooling catastrophe. However, the physical mechanism(s) by which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-16 Christopher S. Reynolds , Steven A. Balbus , Alexander A. Schekochihin

The process that prevents the deposition of cooled gas in cooling flows must rely on feedback in order to maintain gas with short cooling times, while preventing the bulk of the gas from cooling to low temperatures. The primary candidate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Paul Nulsen

Feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) is believed to be the most promising solution to the cooling flow problem in cool-core clusters, though how exactly the jet energy is transformed into heat is a subject of debate. Dissipation of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-30 Shiang-Chih Wang , H. -Y. Karen Yang

The Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed X-ray bubbles in the intracluster medium (ICM) of many nearby cooling flow clusters. The bubbles trace feedback that is thought to couple the central active galactic nucleus (AGN) to the ICM,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 L. Bîrzan , D. A. Rafferty , P. E. J. Nulsen , B. R. McNamara , H. J. A. Röttgering , M. W. Wise , R. Mittal

Radio AGN feedback is often assumed to work, but detailed physical models of this process are not well developed. This paper examines a possible path for radio AGN feedback to heat the gas in and around galaxies and perhaps suppress star…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 David S. De Young

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…

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

Feedback heating from AGN in massive galaxies and galaxy clusters can be thought of as a naturally occurring control system which plays a significant role in regulating both star formation rates and the X-ray luminosity of the surrounding…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-04 Edward C. D. Pope

We present a study of the effect of AGN feedback on metal enrichment and thermal properties of the intracluster medium (ICM) in hydrodynamical simulations. The cosmological simulations are performed for a set of clusters using a version of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 D. Fabjan , S. Borgani , L. Tornatore , A. Saro , G. Murante , K. Dolag

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) release a huge amount of energy into the intracluster medium (ICM) with the consequence of offsetting cooling and star formation (AGN feedback) in the centers of cool core clusters. The Phoenix cluster is among…

The energy released by Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in the form of radiation, winds, or radio plasma jets, is known to impact on the surrounding interstellar medium. The result of these processes, known as AGN (negative) feedback, is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-15 Raffaella Morganti

The energy emitted by active galactic nuclei (AGN) may provide a self-regulating process (AGN feedback) that shapes the evolution of galaxies. This is believed to operate along two modes: on galactic scales by clearing the interstellar…

In recent years it has become increasingly clear that Active Galactic Nuclei, and radio-galaxies in particular, have an impact on large scale structure and galaxy formation. In principle, radio-galaxies are energetic enough to halt the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 John C. Vernaleo , Christopher S. Reynolds

Most galaxies comparable to or larger than the mass of the Milky Way host hot, X-ray emitting atmospheres, and many such galaxies are radio sources. Hot atmospheres and radio jets and lobes are the ingredients of radio-mechanical active…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-21 N. Werner , B. R. McNamara , E. Churazov , E. Scannapieco

Numerical simulations of active galactic nuclei (AGN) feedback in cool-core galaxy clusters have successfully avoided classical cooling flows, but often produce too much cold gas. We perform adaptive mesh simulations that include…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-30 Yuan Li , Greg L. Bryan , Mateusz Ruszkowski , G. Mark Voit , Brian W. O'Shea , Megan Donahue

Jet feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) harboured by brightest cluster galaxies is expected to play a fundamental role in regulating cooling in the intracluster medium (ICM). While observations and theory suggest energy within jet…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-17 Martin A. Bourne , Debora Sijacki , Ewald Puchwein

Feedback from the active galactic nuclei (AGN) is one of the most promising heating mechanisms to circumvent the cooling-flow problem in galaxy clusters. However, the role of thermal conduction remains unclear. Previous studies have shown…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-24 H. -Y. K. Yang , C. S. Reynolds

The investigation of the feedback cycle in galaxy clusters has historically been performed for systems where feedback is ongoing ("mature-feedback" clusters), that is where the central radio galaxy has inflated radio lobes, pushing aside…

Extended warm and cold gas nebulae, with complex morphologies and kinematics, have been observed in the centres of cool-core galaxy clusters. Their origin within the hot intracluster medium (ICM) is still puzzling, and among many…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-22 Stefano Sotira , Martin A. Bourne , Debora Sijacki , Franco Vazza , Fabrizio Brighenti