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We present results of three-dimensional, multi-physics simulations of an AGN jet colliding with an intergalactic cloud. The purpose of these simulations is to assess the degree of "positive feedback," i.e. jet-induced star formation, that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-13 P. Chris Fragile , Peter Anninos , Steve Croft , Mark Lacy , Jason W. L. Witry

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

Accretion onto the massive black hole at the centre of a galaxy can feed energy and momentum into its surroundings via radiation, winds and jets. Feedback due to radiation pressure can lock the mass of the black hole onto the M-sigma…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 A. C. Fabian

Radio-mode AGN feedback plays a key role in the evolution of galaxy groups and clusters. Its physical origin lies in the kpc-scale interaction of AGN jets with the intracluster medium. Large-scale jet simulations often initiate light…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-20 Fulai Guo

The intrinsic correlations of galaxy shapes and orientations across the large-scale structure of the Universe are a known contaminant to weak gravitational lensing. They are known to be dependent on galaxy properties, such as their mass and…

Feedback processes play a fundamental role in the regulation of the star formation (SF) activity in galaxies and, in particular, in the quenching of early-type galaxies (ETGs) as has been inferred by observational and numerical studies of…

The observed massive end of the galaxy stellar mass function is steeper than its predicted dark matter halo counterpart in the standard $\Lambda $CDM paradigm. In this paper, we investigate the impact of active galactic nuclei (AGN)…

The interplay between cosmic gas accretion on to galaxies and galaxy mergers drives the observed morphological diversity of galaxies. By comparing the state-of-the-art hydrodynamical cosmological simulations Horizon-AGN and Horizon-noAGN,…

Dwarf galaxy anomalies, such as their abundance and cusp-core problems, remain a prime challenge in our understanding of galaxy formation. The inclusion of baryonic physics could potentially solve these issues, but the efficiency of stellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-07 Gohar Dashyan , Joseph Silk , Gary A. Mamon , Yohan Dubois , Tilman Hartwig

Over cosmic time, galaxies grow through the hierarchical merging of smaller galaxies. However, the bright region of the galaxy luminosity function is incompatible with the simplest version of hierarchical merging, and it is believed that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Alexander Y. Wagner , Geoffrey V. Bicknell

This is the first paper in a series using our MACER framework to investigate the evolution of a disk galaxy, which emphasizes the role of active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback and incorporates cosmological inflows. This paper presents the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-13 Yuxuan Zou , Feng Yuan , Suoqing Ji , Luis C. Ho , Yingjie Peng , Jing Wang , Bocheng Zhu , Tao Wang

We analyse the evolution of the properties of the low-redshift Intergalactic Medium (IGM) using high-resolution hydrodynamic simulations that include a detailed chemical evolution model. We focus on the effects that two different forms of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-04-07 Luca Tornatore , Stefano Borgani , Matteo Viel , Volker Springel

The impact of active galactic nuclei (AGN) on the evolution of galaxies explains the steep decrease in the number density of the most massive galaxies in the Universe. However, the fueling of the AGN and the efficiency of this feedback…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-07 Seoyoung Lyla Jung , I. H. Whittam , M. J. Jarvis , C. L. Hale , M. N. Tudorache , T. Yasin

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) feedback operated by the expansion of radio jets can play a crucial role in driving gaseous outflows on galaxy scales. Galaxies hosting young radio AGN, whose jets are in the first phases of expansion through…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-04 F. Santoro , C. Tadhunter , D. Baron , R. Morganti , J. Holt

We explore the role of galactic feedback on the low redshift Lyman-$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$)~forest ($z \lesssim 2$) statistics and its potential to alter the thermal state of the intergalactic medium. Using the Cosmology and Astrophysics with…

In this work, we use hydrodynamical simulations to explore the effects of kinetic AGN jet feedback on the progression and outcome of the major merger of two isolated, gas-rich galaxies. We present simulations that use the moving-mesh code…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-02-19 Rosie Y. Talbot , Debora Sijacki , Martin A. Bourne

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

We use numerical simulations to investigate, for the first time, the joint effect of feedback from supernovae (SNe) and active galactic nuclei (AGN) on the evolution of galaxy cluster X-ray scaling relations. Our simulations are drawn from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 C. J. Short , P. A. Thomas , O. E. Young , F. R. Pearce , A. Jenkins , O. Muanwong

Galactic feedback strongly affects the way galactic environments are enriched. We examine this connection by performing a suite of cosmological hydrodynamic simulations, exploring a range of parameters based on the galaxy formation model…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Joshua Suresh , Simeon Bird , Mark Vogelsberger , Shy Genel , Paul Torrey , Debora Sijacki , Volker Springel , Lars Hernquist

Feedback driven by jets from active galactic nuclei is believed to be responsible for reducing cooling flows in cool-core galaxy clusters. We use simulations to model feedback from hydrodynamic jets in isolated halos. While the jet…