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We perform two dimensional hydrodynamic numerical simulations to study the positive active galactic nucleus feedback which triggers, rather than suppresses, star formation. Recently, it was shown by Nayakshin et al. and Ishibashi et al.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Chao Liu , Zhao-ming Gan , Fu-guo Xie

Cosmological simulations fail to reproduce realistic galaxy populations without energy injection from active galactic nuclei (AGN) into the interstellar medium (ISM) and circumgalactic medium (CGM); a process called `AGN feedback'.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-20 C. M. Harrison , A. Girdhar , S. R. Ward

While feedback is important in theoretical models, we do not really know if it works in reality. Feedback from jets appears to be sufficient to keep the cooling flows in clusters from cooling too much and it may be sufficient to regulate…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Smita Mathur , Rebecca Stoll , Yair Krongold , Fabrizio Nicastro , Nancy Brickhouse , Martin Elvis

In these proceedings I briefly: (1) review the impact (or "feedback") that active galactic nuclei (AGN) are predicted to have on their host galaxies and larger scale environment, (2) review the observational evidence for or against these…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 C. M. Harrison

We study the feedback from an AGN on stellar formation within its host galaxy, mainly using one high resolution numerical simulation of the jet propagation within the interstellar medium of an early-type galaxy. In particular, we show that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 C. Tortora , V. Antonuccio-Delogu , S. Kaviraj , J. Silk , A. D. Romeo , U. Becciani

Molecular gas flows are analyzed in 14 cluster galaxies (BCGs) centered in cooling hot atmospheres. The BCGs contain $10^{9}-10^{11}~\rm M_\odot$ of molecular gas, much of which is being moved by radio jets and lobes. The molecular flows…

We use hydrodynamical simulations from the OWLS project to investigate the dependence of the physical properties of galaxy populations at redshift 2 on metal-line cooling and feedback from star formation and active galactic nuclei (AGN). We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Marcel R. Haas , Joop Schaye , C. M. Booth , Claudio Dalla Vecchia , Volker Springel , Tom Theuns , Robert P. C. Wiersma

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

Galaxy-scale outflows, which are thought to provide the link connecting the central black hole to its host galaxy, are now starting to be observed. However, the physical origin of the mechanism driving the observed outflows, whether due to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-06 W. Ishibashi , A. C. Fabian

Feedback from Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and subsequent jet cocoons and outflow bubbles can have a significant impact on star formation in the host galaxy. To investigate feedback physics on small scales, we perform hydrodynamic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-03 Zachary Dugan , Volker Gaibler , Rebekka Bieri , Joseph Silk , Mubdi Rahman

Observations support the view that feedback, in the form of radio outbursts from active nuclei in central galaxies, prevents catastrophic cooling of gas and rapid star formation in many groups and clusters of galaxies. Variations in jet…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 P. E. J. Nulsen , B. R. McNamara

Galactic outflows, driven by active galactic nuclei (AGN), play a crucial role in galaxy formation and in the self-regulated growth of supermassive black holes (BHs). AGN feedback couples to and affects gas, rather than stars, and in many,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-10 Tilman Hartwig , Marta Volonteri , Gohar Dashyan

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

While cosmological simulations of galaxy formation have reached maturity, able to reproduce many fundamental galaxy and halo properties, no consensus has yet been reached on the impact of `baryonic feedback' on the non-linear matter power…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-17 Leah Bigwood , Martin A. Bourne , Vid Irsic , Alexandra Amon , Debora Sijacki

I review recent numerical and analytical work on the feedback from both low- and high-mass cluster stars into their gasoeus environment. The main conclusions are that i) outflow driving appears capable of maintaing the turbulence in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Enrique Vazquez-Semadeni

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

Feedback from accreting supermassive black holes, active galactic nuclei (AGN), is now a cornerstone of galaxy formation models. In this work, we present radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of radiative AGN feedback using the novel Arepo-RT.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-06 David J. Barnes , Rahul Kannan , Mark Vogelsberger , Federico Marinacci

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) represent the growth phases of the supermassive black holes in the center of almost every galaxy. Powerful, highly ionized winds, with velocities $\sim 0.1- 0.2c$ are a common feature in X--ray spectra of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-23 Andrew King , Ken Pounds

Feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) is widely acknowledged to regulate the growth of massive galaxies, though its driving mechanisms are debated. Prevailing theories suggest that AGN-driven outflows are driven either by radiation…