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Based on two-dimensional high resolution hydrodynamic numerical simulation, we study the mechanical and radiative feedback effects from the central AGN on the cosmological evolution of an isolated elliptical galaxy. Physical processes such…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Zhaoming Gan , Feng Yuan , Jeremiah P. Ostriker , Luca Ciotti , Gregory S. Novak

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

Depending on the value of the accretion rate, black hole accretion is divided into cold and hot modes. The two modes have distinctly different physics and correspond to two feedback modes. Most previous feedback works either focus only on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Doosoo Yoon , Feng Yuan , Jeremiah P. Ostriker , Luca Ciotti , Bocheng Zhu

The importance of feedback (radiative and mechanical) from massive black holes at the centers of elliptical galaxies is not in doubt, given the well established relation among black hole mass and galaxy optical luminosity. Here, with the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 L. Ciotti , J. P. Ostriker

[abridged] AGN feedback is a crucial ingredient for understanding galaxy evolution. However, a complete quantitative time-dependent framework, including the dependence of such feedback on AGN, host galaxy, and host halo properties, is yet…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-21 Zsofi Igo , Andrea Merloni

The importance of the radiative feedback from massive black holes at the centers of elliptical galaxies is not in doubt, given the well established relations among electromagnetic output, black hole mass and galaxy optical luminosity. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 L. Ciotti , J. P. Ostriker

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

Radio-mode feedback is a key ingredient in galaxy formation and evolution models, required to reproduce the observed properties of massive galaxies in the local Universe. We study the cosmic evolution of radio-AGN feedback out to $z\sim2.5$…

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

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

The co-evolution between supermassive black holes and their environment is most directly traced by the hot atmospheres of dark matter halos. Cooling of the hot atmosphere supplies the central regions with fresh gas, igniting active galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-06-29 Dominique Eckert , Massimo Gaspari , Fabio Gastaldello , Amandine M. C. Le Brun , Ewan O'Sullivan

In a hot accretion flow, the radiation from the innermost region of the flow propagates outward and heats the electrons at large radii via Compton scattering. It has been shown in previous works that if the radiation is strong enough, $L\ga…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Feng Yuan , Miao Li

This paper summarizes our recent works of studying AGN feedback in an isolated elliptical galaxy by performing high-resolution hydrodynamical numerical simulations. Bondi radius is resolved and the mass accretion rate of the black hole is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-17 Feng Yuan , Jeremiah P. Ostriker , DooSoo Yoon , Ya-Ping Li , Luca Ciotti , Zhao-Ming Gan , Luis C. Ho , Fulai Guo

Growing supermassive black holes (Active Galactic Nuclei; AGN) release energy with the potential to alter their host galaxies and larger-scale environment; a process named "AGN feedback". Feedback is a required component of galaxy formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-15 Chris M. Harrison , Cristina Ramos Almeida

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in cosmological simulations generate explosive feedback that regulates star formation in massive galaxies, modifying the gas phase structure out to large distances. Here, we explore the direct effects that AGN…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-11-06 Aura Obreja , Fabrizio Arrigoni Battaia , Andrea V. Macciò , Tobias Buck

Feedback by Active Galactic Nuclei is often divided into quasar and radio mode, powered by radiation or radio jets, respectively. Both are fundamental in galaxy evolution, especially in late-type galaxies, as shown by cosmological…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-03-28 S. Cielo , R. Bieri , M. Volonteri , A. Wagner , Y. Dubois

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…

Warm absorbers are found in many AGN and consist of clouds moving at moderate radial velocities, showing complex ionization structures and having moderate to large column densities. Using 1D numerical calculations, we confirm earlier…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-23 Kastytis Zubovas , Andrew King

A long-standing problem for models of galaxy formation has been the mismatch between the predicted shape of the mass function of dark matter halos and the observed shape of the luminosity function of galaxies. The number of massive halos is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-17 P. N. Best , C. R. Kaiser , T. M. Heckman , G. Kauffmann

Radio mode feedback, in which most of the energy of an active galactic nucleus (AGN) is released in a kinetic form via radio-emitting jets, is thought to play an important role in the maintenance of massive galaxies in the present-day…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 W. Ishibashi , M. W. Auger , D. Zhang , A. C. Fabian
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