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Aims. Recent observational studies suggest that feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGNs) may play an important role in the formation and evolution of low-mass dwarf galaxies, an issue that has received little attention from a theoretical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-27 Elena Arjona-Galvez , Arianna Di Cintio , Robert J. J. Grand

It is now widely believed that the growth of massive black holes is closely linked to the formation of galaxies, but there have been few concrete constraints on the actual physical processes responsible for this coupling. Investigating the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Luis C. Ho

We have recently improved our model of active galactic nucleus (AGN) by attaching the supermassive black hole (SMBH) to a massive nuclear star cluster (NSC). Here we study the effects of this new model in massive, gas-rich galaxies with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-25 Pawel Biernacki , Romain Teyssier

Galactic outflows are now commonly observed in starburst and active galactic nuclei (AGN) host galaxies. Yet, there is no clear consensus on their physical driving mechanism(s). We have previously shown that AGN radiative feedback, driven…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-17 W. Ishibashi , A. C. Fabian

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are among the most energetic phenomena in the universe, capable of regulating star formation in galaxies via radiative and mechanical feedback. While AGN feedback is well studied in host galaxies, its influence…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-14 Apashanka Das , Biswajit Pandey

To understand the role that AGN feedback plays in galaxy evolution we need in-depth studies of the multi-phase structure and energetics of galaxy-wide outflows. In this work we present new, deep ($\sim$50 hr) NOEMA CO(1-0) line observations…

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 show that feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) plays an essential role in reproducing the down-sizing phenomena, namely: the colour-magnitude relation; specific star formation rates; and the $\alpha$ enhancement of early type…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Philip Taylor , Chiaki Kobayashi

Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) feedback plays a critical role in galaxy formation and evolution. AGN-driven winds can significantly influence their host galaxies, although the details of their impact remain unclear. In this study, we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-16 Jinning Liang , Cedric G. Lacey , Filip Huško , Evgenii Chaikin , Sownak Bose

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

We present a novel implementation for active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback through ultra-fast winds in the code gizmo. Our feedback recipe accounts for the angular dependence of radiative feedback upon black hole spin. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-16 Francesco Bollati , Alessandro Lupi , Massimo Dotti , Francesco Haardt

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

Massive large-scale AGN outflows are an important element of galaxy evolution, being a way through which the AGN can affect most of the host galaxy. However, outflows evolve on timescales much longer than typical AGN episode durations,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-06 Kastytis Zubovas

The actual mechanism(s) powering galactic outflows in active galactic nuclei (AGN) is still a matter of debate. At least two physical models have been considered in the literature: wind shocks and radiation pressure on dust. Here we provide…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-10 W. Ishibashi , A. C. Fabian , N. Arakawa

We present the first systematic study of the molecular gas and star formation efficiency in a sample of ten narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies selected to have X-ray Ultra Fast Outflows and, therefore, to potentially show AGN feedback effects.…

We study the effect of AGN mechanical and radiation feedback on the formation of bulge dominated galaxies via mergers of disc galaxies. The merging galaxies have mass-ratios of 1:1 to 6:1 and include pre-existing hot gaseous halos to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Ena Choi , Thorsten Naab , Jeremiah P. Ostriker , Peter H. Johansson , Benjamin P. Moster

Simulations of galaxy growth need to invoke strong negative feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) to suppress the formation of stars and thus prevent the over-production of very massive systems. While some observations provide evidence…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-08 Peter-Christian Zinn , Enno Middelberg , Ray P. Norris , Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar

The properties of large-scale galactic outflows, such as their kinetic energy and momentum rates, correlate with the luminosity of the active galactic nucleus (AGN). This is well explained by the wind-driven outflow model, where a fraction…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-30 Kastytis Zubovas , Emanuele Nardini

In this paper we investigate the role of AGN feedback on the late stage evolution of elliptical galaxies by performing high-resolution hydrodynamical simulation in the {\it MACER} framework. By comparing models that take into account…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-31 Bocheng Zhu , Feng Yuan , Suoqing Ji , Yingjie Peng , Luis C. Ho

Energetic feedback by Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) plays an important evolutionary role in the regulation of star formation (SF) on galactic scales. However, the effects of this feedback as a function of redshift and galaxy properties such…