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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

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

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) release huge amounts of energy in their host galaxies, which, if the coupling is sufficient, can affect the interstellar medium (ISM). We use a high-resolution simulation ($\sim6$ pc) of a z $\sim2$…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-10-27 Orianne Roos , Stéphanie Juneau , Frédéric Bournaud , Jared Gabor

Recent models of super-massive black hole (SMBH) and host galaxy joint evolution predict the presence of a key phase where accretion, traced by obscured Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) emission, is coupled with powerful star formation. Then…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Cristian Vignali

Partially obscured AGNs within a redshift range $z=0.011\sim0.256$ are used to re-study the role of feedback in the AGN-host coevolution issue in terms of their [OIII]$\lambda$5007 emission line profile. The spectra of these objects enable…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 J. Wang

We present a new implementation of the GAlaxy Evolution and Assembly (GAEA) semi-analytic model, that features an improved modelling of the process of cold gas accretion onto supermassive black hole (SMBHs), derived from both analytic…

Feedback from accreting SMBHs is often identified as the main mechanism responsible for regulating star-formation in AGN host galaxies. However, the relationships between AGN activity, radiation, winds, and star-formation are complex 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 centers of elliptical galaxies host supermassive black holes that significantly affect the surrounding interstellar medium through feedback resulting from the accretion process. The evolution of this gas and of the nuclear emission…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 S. Pellegrini , L. Ciotti , J. P. Ostriker

Recent observations of giant ellipticals and brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) provide tentative evidence for a correlation between the luminosity of the H$\alpha$ emitting gas filaments and the strength of feedback associated with the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-21 Yu Qiu , Tamara Bogdanovic , Yuan Li , Michael McDonald

(Abridged) We investigate two modes of coupling the feedback energy from a central AGN to the neighboring gas in galaxy simulations: kinetic - velocity boost, and thermal - heating. We formulate kinetic feedback models for energy-driven…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Paramita Barai , Matteo Viel , Giuseppe Murante , Massimo Gaspari , Stefano Borgani

Feedback from stars and active galactic nuclei (AGNs) primarily affects the formation and evolution of galaxies and the circumgalactic medium, leaving some kind of imprint on larger scales. Based on the {\sc Simba} hydrodynamical simulation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-25 Carlo Schimd , Katarina Kraljic , Romeel Davé , Christophe Pichon

We explore the effect of active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback from central galaxies on their satellites by comparing two sets of cosmological zoom-in runs of 27 halos with masses ranging from $10^{12}$ to $10^{13.4}$ solar masses at z=0,…

Apart from viewing-dependent obscuration, intrinsic broad-line emission from active galactic nuclei (AGNs) follows an evolutionary sequence: Type $1 \to 1.2/1.5 \to 1.8/1.9 \to 2$ as the accretion rate onto the central black hole is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Moshe Elitzur , Luis C. Ho , Jonathan R. Trump

Galaxy quenching, the intricate process through which galaxies transition from active star-forming states to retired ones, remains a complex phenomenon that requires further investigation. This study investigates the role of active galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-10 Z. Bazzi , D. Colombo , F. Bigiel , V. Kalinova , V. Villanueva , S. F. Sanchez , A. D. Bolatto , T. Wong

(Abridged) We propose a new method to estimate the Bondi (hot gas) accretion rates, \dot M_B, onto the supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at the centres of elliptical galaxies. It can be applied even if the Bondi radius is not well-resolved…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-19 Yutaka Fujita , Nozomu Kawakatu , Isaac Shlosman

AGN feedback stands for the dramatic impact that a SMBH can make on its environment. It has become an essential element of models that describe the formation and evolution of baryons in massive virialized halos. The baryons' radiative…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-05 J. Hlavacek-Larrondo , Y. Li , E. Churazov

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) and star formation feedback may heat and remove gas from galaxies in a process that quenches ongoing star formation and shapes the evolution of galaxies. Potential impacts from these processes can be seen in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-10 Kyla Mullaney , Kelly E. Whalen , Jenna Cann , Kimberly Weaver , Jeffrey McKaig , Sara Doan

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) feedback is a key physical mechanism proposed to regulate star formation, primarily in massive galaxies. In particular, cosmic rays associated with AGN jets have the potential to efficiently suppress cooling…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-04 Kung-Yi Su , Greg L. Bryan , Philip F. Hopkins , Priyamvada Natarajan , Sam B. Ponnada , Razieh Emami , Yue Samuel Lu

We implement novel numerical models of AGN feedback in the SPH code GADGET-3, where the energy from a supermassive black hole (BH) is coupled to the surrounding gas in the kinetic form. Gas particles lying inside a bi-conical volume around…