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We study outflows driven by Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) using high- resolution simulations of idealized z=2 isolated disk galaxies. Episodic accretion events lead to outflows with velocities >1000 km/s and mass outflow rates up to the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Jared M. Gabor , Frédéric Bournaud

We investigate the quenching properties of central and satellite galaxies, utilizing the halo masses and central-satellite identifications from the SDSS galaxy group catalog of Yang et al. We find that the quenched fractions of centrals and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-04 Enci Wang , Huiyuan Wang , Houjun Mo , S. H. Lim , Frank C. van den Bosch , Xu Kong , Lixin Wang , Xiaohu Yang , Sihan Chen

This is the fourth paper of our series investigating the effects of active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback in the evolution of an elliptical galaxy using the {\it MACER} framework. While previous works considered only AGN radiation and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-01 Minhang Guo , Feng Yuan , Suoqing Ji , Bocheng Zhu

Observations show that massive star formation quenches first at centers of galaxies. To understand quenching mechanisms, we investigate the thermal and nonthermal energy balance in the central kpc of NGC1097- a prototypical galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-04 F. S. Tabatabaei , P. Minguez , M. A. Prieto , J. A. Fernandez-Ontiveros

We use the hydrodynamic, cosmological EAGLE simulations to investigate how hot gas in haloes condenses to form and grow galaxies. We select haloes from the simulations that are actively cooling and study the temperature, distribution, and…

Massive early-type galaxies have higher metallicities and higher ratios of $\alpha$ elements to iron than their less massive counterparts. Reproducing these correlations has long been a problem for hierarchical galaxy formation theory, both…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-15 Takashi Okamoto , Masahiro Nagashima , Cedric G. Lacey , Carlos S. Frenk

Using three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics simulations, the driving of protostellar jets is investigated in different star-forming cores with the parameters of magnetic field strength and mass accretion rate. Powerful high-velocity jets…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-09-22 Masahiro N. Machida

Jets emanating from active galactic nuclei (AGN) represent some of the most formidable particle accelerators in the universe, thereby emerging as viable candidates responsible for the detection of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). If…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-25 Olmo Piana , Hung-Yi Pu

Most massive galaxies host a supermassive black hole at their centre. Matter accretion creates an active galactic nucleus (AGN), forming a relativistic particle wind. The wind heats and pushes the interstellar medium, producing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-23 Martynas Laužikas , Kastytis Zubovas

The decrease in star formation (SF) and the morphological change necessary to produce the $z=0$ elliptical galaxy population are commonly ascribed to a sudden quenching event, which is able to rid the central galaxy of its cold gas…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-18 Thales A. Gutcke , Andrea V. Macciò , Aaron A. Dutton , Greg S. Stinson

We use a sample of radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with estimated central black hole masses to explore their jet formation mechanisms. The jet power of AGNs is estimated from their extended radio luminosity. It is found that the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Xinwu Cao

Multi-wavelength observations indicate that the intracluster medium in some galaxy clusters contains cold filaments, while their formation mechanism remains debated. Using hydrodynamic simulations, we show that cold filaments could…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-08-26 Xiaodong Duan , Fulai Guo

Large-scale, broad outflows are common in active galaxies. In systems where star formation coexists with an AGN, it is unclear yet the role that both play on driving the outflows. In this work we present three-dimensional radiative-cooling…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-21 E. de Gouveia Dal Pino , W. Clavijo-Bohórquez , C. Melioli

We report on a series of three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of active galactic nucleus (AGN) jet propagation in realistic models of magnetized galaxy clusters. We are primarily interested in the details of energy transfer…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 S. M. O'Neill , T. W. Jones

Recent observations of the high-redshift Universe, particularly with JWST, have revealed a population of quenched galaxies that challenges current galaxy formation models, which systematically underpredict their abundance. This discrepancy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-06 Aleyna Döven , Mohammadreza Ayromlou , Cristiano Porciani

Feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) is believed to prevent catastrophic cooling in galaxy clusters. However, how the feedback energy is transformed into heat, and how the AGN jets heat the intracluster medium (ICM) isotropically,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-05 H. -Y. K. Yang , C. S. Reynolds

In the local Universe, the efficiency for converting baryonic gas into stars is very low. In dark matter halos where galaxies form and evolve, the average efficiency varies with galaxy stellar mass and has a maximum of about twenty percent…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-07-20 Ziwen Zhang , Huiyuan Wang , Wentao Luo , Jun Zhang , H. J. Mo , YiPeng Jing , Xiaohu Yang , Hao Li

X-Ray observations of groups and clusters of galaxies show that the Intra-Cluster Medium (ICM) in their cores is hotter than expected from cosmological numerical simulations of cluster formation which include star formation, radiative…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Zanni , G. Murante , G. Bodo , S. Massaglia , P. Rossi , A. Ferrari

In order to understand the processes that quench star formation within rich clusters, we construct a library of subhalo orbits drawn from $\Lambda$CDM cosmological N-body simulations of four rich clusters. The orbits are combined with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-10 Dan S. Taranu , Michael J. Hudson , Michael L. Balogh , Russell J. Smith , Chris Power , Kyle A. Oman , Brad Krane

The inefficiency of star formation in massive elliptical galaxies is widely believed to be caused by the interactions of an active galactic nucleus (AGN) with the surrounding gas. Achieving a sufficiently rapid reddening of moderately…