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We present a new comprehensive model of the physics of galaxy formation designed for large-scale hydrodynamical simulations of structure formation using the moving mesh code AREPO. Our model includes primordial and metal line cooling with…

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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

We present a new implementation for active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback through small-scale, ultra-fast winds in the moving-mesh hydrodynamic code AREPO. The wind is injected by prescribing mass, momentum and energy fluxes across a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-19 Tiago Costa , Rüdiger Pakmor , Volker Springel

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

AGN heating, through massive subrelativistic outflows, might be the key to solve the long-lasting `cooling flow problem' in cosmological systems. In a previous paper, we showed that cold accretion feedback and, to a lesser degree, Bondi…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 M. Gaspari , F. Brighenti , A. D'Ercole , C. Melioli

Simulating the small-scale features and dynamics of the circumgalactic medium (CGM) is computationally challenging due to its large volume, low densities, multiphase structure, and chaotic environmental effects. Traditional mass-based…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-09 Scott Lucchini , Cecilia Abramson , Cameron Hummels , Charlie Conroy , Lars Hernquist , Aaron Smith

Although active galactic nuclei (AGN) feedback is required in simulations of galaxies to regulate star formation, further downstream effects on the dark matter distribution of the halo and stellar kinematics of the central galaxy can be…

Turbulence in the intracluster, intragroup, and circumgalactic medium plays a crucial role in the self-regulated feeding and feedback loop of central supermassive black holes. We dissect the three-dimensional turbulent `weather' in a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-17 D. Wittor , M. Gaspari

Arkenstone is a new model for multiphase, stellar feedback driven galactic winds designed for inclusion in coarse resolution cosmological simulations. In this first paper of a series, we describe the features that allow Arkenstone to…

Feedback in massive galaxies generally involves quenching of star formation, a favored candidate being outflows from a central supermassive black hole. At high redshifts however, explanation of the huge rates of star formation often found…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-27 Rebekka Bieri , Yohan Dubois , Joseph Silk , Gary A. Mamon

We discuss a numerical model for black hole growth and its associated feedback processes that for the first time allows cosmological simulations of structure formation to self-consistently follow the build up of the cosmic population of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-28 Debora Sijacki , Volker Springel , Tiziana Di Matteo , Lars Hernquist

A large sample of cosmological hydrodynamical zoom-in simulations with Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) is analysed to study the properties of simulated Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs). Following the formation and evolution of BCGs requires…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Davide Martizzi , Jimmy , Romain Teyssier , Ben Moore

Mechanical active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback plays a key role in massive galaxies, galaxy groups and clusters. However, the energy content of AGN jets that mediate this feedback process is still far from clear. Here we present a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-04 Fulai Guo

In this study we quantify the properties of the gas and dark matter around active galactic nuclei (AGN) in simulated galaxy groups and clusters and analyze the effect of AGN feedback on the surrounding intra-cluster (group) medium. Our…

To investigate the differences in mechanical feedback from radio-loud and radio-quiet Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) on the host galaxy, we perform 3D AMR hydrodynamic simulations of wide angle, radio-quiet winds with different inclinations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-26 Zachary Dugan , Volker Gaibler , Joseph Silk

Metals in the hot gaseous halos of galaxies encode the history of star formation as well as the feedback processes that eject metals from the galaxies. X-ray observations suggest that massive galaxies have extended distributions of metals…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-25 Ena Choi , Ryan Brennan , Rachel S. Somerville , Jeremiah P. Ostriker , Michaela Hirschmann , Thorsten Naab

We develop a new sub-grid model for the growth of supermassive Black Holes (BHs) and their associated Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) feedback in hydrodynamical cosmological simulations. Assuming that BHs are created in the early stages of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Yohan Dubois , Julien Devriendt , Adrianne Slyz , Romain Teyssier

In a recent study (Martizzi et al. 2012), we used cosmological simulations to show that active galactic nuclei (AGN) feedback on the gas distribution in clusters of galaxies can be important in determining the spatial distribution of stars…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 D. Martizzi , R. Teyssier , B. Moore

In this Letter, we analyse the predicted physical properties of massive galaxies, in the framework of recent semi-analytic models of galaxy formation. All models considered account for winds driven by supernovae explosions and suppression…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Gabriella De Lucia , Stefano Borgani

Active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback is a key ingredient in galaxy evolution, yet its impact on the cold atomic gas reservoir -- the neutral hydrogen (HI) phase -- remains poorly constrained. We present the most extensive spatially…