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Recent models for the inner structure of active galactic nuclei (AGN) aim at connecting the outer region of the accretion disk with the broad-line region and dusty torus through a radiatively accelerated, dusty outflow. Such an outflow not…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-29 Hermine Landt

Large-scale outflows driven by AGNs are an important element of galaxy evolution. Detailed analysis of their properties allows us to probe the activity history of the galactic nucleus and, potentially, other properties of the host galaxy. A…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-17 Kastytis Zubovas , Matas Tartėnas

Galaxy-scale outflows, which are thought to provide the link connecting the central black hole to its host galaxy, are now starting to be observed. However, the physical origin of the mechanism driving the observed outflows, whether due to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-06 W. Ishibashi , A. C. Fabian

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

We present the results of a uniform analysis of the soft X-ray spectra of fifteen type I AGN observed with the high resolution X-ray gratings on board \emph{Chandra}. We found that ten of the fifteen AGN exhibit signatures of an intrinsic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-19 Barry McKernan , Tahir Yaqoob , Chris Reynolds

We present a detailed analysis of the intrinsic UV absorption in the central HDFS target QSO J2233-606, based on a high-resolution, high S/N (~25 -- 50) spectrum obtained with VLT/UVES. This spectrum samples the cluster of intrinsic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Jack R. Gabel , Nahum Arav , Tae-Sun Kim

Disk galaxies at high redshift have been predicted to maintain high gas surface densities due to continuous feeding by intense cold streams leading to violent gravitational instability, transient features and giant clumps. Gravitational…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Frederic Bournaud , Avishai Dekel , Romain Teyssier , Marcello Cacciato , Emanuele Daddi , Stephanie Juneau , Francesco Shankar

The global influence of AGN-driven outflows remains uncertain, due to a lack of large samples with accurately-determined outflow properties. In the second paper of this series, we determine the mass and energetics of ionized outflows is 234…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-24 Dalya Baron , Hagai Netzer

Galactic outflows, driven by active galactic nuclei (AGN), play a crucial role in galaxy formation and in the self-regulated growth of supermassive black holes (BHs). AGN feedback couples to and affects gas, rather than stars, and in many,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-10 Tilman Hartwig , Marta Volonteri , Gohar Dashyan

We present a study of X-ray ionization of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) accretion-disk winds in an effort to constrain the physics underlying the highly-ionized ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) inferred by X-ray absorbers often detected in various…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Keigo Fukumura , Francesco Tombesi , Demosthenes Kazanas , Chris Shrader , Ehud Behar , Ioannis Contopoulos

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

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

Spectral absorption features in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) have traditionally been attributed to outflowing photoionized gas located at a distance of order a parsec from the central continuum source. However, recent observations of QSO…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. E. Everett , A. Konigl , N. Arav

Outflows from active galactic nuclei (AGNs) seem to be common and are thought to be important from a variety of perspectives: as an agent of chemical enhancement of the interstellar and intergalactic media, as an agent of angular momentum…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Rajib Ganguly , Michael S. Brotherton

Feedback from accreting supermassive black holes, active galactic nuclei (AGN), is now a cornerstone of galaxy formation models. In this work, we present radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of radiative AGN feedback using the novel Arepo-RT.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-06 David J. Barnes , Rahul Kannan , Mark Vogelsberger , Federico Marinacci

Large scale outflows of different gas phases are ubiquitous in the host galaxies of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Despite their many differences, they share a common property - they all contain dust. The dust is carried with the outflow,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-07 Dalya Baron , Hagai Netzer

Intrinsic absorption is a fundamental physical property to understand the evolution of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Here a sample of 1290 AGN, selected in the 2-10 keV band from different flux-limited surveys with very high optical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Hasinger

Radiation pressure-driven outflows from luminous accreting supermassive black holes are an important part of active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback. The effective Eddington limit, based on absorption of radiation by dust, not electron…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-11-16 N. Arakawa , A. C. Fabian , G. J. Ferland , W. Ishibashi

There are strong suggestions that the disk-like accretion flow onto massive black hole in AGN is disrupted in its innermost part (10-100 Rg), possibly due to the radiation pressure instability. It may form a hot optically thin quasi…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 B. Czerny , A. Abrassart , S. Collin-Souffrin , A. -M. Dumont

Many studies have considered the roles of clouds, outflows, and turbulence in producing the broad emission and absorption lines in the spectra of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). However, these are often treated as separate or even competing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-12-10 Tim Waters , Hui Li