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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…

We simulate the growth of galaxies and their central supermassive black holes by implementing a suite of semi-analytic models on the output of the Millennium Run, a very large simulation of the concordance LCDM cosmogony. Our procedures…

We have determined the central velocity dispersion and surface brightness profiles for a sample of powerful radio galaxies in the redshift range 0.06<z<0.31, which were selected on the basis of their young radio source. The optical hosts…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 I. A. G. Snellen , M. D. Lehnert , M. N. Bremer , R. T. Schilizzi

Black hole feedback plays a central role in shaping the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of elliptical galaxies. We systematically study the impact of plasma physics on the evolution of ellipticals by performing three-dimensional non-ideal…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-04 Chaoran Wang , Mateusz Ruszkowski , H. -Y. Karen Yang

Radio-emitting active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are common in elliptical galaxies and AGN feedback is one of the possible mechanisms for regulating star formation in massive galaxies. It is unclear if all passive galaxy populations host radio…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-16 Hei Yung Chan , Michael J. I. Brown

Feedback processes are thought to solve some of the long-standing issues of the numerical modelling of galaxy formation: over-cooling, low angular momentum, massive blue galaxies, extra-galactic enrichment, etc. The accretion of gas onto…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-08 Yohan Dubois , Julien Devriendt , Adrianne Slyz , Romain Teyssier

Based on two-dimensional high resolution hydrodynamic numerical simulation, we study the mechanical and radiative feedback effects from the central AGN on the cosmological evolution of an isolated elliptical galaxy. Physical processes such…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Zhaoming Gan , Feng Yuan , Jeremiah P. Ostriker , Luca Ciotti , Gregory S. Novak

We investigate the relationship between radio power and properties related to active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Radio power at 1.4 or 5 GHz, which has been used in many studies, can be affected by synchrotron self-absorption and free-free…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 Songyoun Park , Bong Won Sohn , Sukyoung K. Yi

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 examine the hypothesis that mergers and close encounters between galaxies can fuel AGNs by increasing the rate at which gas accretes towards the central black hole. We compare the clustering of galaxies around radio-loud AGNs with the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Hauke Worpel , Michael J. I. Brown , D. Heath Jones , David J. E. Floyd , Florian Beutler

We study the effects of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) feedback on the formation and evolution of galaxies in a semi-analytic model of galaxy formation. This model is an improved version of the one described by Cora (2006), which now…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Claudia del P. Lagos , Sofia A. Cora , Nelson D. Padilla , .

We investigate the effects of AGN feedback on the cosmological evolution of an isolated elliptical galaxy by performing two-dimensional high-resolution hydrodynamical numerical simulations. The inner boundary of the simulation is chosen so…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-02 Feng Yuan , Doosoo Yoon , Ya-Ping Li , Zhao-Ming Gan , Luis C. Ho , Fulai Guo

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

A supermassive black hole has been found at the centre of nearly every galaxy observed with sufficient sensitivity. The masses of these black holes are observed to increase with either the total mass or the mean (random) velocity of the…

The energy released by active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is considered to have a profound impact on the cold gas properties of their host galaxies, potentially heating or removing the gas and further suppressing star formation. To understand…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-27 Yuhan Wen , Ran Wang , Luis C. Ho , Jinyi Shangguan , Ezequiel Treister , Guodong Li , Franz E. Bauer

The study of the conditions and the kinematics of the gas in the central region of AGN provides important information on the relevance of feedback effects connected to the nuclear activity. Quantifying these effects is key for constraining…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Raffaella Morganti , Joanna Holt , Clive Tadhunter , Tom Oosterloo

Active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback provides the link between the central black hole and its host galaxy. We assume AGN feedback driven by radiation pressure on dust, which sweeps up the ambient dusty gas into an outflowing shell, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 W. Ishibashi , A. C. Fabian

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

Outflows driven by active galactic nuclei (AGN) are an important channel for accreting supermassive black holes (SMBHs) to interact with their host galaxies and clusters. Properties of the outflows are however poorly constrained due to the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-01-05 Yu Qiu , Brian R. McNamara , Tamara Bogdanovic , Kohei Inayoshi , Luis C. Ho

The energy released by Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) in the form of radiation, winds, or radio plasma jets, is known to impact on the surrounding interstellar medium. The result of these processes, known as AGN (negative) feedback, is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-15 Raffaella Morganti