The Astrophysical Journal (Jan 2024)
Observational Signatures of AGN Feedback in the Morphology and the Ionization States of Milky Way-like Galaxies
- Nadia Qutob,
- Razieh Emami,
- Kung-Yi Su,
- Randall Smith,
- Lars Hernquist,
- Dian P. Triani,
- Cameron Hummels,
- Drummond Fielding,
- Philip F. Hopkins,
- Rachel S. Somerville,
- David R. Ballantyne,
- Mark Vogelsberger,
- Grant Tremblay,
- James F. Steiner,
- Douglas Finkbeiner,
- Ramesh Narayan,
- Minjung Park,
- Josh Grindlay,
- Priyamvada Natarajan,
- Christopher C. Hayward,
- Dušan Kereš,
- Sam B. Ponnada,
- Sirio Belli,
- Rebecca Davies,
- Gabriel Maheson,
- Letizia Bugiani,
- Yijia Li
Affiliations
- Nadia Qutob
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- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology , 837 State Street, Atlanta, GA 30332-0430, USA ; [email protected]
- Razieh Emami
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- Center for Astrophysics ∣ Harvard & Smithsonian , 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Kung-Yi Su
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- Black Hole Initiative at Harvard University , 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Randall Smith
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- Center for Astrophysics ∣ Harvard & Smithsonian , 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Lars Hernquist
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- Center for Astrophysics ∣ Harvard & Smithsonian , 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Dian P. Triani
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- Center for Astrophysics ∣ Harvard & Smithsonian , 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Cameron Hummels
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- TAPIR 350-17, California Institute of Technology , 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- Drummond Fielding
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- Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute , 162 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA
- Philip F. Hopkins
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- TAPIR 350-17, California Institute of Technology , 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- Rachel S. Somerville
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- Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute , 162 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA
- David R. Ballantyne
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- Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology , 837 State Street, Atlanta, GA 30332-0430, USA ; [email protected]
- Mark Vogelsberger
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- Department of Physics, Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Grant Tremblay
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- Center for Astrophysics ∣ Harvard & Smithsonian , 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- James F. Steiner
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- Center for Astrophysics ∣ Harvard & Smithsonian , 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Douglas Finkbeiner
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- Center for Astrophysics ∣ Harvard & Smithsonian , 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Ramesh Narayan
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- Center for Astrophysics ∣ Harvard & Smithsonian , 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Black Hole Initiative at Harvard University , 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Minjung Park
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- Center for Astrophysics ∣ Harvard & Smithsonian , 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Josh Grindlay
- Center for Astrophysics ∣ Harvard & Smithsonian , 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Priyamvada Natarajan
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- Black Hole Initiative at Harvard University , 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Department of Astronomy, Yale University , New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Department of Physics, Yale University , New Haven, CT 06520, USA
- Christopher C. Hayward
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- Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute , 162 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA
- Dušan Kereš
- Department of Physics & Astronomy and CIERA, Northwestern University , 1800 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
- Sam B. Ponnada
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- TAPIR 350-17, California Institute of Technology , 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- Sirio Belli
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna , Bologna, Italy
- Rebecca Davies
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- Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology , Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia; ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) , Australia
- Gabriel Maheson
- Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge , Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK; Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge , 19 J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK
- Letizia Bugiani
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna , Bologna, Italy
- Yijia Li
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- Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, PA 16802, USA; Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, PA 16802, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad8658
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 977,
no. 1
p. 72
Abstract
We make an in-depth analysis of different active galactic nuclei (AGN) jet models’ signatures, inducing quiescence in galaxies with a halo mass of 10 ^12 M _⊙ . Three jet models, including cosmic-ray-dominant, hot thermal, and precessing kinetic jets, are studied at two energy flux levels each, compared to a jet-free, stellar feedback-only simulation. Each of our simulations is idealized isolated galaxy simulations with AGN jet powers that are constant in time and generated using GIZMO and with FIRE stellar feedback. We examine the distribution of Mg ii , O vi , and O viii ions, alongside gas temperature and density profiles. Low-energy ions, like Mg ii , concentrate in the interstellar medium (ISM), while higher energy ions, e.g., O viii , prevail at the AGN jet cocoon’s edge. High-energy flux jets display an isotropic ion distribution with lower overall density. High-energy thermal or cosmic-ray jets pressurize at smaller radii, significantly suppressing core density. The cosmic-ray jet provides extra pressure support, extending cool and warm gas distribution. A break in the ion-to-mass ratio slope in O vi and O viii is demonstrated in the ISM-to-circumgalactic medium (CGM) transition (between 10 and 30 kpc), growing smoothly toward the CGM at greater distances.
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