The Evolution of Galaxies and Clusters at High Spatial Resolution with Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS)

Helen R. Russell; Laura A. Lopez; Steven W. Allen; George Chartas; Prakriti Pal Choudhury; Renato A. Dupke; Andrew C. Fabian; Anthony M. Flores; Kristen Garofali; Edmund Hodges-Kluck; Michael J. Koss; Lauranne Lanz; Bret D. Lehmer; Jiang-Tao Li; W. Peter Maksym; Adam B. Mantz; Michael McDonald; Eric D. Miller; Richard F. Mushotzky; Yu Qiu; Christopher S. Reynolds; Francesco Tombesi; Paolo Tozzi; Anna Trindade-Falcão; Stephen A. Walker; Ka-Wah Wong; Mihoko Yukita; Congyao Zhang

doi:10.3390/universe10070273

Universe (Jun 2024)

The Evolution of Galaxies and Clusters at High Spatial Resolution with Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS)

Helen R. Russell,
Laura A. Lopez,
Steven W. Allen,
George Chartas,
Prakriti Pal Choudhury,
Renato A. Dupke,
Andrew C. Fabian,
Anthony M. Flores,
Kristen Garofali,
Edmund Hodges-Kluck,
Michael J. Koss,
Lauranne Lanz,
Bret D. Lehmer,
Jiang-Tao Li,
W. Peter Maksym,
Adam B. Mantz,
Michael McDonald,
Eric D. Miller,
Richard F. Mushotzky,
Yu Qiu,
Christopher S. Reynolds,
Francesco Tombesi,
Paolo Tozzi,
Anna Trindade-Falcão,
Stephen A. Walker,
Ka-Wah Wong,
Mihoko Yukita,
Congyao Zhang

Affiliations

Helen R. Russell: School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
Laura A. Lopez: Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 140 W. 18th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Steven W. Allen: Department of Physics, Stanford University, 382 Via Pueblo Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
George Chartas: Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424, USA
Prakriti Pal Choudhury: Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK
Renato A. Dupke: Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, 1085 South University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Andrew C. Fabian: Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK
Anthony M. Flores: Department of Physics, Stanford University, 382 Via Pueblo Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Kristen Garofali: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Edmund Hodges-Kluck: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Michael J. Koss: Eureka Scientific, 2452 Delmer Street Suite 100, Oakland, CA 94602, USA
Lauranne Lanz: Department of Physics, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ 08628, USA
Bret D. Lehmer: Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
Jiang-Tao Li: Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 10 Yuanhua Road, Nanjing 210023, China
W. Peter Maksym: Center for Astrophysics|Harvard & Smithsonian, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Adam B. Mantz: Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Michael McDonald: Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Eric D. Miller: Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Richard F. Mushotzky: Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Yu Qiu: Institute for Advanced Study in Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Christopher S. Reynolds: Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Francesco Tombesi: Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy
Paolo Tozzi: INAF—Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi, 50122 Firenze, Italy
Anna Trindade-Falcão: Center for Astrophysics|Harvard & Smithsonian, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Stephen A. Walker: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA
Ka-Wah Wong: Department of Physics, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY 14420, USA
Mihoko Yukita: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Congyao Zhang: Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/universe10070273
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 7
p. 273

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Stellar and black hole feedback heat and disperse surrounding cold gas clouds, launching gas flows off circumnuclear and galactic disks, producing a dynamic interstellar medium. On large scales bordering the cosmic web, feedback drives enriched gas out of galaxies and groups, seeding the intergalactic medium with heavy elements. In this way, feedback shapes galaxy evolution by shutting down star formation and ultimately curtailing the growth of structure after the peak at redshift 2–3. To understand the complex interplay between gravity and feedback, we must resolve both the key physics within galaxies and map the impact of these processes over large scales, out into the cosmic web. The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) is a proposed X-ray probe mission for the 2030s with arcsecond spatial resolution, large effective area, and low background. AXIS will untangle the interactions of winds, radiation, jets, and supernovae with the surrounding interstellar medium across the wide range of mass scales and large volumes driving galaxy evolution and trace the establishment of feedback back to the main event at cosmic noon. This white paper is part of a series commissioned for the AXIS Probe mission concept; additional AXIS white papers can be found at the AXIS website.

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LCC subjects: Science: Physics: Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity: Elementary particle physics
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