Kung-Yi Su
Which AGN jets quench star formation in massive galaxies?
Su, Kung-Yi; Hopkins, Philip F; Bryan, Greg L; Somerville, Rachel S; Hayward, Christopher C; Anglés-Alcázar, Daniel; Faucher-Giguère, Claude-André; Wellons, Sarah; Stern, Jonathan; Terrazas, Bryan A; Chan, TK; Orr, Matthew E; Hummels, Cameron; Feldmann, Robert; Kereš, Dušan
Authors
Philip F Hopkins
Greg L Bryan
Rachel S Somerville
Christopher C Hayward
Daniel Anglés-Alcázar
Claude-André Faucher-Giguère
Sarah Wellons
Jonathan Stern
Bryan A Terrazas
Tsang Keung Chan tsang.k.chan@durham.ac.uk
Academic Visitor
Matthew E Orr
Cameron Hummels
Robert Feldmann
Dušan Kereš
Abstract
Without additional heating, radiative cooling of the halo gas of massive galaxies (Milky Way-mass and above) produces cold gas or stars exceeding that observed. Heating from active galactic nucleus (AGN) jets is likely required, but the jet properties remain unclear. This is particularly challenging for galaxy simulations, where the resolution is orders-of-magnitude insufficient to resolve jet formation and evolution. On such scales, the uncertain parameters include the jet energy form [kinetic, thermal, cosmic ray (CR)]; energy, momentum, and mass flux; magnetic fields; opening angle; precession; and duty cycle. We investigate these parameters in a 1014M⊙ halo using high-resolution non-cosmological magnetohydrodynamic simulations with the FIRE-2 (Feedback In Realistic Environments) stellar feedback model, conduction, and viscosity. We explore which scenarios qualitatively meet observational constraints on the halo gas and show that CR-dominated jets most efficiently quench the galaxy by providing CR pressure support and modifying the thermal instability. Mildly relativistic (∼MeV or ∼1010K) thermal plasma jets work but require ∼10 times larger energy input. For fixed energy flux, jets with higher specific energy (longer cooling times) quench more effectively. For this halo mass, kinetic jets are inefficient at quenching unless they have wide opening or precession angles. Magnetic fields also matter less except when the magnetic energy flux reaches ≳ 1044 erg s−1 in a kinetic jet model, which significantly widens the jet cocoon. The criteria for a successful jet model are an optimal energy flux and a sufficiently wide jet cocoon with a long enough cooling time at the cooling radius.
Citation
Su, K., Hopkins, P. F., Bryan, G. L., Somerville, R. S., Hayward, C. C., Anglés-Alcázar, D., …Kereš, D. (2021). Which AGN jets quench star formation in massive galaxies?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 507(1), 175-204. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2021
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 10, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 19, 2021 |
Publication Date | 2021-10 |
Deposit Date | Nov 16, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 16, 2021 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Electronic ISSN | 1365-2966 |
Publisher | Royal Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 507 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 175-204 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2021 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1222943 |
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This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. ©: 2021 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
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