AGN Feedback from Precessing Jets on the Turbulent Intracluster Medium
Abstract
To study feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in hydrodynamical simulations of isolated galaxy cluster environments, we have developed a new sink particle model for supermassive black hole (SMBH) accretion and jet launching. Using the new model, we have run simulations of the cores of clusters with the hydrodynamic code FLASH. We compare our jets to numerical simulations of accretion disks and jets in regions close to SMBHs and investigate the convergence of our model. We also study the interaction of precessing AGN jets, driven turbulence, and radiative cooling, aiming to determine the amount of turbulence produced by jet feedback and whether it can help regulate accretion. The results are important for addressing the question of how AGN jets deposit energy into the intracluster medium in a distributed manner.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #234
- Pub Date:
- June 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019AAS...23422804L