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星系中恒星形成的AGN反馈和触发

AGN feedback and triggering of star formation in galaxies

W. Ishibashi, A. C. Fabian

摘要:

来自活动星系核中心黑洞的反馈可能是建立观测到的MBH-σ关系和限制宿主星系核球恒星质量的原因。在这里,我们探讨活动星系核反馈触发恒星形成的宿主星系的可能性。我们考虑一个尘埃气体壳层,辐射压力驱动向外,并分析其逃逸/捕获条件的星系晕不同的潜在暗物质的潜力。在等温势中,我们得到,标准条件设置所观察到的MBH-sigma关系是不足以清除气体的整个星系,而同样的条件是正式足够的情况下的Hernquist和Navarro-Frenk-White配置文件。非均匀星际介质在抛射过程中的挤压和压缩可以触发反馈驱动壳层内的恒星形成。我们估计由此产生的恒星形成率和总的额外恒星质量。在这张图片中,新的恒星以越来越大的半径形成,并相继居住在宿主星系的外部区域。这种特征模式可以与观测到的大质量星系的“由内而外”的增长相比较。

英文摘要:

Feedback from the central black hole in active galactic nuclei (AGN) may be responsible for establishing the observed MBH-sigma relation and limiting the bulge stellar mass of the host galaxy. Here we explore the possibility of AGN feedback triggering star formation in the host galaxy. We consider a shell of dusty gas, driven outwards by radiation pressure, and analyse its escape/trapping condition in the galactic halo for different underlying dark matter potentials. In the isothermal potential, we obtain that the standard condition setting the observed MBH-sigma relation is not sufficient to clear gas out of the entire galaxy; whereas the same condition is formally sufficient in the case of the Hernquist and Navarro-Frenk-White profiles. The squeezing and compression of the inhomogeneous interstellar medium during the ejection process can trigger star formation within the feedback-driven shell. We estimate the resulting star formation rate and total additional stellar mass. In this picture, new stars are formed at increasingly larger radii and successively populate the outer regions of the host galaxy. This characteristic pattern may be compared with the observed 'inside-out' growth of massive galaxies.

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