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簇内介质的Cosmic ray反馈加热

Cosmic ray feedback heating of the intracluster medium

M. Ruszkowski, H. -Y. K. Yang, C. S. Reynolds

摘要:

在星系团冷核中的活动星系核反馈在解决几十年来的冷却流问题中起着核心作用,但一个主要问题仍然没有解决-活动星系核能量如何在ICM中热化,以及在现实系统中有效的黑洞馈送率是多少?我们进行了一套三维MHD AMR模拟活动星系核的反馈在一个冷的核心集群,包括宇宙线(CR)物理。CR通过准直AGN喷流提供给ICM,随后通过流动分散在磁化ICM中,并通过强子,库仑和流动不稳定性加热与ICM相互作用。我们发现,CR运输是一个必不可少的模型成分需要AGN反馈自我调节,至少在这里考虑的物理模型的上下文中。当CR流被忽略时,通过磁场抑制CR与ICM的混合显著降低了ICM加热,这导致冷却灾难。在相反的情况下,CR与周围的ICM接触并有效地加热它,这导致全球稳定的大气。此外,当CR流存在时,活动星系核的动力学状态和活动星系核的透明度也发生了显著的变化。我们发现,CR流加热占主导地位的加热,由于库仑和强子过程。重要的是,在包括CR流的模拟中,中央100 kpc的CR压力支持非常低,并且没有明显违反观测约束。相反,当CR流被忽略时,CR能量不会花费在ICM加热上,并且CR压力增加到与数据不一致的水平。总的来说,我们的模型表明,CR加热是一个可行的通道热化AGN的能量在集群中,也可能在椭圆星系,和CR起着重要的作用,在确定AGN的不稳定性和冷的核心大气的动力学状态。

英文摘要:

Self-regulating AGN feedback in the cool cores of galaxy clusters plays central role in solving the decades-old cooling flow problem, but one major problem remains unsolved - how is the AGN energy thermalized in the ICM and what are the effective black hole feeding rates in realistic systems? We perform a suite of 3D MHD AMR simulations of AGN feedback in a cool core cluster including cosmic ray (CR) physics. CRs are supplied to the ICM via collimated AGN jets and subsequently disperse in the magnetized ICM via streaming, and interact with the ICM via hadronic, Coulomb, and streaming instability heating. We find that CR transport is an essential model ingredient needed for AGN feedback to self-regulate, at least within the context of the physical model considered here. When CR streaming is neglected, the suppression of CR mixing with the ICM by magnetic fields significantly reduces ICM heating, which leads to cooling catastrophes. In the opposite case, CRs come into contact with the ambient ICM and efficiently heat it, which results in globally stable atmospheres. Moreover, the dynamical state and intermittency of the central AGN are dramatically altered when CR streaming is present. We find that CR streaming heating dominates over the heating due to Coulomb and hadronic processes. Importantly, in simulations that include CR streaming, CR pressure support in the central 100 kpc is very low and does not demonstrably violate observational constraints. On the contrary, when CR streaming is neglected, CR energy is not spent on the ICM heating and CR pressure builds up to the level that is in disagreement with the data. Overall, our models demonstrate that CR heating is a viable channel for the thermalization of AGN energy in clusters, and likely also in elliptical galaxies, and that CRs play an important role in determining AGN intermittency and the dynamical state of cool core atmospheres.

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