TY - JOUR
T1 - Supermassive black hole feedback
AU - Ruszkowski, Mateusz
AU - Nagai, Daisuke
AU - Zhuravleva, Irina
AU - Brummel-Smith, Corey
AU - Li, Yuan
AU - Hodges-Kluck, Edmund
AU - Yang, Hsiang Yi Karen
AU - Basu, Kaustuv
AU - Chluba, Jens
AU - Churazov, Eugene
AU - Donahue, Megan
AU - Fabian, Andrew
AU - Faucher-Giguère, Claude André
AU - Gaspari, Massimo
AU - Hlavacek-Larrondo, Julie
AU - McDonald, Michael
AU - McNamara, Brian
AU - Nulsen, Paul
AU - Mroczkowski, Tony
AU - Mushotzky, Richard
AU - Reynolds, Christopher
AU - Vikhlinin, Alexey
AU - Voit, Mark
AU - Werner, Norbert
AU - ZuHone, John
AU - Zweibel, Ellen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2019, The Authors. All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/3/22
Y1 - 2019/3/22
N2 - Understanding the processes that drive galaxy formation and shape the observed properties of galaxies is one of the most interesting and challenging frontier problems of modern astrophysics. We now know that the evolution of galaxies is critically shaped by the energy injection from accreting supermassive black holes (SMBHs). However, it is unclear how exactly the physics of this feedback process affects galaxy formation and evolution. In particular, a major challenge is unraveling how the energy released near the SMBHs is distributed over nine orders of magnitude in distance throughout galaxies and their immediate environments. The best place to study the impact of SMBH feedback is in the hot atmospheres of massive galaxies, groups, and galaxy clusters, which host the most massive black holes in the Universe, and where we can directly image the impact of black holes on their surroundings. We identify critical questions and potential measurements that will likely transform our understanding of the physics of SMBH feedback and how it shapes galaxies, through detailed measurements of (i) the thermodynamic and velocity fluctuations in the intracluster medium (ICM) as well as (ii) the composition of the bubbles inflated by SMBHs in the centers of galaxy clusters, and their influence on the cluster gas and galaxy growth, using the next generation of high spectral and spatial resolution X-ray and microwave telescopes.
AB - Understanding the processes that drive galaxy formation and shape the observed properties of galaxies is one of the most interesting and challenging frontier problems of modern astrophysics. We now know that the evolution of galaxies is critically shaped by the energy injection from accreting supermassive black holes (SMBHs). However, it is unclear how exactly the physics of this feedback process affects galaxy formation and evolution. In particular, a major challenge is unraveling how the energy released near the SMBHs is distributed over nine orders of magnitude in distance throughout galaxies and their immediate environments. The best place to study the impact of SMBH feedback is in the hot atmospheres of massive galaxies, groups, and galaxy clusters, which host the most massive black holes in the Universe, and where we can directly image the impact of black holes on their surroundings. We identify critical questions and potential measurements that will likely transform our understanding of the physics of SMBH feedback and how it shapes galaxies, through detailed measurements of (i) the thermodynamic and velocity fluctuations in the intracluster medium (ICM) as well as (ii) the composition of the bubbles inflated by SMBHs in the centers of galaxy clusters, and their influence on the cluster gas and galaxy growth, using the next generation of high spectral and spatial resolution X-ray and microwave telescopes.
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M3 - Article
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JO - Free Radical Biology and Medicine
JF - Free Radical Biology and Medicine
SN - 0891-5849
ER -