Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2010-01-07
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
33 pages, 4 figures. To be published in Astrophysical Journal
Scientific paper
Radio AGN feedback is often assumed to work, but detailed physical models of this process are not well developed. This paper examines a possible path for radio AGN feedback to heat the gas in and around galaxies and perhaps suppress star formation. Nearby radio AGN are almost all FR-I radio galaxies, and it is argued that such outflows become decelerated and fully turbulent in their early stages. A 3D non-linear MHD turbulence calculation is made to determine the time required for this outflowing turbulent energy to be converted into heat. Using radio and x-ray observations of nearby FR-I AGN for normalization results in a time for the onset of heating of about 100 million years. This is comparable to the gas cooling times in and around galaxies, and the resulting location of heat deposition is consistent with FR-I outflows.
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