Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-12-31
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 350 (2004) L13
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 2 figures
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07809.x
Three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations are used to investigate the structural stability of cooling flows that are episodically heated by jets from a central AGN. The radial profile of energy deposition is controlled by (a) the power of the jets, and (b) the pre-outburst density profile. A delay in the ignition of the jets causes more powerful jets to impact on a more centrally concentrated medium. The net effect is a sufficient increase in the central concentration of energy deposition to cause the post-outburst density profile to be less centrally concentrated than that of an identical cluster in which the outburst happened earlier and was weaker. These results suggest that the density profiles of cooling flows oscillate around an attracting profile, thus explaining why cooling flows are observed to have similar density profiles. The possibility is raised that powerful FR II systems are ones in which this feedback mechanism has broken down and a runaway growth of the source parameters has occurred.
Binney James
Omma Henrik
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