An examination of magnetized outflows from active galactic nuclei in galaxy clusters

Details An examination of magnetized outflows from active galactic nuclei in galaxy clusters An examination of magnetized outflows from active galactic nuclei in galaxy clusters

2011-08-16

arxiv.org/abs/1108.3344v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

24 pages, 26 figures, 8 tables. Slight adjustments from referee comments. MNRAS accepted

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We present 3D adaptive mesh refinement MHD simulations of an isolated galaxy cluster that include injection of kinetic, thermal, and magnetic energy via a central active galactic nucleus (AGN) in order to study and evaluate the role that AGN may play in producing the observed cluster-wide magnetic fields. Using the MHD solver in FLASH 3.3, we compare several sub-resolution approaches to the evolution of AGN, specifically focusing on large-scale jet and bubble models. We examine the effects of magnetized outflows on the accretion history of the black hole and cluster thermodynamic properties, discuss the ability of various models to magnetize the cluster medium, and assess the sensitivity of these models to their underlying subgrid parameters. We find that magnetized jet-based models suffer a severe reduction in accretion rate compared to hydrodynamic jets; however, bubble models remain largely unaffected. While both jets and sporadically-placed bubbles have difficulty reproducing the observed strength and topology of cluster magnetic fields, models based on centrally-located bubbles come closest to observations. Finally, whereas jet models are relatively insensitive to changes in their subgrid parameters, the accretion rate and average magnetic field produced by the bubbles vary by as much as an order of magnitude depending on the grid resolution and accretion strength.

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