The Hot Interstellar Medium of Normal Elliptical Galaxies. II. Morphological Evidence for Active Galactic Nucleus Feedback

Diehl, Steven; Statler, Thomas S.

doi:10.1086/587481

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“…Bubble merging, if it occurs, could explain the higher power inferred from this sample, but does not explain why no bubbling is detected at all in some objects, although some of the selection effects mentioned below may be relevant. Diehl & Statler (2008), in a study of Chandra X-ray data of 54 elliptical galaxies, report that the gas is almost always assymmetrically disturbed and that this correlates with X-ray and radio measures of AGN activity.…”

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Observational Evidence of Active Galactic Nuclei Feedback

Fabian

2012

Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys.

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Radiation, winds and jets from the active nucleus of a massive galaxy can interact with its interstellar medium leading to ejection or heating of the gas. This can terminate star formation in the galaxy and stifle accretion onto the black hole. Such Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) feedback can account for the observed proportionality between central black hole and host galaxy mass. Direct observational evidence for the radiative or quasar mode of feedback, which occurs when the AGN is very luminous, has been difficult to obtain but is accumulating from a few exceptional objects. Feedback from the kinetic or radio mode, which uses the mechanical energy of radio-emitting jets often seen when the AGN is operating at a lower level, is common in massive elliptical galaxies. This mode is well observed directly through X-ray observations of the central galaxies of cool core clusters in the form of bubbles in the hot surrounding medium. The energy flow, which is roughly continuous, heats the hot intracluster gas and reduces radiative cooling and subsequent star formation by an order of magnitude. Feedback appears to maintain a long-lived heating/cooling balance. Powerful, jetted radio outbursts may represent a further mode of energy feedback which affect the cores of groups and subclusters. New telescopes and instruments from the radio to X-ray bands will come into operation over the next few years and lead to a rapid expansion in observational data on all modes of AGN feedback.

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Section: Hot Gas In Groups and Elliptical Galaxiesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Observational Evidence of Active Galactic Nuclei Feedback

Fabian

2012

Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys.

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“…Empirically, large scatter (factor of ∼100) is found between L X and L K (e.g., Forman et al 1985;Fabbiano 1989), and there are hints that the slope and scatter depend on environment (Mulchaey & Jeltema 2010). Likely at play are both intrinsic scatter in the relation between stellar and dark halo mass, and non-equilibrium conditions in the hot gas, e.g., due to AGN feedback (Diehl & Statler 2008;Dunn et al 2010 Figure 14. Red-blue-green composite images of SDSS photometry for 78 MASSIVE galaxies.…”

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THE MASSIVE SURVEY. I. A VOLUME-LIMITED INTEGRAL-FIELD SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF THE MOST MASSIVE EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES WITHIN 108 Mpc

Greene

McConnell

et al. 2014

ApJ

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Massive early-type galaxies represent the modern day remnants of the earliest major star formation episodes in the history of the universe. These galaxies are central to our understanding of the evolution of cosmic structure, stellar populations, and supermassive black holes, but the details of their complex formation histories remain uncertain. To address this situation, we have initiated the MASSIVE Survey, a volume-limited, multi-wavelength, integral-field spectroscopic (IFS) and photometric survey of the structure and dynamics of the ∼100 most massive early-type galaxies within a distance of 108 Mpc. This survey probes a stellar mass range M * 10 11.5 M and diverse galaxy environments that have not been systematically studied to date. Our wide-field IFS data cover about two effective radii of individual galaxies, and for a subset of them, we are acquiring additional IFS observations on sub-arcsecond scales with adaptive optics. We are also acquiring deep K-band imaging to trace the extended halos of the galaxies and measure accurate total magnitudes. Dynamical orbit modeling of the combined data will allow us to simultaneously determine the stellar, black hole, and dark matter halo masses. The primary goals of the project are to constrain the black hole scaling relations at high masses, investigate systematically the stellar initial mass function and dark matter distribution in massive galaxies, and probe the late-time assembly of ellipticals through stellar population and kinematical gradients. In this paper, we describe the MASSIVE sample selection, discuss the distinct demographics and structural and environmental properties of the selected galaxies, and provide an overview of our basic observational program, science goals and early survey results.

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“…radio emission) are also those with a sizable plasma component. A more systematic comparison of the radio and gas properties in isolated galaxies should be made, to better assess the role of AGN feedback, also in light of the observed correlation between the asymmetries in the gas morphology and AGN activity in a sample of well studied objects (Diehl & Statler 2008), which are however in a variety of environments.…”

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The diverse X-ray properties of four truly isolated elliptical galaxies: NGC 2954, NGC 6172, NGC 7052, and NGC 7785

Memola¹,

Trinchieri²,

Wolter³

et al. 2009

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Aims. We investigate the X-ray properties of four isolated elliptical galaxies, selected from the Updated Zwicky Catalog according to strict isolation criteria. Isolated galaxies are not influenced by the group/cluster environment, and their X-ray emission can be studied independently of the often overwhelming contribution of the hot intergalactic medium. They are therefore suited to studying the X-ray characteristics relative to their intrinsic properties. Methods. We analyzed our own XMM-Newton and archival Chandra data in detail for three objects, and derived, when possible, the spatial and spectral characteristics of each source. An upper limit for the fourth one was obtained from archival ASCA data. We compared their characteristics with those of other 23 isolated objects for which X-ray and optical data are available in the literature. We explored possible theoretical explanations to interpret our results. Results. In spite of our attempt to select very homogeneous objects, both in terms of optical properties and environmental characteristics, we find a wide range in X-ray luminosities and L X /L B ratios for the four objects: two of them show a hot gaseous halo, whereas no gas is detected in the other two, to a factor >10 in luminosity. In fact, we find a large spread in the L X /L B for all galaxies considered, suggesting that the presence of hot gas is not easily related to the optical luminosity or to the mass, even in isolated systems. Younger objects tend to be less luminous in X-rays than older systems. However, it appears that older objects could span a wide range in luminosities.

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The Hot Interstellar Medium of Normal Elliptical Galaxies. II. Morphological Evidence for Active Galactic Nucleus Feedback

Cited by 43 publications

References 43 publications

Observational Evidence of Active Galactic Nuclei Feedback

Observational Evidence of Active Galactic Nuclei Feedback

THE MASSIVE SURVEY. I. A VOLUME-LIMITED INTEGRAL-FIELD SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF THE MOST MASSIVE EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES WITHIN 108 Mpc

The diverse X-ray properties of four truly isolated elliptical galaxies: NGC 2954, NGC 6172, NGC 7052, and NGC 7785

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