AbstractThe centers of elliptical galaxies host supermassive black holes that significantly affect the surrounding interstellar medium through feedback resulting from the accretion process. The evolution of this gas and of the nuclear emission during the galaxies’ lifetime has been studied recently with high-resolution hydrodynamical simulations. These included gas cooling and heating specific for an average AGN spectral energy distribution, a radiative efficiency declining at low mass accretion rates, and mechanical coupling between the hot gas and AGN winds. Here, we present a short summary of the observational properties resulting from the simulations, focussing on (1) the nuclear luminosity; (2) the global luminosity and temperature of the hot gas; (3) its temperature profile and X-ray brightness profile. These properties are compared with those of galaxies of the local universe, pointing out the successes of the adopted feedback and the needs for new input in the simulations.


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    Titel :

    Clues on black hole feedback from simulated and observed X-ray properties of elliptical galaxies


    Beteiligte:
    Pellegrini, S. (Autor:in) / Ciotti, L. (Autor:in) / Ostriker, J.P. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 44 , 3 ; 340-347


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2009-04-12


    Format / Umfang :

    8 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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