Enrichment of the Intra-Cluster Medium Due to AGN Outflows Induced by Late-Type Galaxies

M. Pancisin, C. Kaiser, G. Pavlovski, W. Kapferer, S. Schindler, E. van Kampen, M. Ruffert

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Abstract

We have investigated a transport mechanism for the enrichment of the intra-cluster medium (ICM) due to Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) outflows, induced by galaxy interactions. We assumed flybys and mergers of late-type galaxies as a triggering mechanism for the AGN activity. The simulation setup of our investigations consists of a combined N-Body/hydrodynamic technique for dark matter and the ICM and a semi-analytical galaxy formation model. In total, we have performed eight different galaxy cluster simulations, spanning a broad mass range. The obtained metalicity maps and profiles of the ICM were compared to the maps and profiles obtained from the X-ray observatories of different galaxy clusters. The main result is: AGN-triggered outflows of the inter-stellar medium (ISM) in the central parts of late-type galaxies do not contribute significantly to the observed metalicities found in the ICM of galaxy clusters.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMONSTER'S FIERY BREATH: FEEDBACK IN GALAXIES, GROUPS, AND CLUSTERS
EditorsS Heinz, E Wilcots
Place of PublicationMELVILLE
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics
Pages127-130
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)978-0-7354-0738-1
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Active Galactic Nuclei
  • Numerical Methods
  • ICM enrichment
  • Clusters of galaxies
  • METAL ENRICHMENT
  • CHEMICAL ENRICHMENT

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