The Response of Metal-rich Gas to X-Ray Irradiation from a Massive Black Hole at High Redshift: Proof of Concept

A. Aykutalp; J. H. Wise; R. Meijerink; M. Spaans

doi:10.1088/0004-637X/771/1/50

The Response of Metal-rich Gas to X-Ray Irradiation from a Massive Black Hole at High Redshift: Proof of Concept

A. Aykutalp^*, J. H. Wise, R. Meijerink, M. Spaans

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Observational studies show that there is a strong link between the formation and evolution of galaxies and the growth of their supermassive black holes. However, the underlying physics behind this observed relation is poorly understood. In order to study the effects of X-ray radiation on black hole surroundings, we implement X-ray-dominated region physics into Enzo and use the radiation transport module Moray to calculate the radiative transfer for a polychromatic spectrum. In this work, we investigate the effects of X-ray irradiation, produced by a central massive black hole (MBH) with a mass of M = 5 x 10(4) M-circle dot, on ambient gas with solar and zero metallicity. We find that in the solar metallicity case, the energy deposition rate in the central region (

Original language	English
Article number	50
Number of pages	20
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	771
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/771/1/50
Publication status	Published - Jul-2013

Keywords

galaxies: active
galaxies: nuclei
Galaxy: formation
ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT
ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI
DWARF NOVA OUTBURSTS
CROSS-SECTIONS
MOLECULAR GAS
Z-SIMILAR-TO-6 QUASARS
RADIATION PRESSURE
INFRARED GALAXIES
ENERGY DEPOSITION
ELLIPTIC GALAXIES

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