Local positive feedback in the overall negative: the impact of quasar winds on star formation in the FIRE cosmological simulations

Author:

Mercedes-Feliz Jonathan1ORCID,Anglés-Alcázar Daniel12,Hayward Christopher C2ORCID,Cochrane Rachel K23ORCID,Terrazas Bryan A4ORCID,Wellons Sarah56ORCID,Richings Alexander J78ORCID,Faucher-Giguère Claude-André6ORCID,Moreno Jorge9,Su Kung Yi21011,Hopkins Philip F12ORCID,Quataert Eliot13ORCID,Kereš Dušan14

Affiliation:

1. Department of Physics, University of Connecticut , 196 Auditorium Road, U-3046, Storrs, CT 06269-3046, USA

2. Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute , 162 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA

3. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

4. Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University , 550 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027, USA

5. Department of Astronomy, Van Vleck Observatory, Wesleyan University , 96 Foss Hill Drive, Middletown, CT 06459, USA

6. CIERA and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University , 1800 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201, USA

7. E. A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Hull , Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, UK

8. DAIM, University of Hull , Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX, UK

9. Department of Physics and Astronomy , Pomona College, 333 N. College Way, Claremont, CA 91711, USA

10. Department of Astronomy, Columbia University , 550 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027, USA

11. Black Hole Initiative – Harvard University , 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

12. TAPIR, Mailcode 350-17, California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

13. Department of Astrophysical Sciences , Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA

14. Department of Physics, Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, University of California San Diego , 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA

Abstract

ABSTRACT Negative feedback from accreting supermassive black holes is considered crucial in suppressing star formation and quenching massive galaxies. However, several models and observations suggest that black hole feedback may have a positive effect, triggering star formation by compressing interstellar medium gas to higher densities. We investigate the dual role of black hole feedback using cosmological hydrodynamic simulations from the Feedback In Realistic Environment (FIRE) project, incorporating a novel implementation of hyper-refined accretion-disc winds. Focusing on a massive, star-forming galaxy at z ∼ 2 ($M_{\rm halo} \sim 10^{12.5}\, {\rm M}_{\odot }$), we demonstrate that strong quasar winds with a kinetic power of ∼1046 erg s−1, persisting for over 20 Myr, drive the formation of a central gas cavity and significantly reduce the surface density of star formation across the galaxy’s disc. The suppression of star formation primarily occurs by limiting the availability of gas for star formation rather than by evacuating the pre-existing star-forming gas reservoir (preventive feedback dominates over ejective feedback). Despite the overall negative impact of quasar winds, we identify several potential indicators of local positive feedback, including (1) the spatial anticorrelation between wind-dominated regions and star-forming clumps, (2) higher local star formation efficiency in compressed gas at the edge of the cavity, and (3) increased contribution of outflowing material to local star formation. Moreover, stars formed under the influence of quasar winds tend to be located at larger radial distances. Our findings suggest that both positive and negative AGN feedback can coexist within galaxies, although the local positive triggering of star formation has a minor influence on global galaxy growth.

Funder

Simons Foundation

NASA

NSF

Research Corporation for Science Advancement

STScI

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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