no code implementations • 3 Apr 2020 • Gerrit Schellenberger, Laurence P. David, Jan Vrtilek, Ewan O'Sullivan, Jeremy Lim, William Forman, Ming Sun, Francoise Combes, Philippe Salome, Christine Jones, Simona Giacintucci, Alastair Edge, Fabio Gastaldello, Pasquale Temi, Fabrizio Brighenti, Sandro Bardelli
This indicates that the two giant molecular clouds seen in absorption are most likely within the sphere of influence of the supermassive black hole.
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1 code implementation • 1 Aug 2018 • Grant R. Tremblay, Françoise Combes, J. B. Raymond Oonk, Helen R. Russell, Michael A. McDonald, Massimo Gaspari, Bernd Husemann, Paul E. J. Nulsen, Brian R. McNamara, Stephen L. Hamer, Christopher P. O'Dea, Stefi A. Baum, Timothy A. Davis, Megan Donahue, G. Mark Voit, Alastair C. Edge, Elizabeth L. Blanton, Malcolm N. Bremer, Esra Bulbul, Tracy E. Clarke, Laurence P. David, Louise O. V. Edwards, Dominic A. Eggerman, Andrew C. Fabian, William R. Forman, Christine Jones, Nathaniel Kerman, Ralph P. Kraft, Yuan Li, Meredith C. Powell, Scott W. Randall, Philippe Salomé, Aurora Simionescu, Yuanyuan Su, Ming Sun, C. Megan Urry, Adrian N. Vantyghem, Belinda J. Wilkes, John A. ZuHone
The entire scenario is therefore consistent with a galaxy-spanning "fountain", wherein cold gas clouds drain into the black hole accretion reservoir, powering jets and bubbles that uplift a cooling plume of low-entropy multiphase gas, which may stimulate additional cooling and accretion as part of a self-regulating feedback loop.
Astrophysics of Galaxies