Will AGN launch wind particles?

Guan-Fu Liu
  • 16 Apr

Hi, I have gone through the part Galactic Wind in Simulating galaxy formation with the IllustrisTNG model (Pillepich et al. 2018), and I have known some science and technique details of the wind particles launched by SNe. In the same paper, the part Formation, growth and feedback of BHs gives a brief introduction to AGN feedback and how the AGN wind is implemented. My questions are as follows,

  • Will AGN launch wind particles? (In my primary understanding, I would like to say yes for this question)
  • If AGN launch wind particle, is there any differences in technique between the AGN-driven wind particles and SNe-driven particles? (The physical differences are a big and complex topic, and I just wonder the implementation in TNG simulations)

Many thanks!

Dylan Nelson
  • 17 Apr

No, the AGN feedback model of TNG does not involve wind particles in any way. It always injects energy (thermal or kinetic) into surrounding gas, directly.

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