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Life-cycles & Energetics of Radio-Loud AGN

Radio jets are the large-scale and extragalactic footprints of accretion onto supermassive black holes, and are suggested to be the key ingredient controlling the galaxy stellar mass function. Of particular importance is their jet power - the time-averaged energetic feedback into their environment....

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Published in:Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2018-05, Vol.14 (S342), p.122-126
Main Authors: Mahatma, V. H., Hardcastle, M. J.
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Language:English
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Summary:Radio jets are the large-scale and extragalactic footprints of accretion onto supermassive black holes, and are suggested to be the key ingredient controlling the galaxy stellar mass function. Of particular importance is their jet power - the time-averaged energetic feedback into their environment. Hence, the dynamics, energetics and life-cycles of radio-loud AGN (RLAGN) must be understood in order to build a qualitative and quantitative picture of their impact over cosmic time. Here, we present a study of the spectral age of two powerful, cluster-center radio galaxies, and compare with an analytic model to robustly determine their jet powers. We also present some recent LOFAR observations of the different phases of RLAGN activity, namely the remnant and subsequent restarting phases, which are key to understanding the dynamics of RLAGN over their total lifetime.
ISSN:1743-9213
1743-9221
DOI:10.1017/S1743921318005537