Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Feedback in Dwarf Galaxies: a View from Cosmological Simulations
Date Issued
2020
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Abstract
Black holes are usually observed to be of stellar-mass or supermassive. By natural extension, there should be a population of Intermediate-Mass Black Holes (IMBHs: with mass between 100 to 106M☉) in the Universe; which has started to been observed. An exciting claim has been made recently by Silk (2017): that early feedback by IMBHs in gas-rich dwarf galaxies at z = 5-8, can potentially solve multiple dwarf galaxy problems within the Λ-cold-dark-matter cosmology. We are performing Cosmological Hydrodynamical Simulations of (2Mpc)3 volumes, starting from z = 100, to test the case for IMBHs in Dwarf Galaxies. Black holes of mass 1000M☉ are seeded inside halos when they reach a mass of 107M☉. The black holes grow by accretion of gas from their surroundings and by merger with other black holes, and consequently eject feedback energy. We analyze the simulation output in post-processing to study the growth of the first IMBHs, and their impact on star-formation. Our conclusions, based on numerical simulation results, support the phenomenological ideas made by Silk (2017). IMBHs at the centers of dwarf galaxies can be a strong source of feedback to quench star-formation and generate outflows. At the same time, these IMBHs form the missing link between stellar-mass and supermassive BHs....
Coverage
Perseus in Sicily: From Black Hole to Cluster Outskirt
Volume
Vol. 14, S342
Start page
154
Conferenece
Perseus in Sicily: From Black Hole to Cluster Outskirt
Issn Identifier
1743-9213
Ads BibCode
2020IAUS..342..154B
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open.access
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