Journal article
Direct Detection of Black Hole-driven Turbulence in the Centers of Galaxy Clusters
Abstract
Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are thought to provide energy that prevents catastrophic cooling in the centers of massive galaxies and galaxy clusters. However, it remains unclear how this “feedback” process operates. We use high-resolution optical data to study the kinematics of multiphase filamentary structures by measuring the velocity structure function (VSF) of the filaments over a wide range of scales in the centers of three nearby …
Authors
Li Y; Gendron-Marsolais M-L; Zhuravleva I; Xu S; Simionescu A; Tremblay GR; Lochhaas C; Bryan GL; Quataert E; Murray NW
Journal
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 889, No. 1,
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Publication Date
January 20, 2020
DOI
10.3847/2041-8213/ab65c7
ISSN
2041-8205