Mojtaba Raouf
Hydrodynamic simulations of the Disc of Gas Around Supermassive black holes (HDGAS) -II; The transition from neutral atomic to molecular gas phases
Raouf, Mojtaba; Viti, Serena; Karimi, Reihaneh; Richings, Alexander J
Authors
Serena Viti
Reihaneh Karimi
Dr Alex Richings A.J.Richings@hull.ac.uk
Lecturer in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Modelling
Abstract
We use HDGAS hydrodynamic simulations to study the impact of active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback on the conversion of atomic-gas to molecular-gas within the circumnuclear-disc (CND) of a typical AGN-dominated galaxy. The comparison of CI, CII, and CO line intensities and their ratios in the HDGAS post-processing radiative-transfer analysis reveals the complex interplay between AGN-activity, cold molecular gas properties, and the physical processes governing the evolution of star-formation in galaxies. Our results demonstrate that the CI/CO intensity ratio serves as a reliable indicator of the atomic-to-molecular gas transition. We present the probability distribution function (PDF) and abundance trends of various metal species related to molecular H2 gas, highlighting differences in clumpiness and intensity maps between AGN feedback and NoAGN models. The profile of the integrated intensity (moment-0) maps shows that the AGN-feedback model exhibits a lower CI/CO intensity ratio in the vicinity of the supermassive black hole (< 50 pc), indicating a smaller atomic-gas abundance and the presence of positive AGN-feedback. Our simulations have successfully predicted the presence of faint-CO emissions extending to larger radii from the galactic center. We also explore the relationships between CII/CO and CI/CII intensity ratios, as well as the ratios versus CO intensity, which provides insights into the ‘CO-dark’ issues. One notable feature in the later time-scale of the AGN model is the presence of a ‘CO-dark’ region, where the intensity of CO emission (I_CO) is depleted relative to the H2 column density (N_H2) compared to the NoAGN model.
Citation
Raouf, M., Viti, S., Karimi, R., & Richings, A. J. (2025). Hydrodynamic simulations of the Disc of Gas Around Supermassive black holes (HDGAS) -II; The transition from neutral atomic to molecular gas phases. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 539(2), 1516-1527. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf557
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 2, 2025 |
Online Publication Date | Apr 4, 2025 |
Publication Date | May 1, 2025 |
Deposit Date | Apr 16, 2025 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 28, 2025 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Electronic ISSN | 1365-2966 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 539 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 1516-1527 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf557 |
Keywords | ISM: molecules; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: Seyfert |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5130713 |
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