RUcore: Rutgers University Community Repository
Exploring the effect of active galactic nuclei on quenching, morphological transformation and gas flows with simulations of galaxy evolution
Descriptive
TitleInfo
Title
Exploring the effect of active galactic nuclei on quenching, morphological transformation and gas flows with simulations of galaxy evolution
Name
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
Brennan
NamePart
(type = given)
Ryan
NamePart
(type = date)
1989-
DisplayForm
Ryan Brennan
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB)
author
Name
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
Somerville
NamePart
(type = given)
Rachel S
DisplayForm
Rachel S Somerville
Affiliation
Advisory Committee
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB)
chair
Name
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
Brooks
NamePart
(type = given)
Alyson
DisplayForm
Alyson Brooks
Affiliation
Advisory Committee
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB)
internal member
Name
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
Pryor
NamePart
(type = given)
Carlton
DisplayForm
Carlton Pryor
Affiliation
Advisory Committee
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB)
internal member
Name
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
Kloet
NamePart
(type = given)
Wim
DisplayForm
Wim Kloet
Affiliation
Advisory Committee
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB)
internal member
Name
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
Naab
NamePart
(type = given)
Thorsten
DisplayForm
Thorsten Naab
Affiliation
Advisory Committee
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB)
outside member
Name
(type = corporate)
NamePart
Rutgers University
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB)
degree grantor
Name
(type = corporate)
NamePart
School of Graduate Studies
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB)
school
TypeOfResource
Text
Genre
(authority = marcgt)
theses
OriginInfo
DateCreated
(qualifier = exact)
2017
DateOther
(qualifier = exact);
(type = degree)
2017-10
CopyrightDate
(encoding = w3cdtf);
(qualifier = exact)
2017
Place
PlaceTerm
(type = code)
xx
Language
LanguageTerm
(authority = ISO639-2b);
(type = code)
eng
Abstract
(type = abstract)
We study the evolution of simulated galaxies in the presence of feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN). First, we present a study conducted with a semi-analytic model (SAM) of galaxy formation and evolution that includes prescriptions for bulge growth and AGN feedback due to galaxy mergers and disk instabilities. We find that with this physics included, our model is able to qualitatively reproduce a population of galaxies with the correct star-formation and morphological properties when compared with populations of observed galaxies out to z~3. We also examine the characteristic histories of galaxies with different star-formation and morphological properties in our model in order to draw conclusions about the histories of observed galaxies. Next, we examine the structural properties of galaxies (morphology, size, surface density) as a function of distance from the ``star-forming main sequence'' (SFMS), the observed correlation between the star formation rates (SFRs) and stellar masses of star-forming galaxies. We find that, for observed galaxies, as we move from galaxies above the SFMS (higher SFRs) to those below it (lower SFRs), there exists a nearly monotonic trend towards more bulge-dominated morphology, smaller radius, lower SFR density, and higher stellar density. We find qualitatively similar results for our model galaxies, again driven by our prescriptions for bulge growth and AGN feedback. Next, we conduct a study of the effect of AGN feedback on the gas in individual galaxies using a suite of cosmological hydrodynamical simulations. We compare two sets of 24 galaxies with halo masses of 10^12 - 10^13.4 Msun run with two different feedback models: one which includes stellar feedback via UV heating, stellar winds and supernovae, AGN feedback via momentum-driven winds and X-ray heating, and metal heating via photoelectric heating and cosmic X-ray background heating from accreting black holes in background galaxies (MrAGN), and another model which is identical except that it does not include any AGN feedback (NoAGN). We find that our AGN feedback prescription acts both ``ejectively,'' removing gas from galaxies in powerful outflows, and ``preventatively'', suppressing the inflow of gas onto the galaxy. The histories of MrAGN galaxies are gas ejection-dominated, while the histories of NoAGN galaxies are gas recycling-dominated. This difference in gas cycles results in the quenching of star formation in MrAGN galaxies, while their NoAGN counterparts continue to form stars until z=0. Finally, we examine how this change in the baryon cycle affects the metal content of MrAGN galaxies relative to NoAGN galaxies and find that a combination of gas removal from and metal injection into the hot gas halo results in higher average halo metallicities in MrAGN galaxies.
Subject
(authority = RUETD)
Topic
Physics and Astronomy
RelatedItem
(type = host)
TitleInfo
Title
Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Identifier
(type = RULIB)
ETD
Identifier
ETD_8312
PhysicalDescription
Form
(authority = gmd)
electronic resource
InternetMediaType
application/pdf
InternetMediaType
text/xml
Extent
1 online resource (xiv, 219 p. : ill.)
Note
(type = degree)
Ph.D.
Note
(type = bibliography)
Includes bibliographical references
Subject
(authority = ETD-LCSH)
Topic
Galaxies--Evolution
Note
(type = statement of responsibility)
by Ryan Brennan
RelatedItem
(type = host)
TitleInfo
Title
School of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Identifier
(type = local)
rucore10001600001
Location
PhysicalLocation
(authority = marcorg);
(displayLabel = Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)
NjNbRU
Identifier
(type = doi)
doi:10.7282/T3959MPF
Genre
(authority = ExL-Esploro)
ETD doctoral
Back to the top
Rights
RightsDeclaration
(ID = rulibRdec0006)
The author owns the copyright to this work.
RightsHolder
(type = personal)
Name
FamilyName
Brennan
GivenName
Ryan
Role
Copyright Holder
RightsEvent
Type
Permission or license
DateTime
(encoding = w3cdtf);
(qualifier = exact);
(point = start)
2017-08-29 15:05:13
AssociatedEntity
Name
Ryan Brennan
Role
Copyright holder
Affiliation
Rutgers University. School of Graduate Studies
AssociatedObject
Type
License
Name
Author Agreement License
Detail
I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
Copyright
Status
Copyright protected
Availability
Status
Open
Reason
Permission or license
Back to the top
Technical
RULTechMD
(ID = TECHNICAL1)
ContentModel
ETD
OperatingSystem
(VERSION = 5.1)
windows xp
CreatingApplication
Version
1.5
DateCreated
(point = end);
(encoding = w3cdtf);
(qualifier = exact)
2017-08-29T18:23:46
DateCreated
(point = end);
(encoding = w3cdtf);
(qualifier = exact)
2017-08-29T15:00:00
ApplicationName
pdfTeX-1.40.17
Back to the top
Statistical Profile