DOE PAGES title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: The nature and energetics of AGN-driven perturbations in the hot gas in the Perseus Cluster

Abstract

In this paper, cores of relaxed galaxy clusters are often disturbed by AGN. Their Chandra observations revealed a wealth of structures induced by shocks, subsonic gas motions, bubbles of relativistic plasma, etc. In this paper, we determine the nature and energy content of gas fluctuations in the Perseus core by probing statistical properties of emissivity fluctuations imprinted in the soft- and hard-band X-ray images. About 80 per cent of the total variance of perturbations on ~8–70 kpc scales in the core have an isobaric nature, i.e. are consistent with subsonic displacements of the gas in pressure equilibrium with the ambient medium. The observed variance translates to the ratio of energy in perturbations to thermal energy of ~13 per cent. In the region dominated by weak ‘ripples’, about half of the total variance is associated with isobaric perturbations on scales of a few tens of kpc. If these isobaric perturbations are induced by buoyantly rising bubbles, then these results suggest that most of the AGN-injected energy should first go into bubbles rather than into shocks. Using simulations of a shock propagating through the Perseus atmosphere, we found that models reproducing the observed features of a central shock have more than 50more » per cent of the AGN-injected energy associated with the bubble enthalpy and only about 20 per cent is carried away with the shock. Such energy partition is consistent with the AGN-feedback model, mediated by bubbles of relativistic plasma, and supports the importance of turbulence in the cooling–heating balance.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [7];  [2];  [5];  [1]
  1. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
  2. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching (Germany); Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow (Russia)
  3. Univ. de Valparaiso, Valparaiso (Chile)
  4. Univ. of Oxford, Oxford (United Kingdom)
  5. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (United States)
  6. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  7. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Kanagawa (Japan)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1256639
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-16551
Journal ID: ISSN 0035-8711; arXiv:1601.02615
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 458; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher:
Royal Astronomical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; methods: observational-methods; statistical-techniques: image processing galaxies: clusters: intracluster medium-X-rays; galaxies: clusters

Citation Formats

Zhuravleva, I., Churazov, E., Arevalo, P., Schekochihin, A. A., Forman, W. R., Allen, S. W., Simionescu, A., Sunyaev, R., Vikhlinin, A., and Werner, N. The nature and energetics of AGN-driven perturbations in the hot gas in the Perseus Cluster. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw520.
Zhuravleva, I., Churazov, E., Arevalo, P., Schekochihin, A. A., Forman, W. R., Allen, S. W., Simionescu, A., Sunyaev, R., Vikhlinin, A., & Werner, N. The nature and energetics of AGN-driven perturbations in the hot gas in the Perseus Cluster. United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw520
Zhuravleva, I., Churazov, E., Arevalo, P., Schekochihin, A. A., Forman, W. R., Allen, S. W., Simionescu, A., Sunyaev, R., Vikhlinin, A., and Werner, N. Mon . "The nature and energetics of AGN-driven perturbations in the hot gas in the Perseus Cluster". United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw520. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1256639.
@article{osti_1256639,
title = {The nature and energetics of AGN-driven perturbations in the hot gas in the Perseus Cluster},
author = {Zhuravleva, I. and Churazov, E. and Arevalo, P. and Schekochihin, A. A. and Forman, W. R. and Allen, S. W. and Simionescu, A. and Sunyaev, R. and Vikhlinin, A. and Werner, N.},
abstractNote = {In this paper, cores of relaxed galaxy clusters are often disturbed by AGN. Their Chandra observations revealed a wealth of structures induced by shocks, subsonic gas motions, bubbles of relativistic plasma, etc. In this paper, we determine the nature and energy content of gas fluctuations in the Perseus core by probing statistical properties of emissivity fluctuations imprinted in the soft- and hard-band X-ray images. About 80 per cent of the total variance of perturbations on ~8–70 kpc scales in the core have an isobaric nature, i.e. are consistent with subsonic displacements of the gas in pressure equilibrium with the ambient medium. The observed variance translates to the ratio of energy in perturbations to thermal energy of ~13 per cent. In the region dominated by weak ‘ripples’, about half of the total variance is associated with isobaric perturbations on scales of a few tens of kpc. If these isobaric perturbations are induced by buoyantly rising bubbles, then these results suggest that most of the AGN-injected energy should first go into bubbles rather than into shocks. Using simulations of a shock propagating through the Perseus atmosphere, we found that models reproducing the observed features of a central shock have more than 50 per cent of the AGN-injected energy associated with the bubble enthalpy and only about 20 per cent is carried away with the shock. Such energy partition is consistent with the AGN-feedback model, mediated by bubbles of relativistic plasma, and supports the importance of turbulence in the cooling–heating balance.},
doi = {10.1093/mnras/stw520},
journal = {Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
number = 3,
volume = 458,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Mon Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

Journal Article:
Free Publicly Available Full Text
Publisher's Version of Record

Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 43 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

Save / Share:

Works referenced in this record:

Abundances of the elements: Meteoritic and solar
journal, January 1989


A Mexican hat with holes: calculating low-resolution power spectra from data with gaps: Power spectrum of data with gaps
journal, October 2012


On the Nature of X-Ray Surface Brightness Fluctuations in m87
journal, February 2016


The duty cycle of radio-mode feedback in complete samples of clusters
journal, December 2012


A ROSAT HRI study of the interaction of the X-ray-emitting gas and radio lobes of NGC 1275
journal, September 1993

  • Boehringer, H.; Voges, W.; Fabian, A. C.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 264, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/264.1.L25

Cosmic rays in Galaxy Clusters and Their Nonthermal Emission
journal, March 2014

  • Brunetti, Gianfranco; Jones, Thomas W.
  • International Journal of Modern Physics D, Vol. 23, Issue 04
  • DOI: 10.1142/S0218271814300079

Evolution of Buoyant Bubbles in M87
journal, June 2001

  • Churazov, E.; Bruggen, M.; Kaiser, C. R.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 554, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1086/321357

Cooling flows as a calorimeter of active galactic nucleus mechanical power
journal, May 2002


X-ray surface brightness and gas density fluctuations in the Coma cluster: X-ray surface brightness fluctuations in the Coma cluster
journal, January 2012


Turbulent Heating of Galaxy‐Cluster Plasmas
journal, March 2005

  • Dennis, Timothy J.; Chandran, Benjamin D. G.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 622, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1086/427424

H I in the Galaxy
journal, September 1990


Evolution and structure of magnetic fields in simulated galaxy clusters
journal, May 2002


Observational Evidence of Active Galactic Nuclei Feedback
journal, September 2012


Chandra imaging of the complex X-ray core of the Perseus cluster
journal, November 2000


A deep Chandra observation of the Perseus cluster: shocks and ripples
journal, September 2003


On viscosity, conduction and sound waves in the intracluster medium
journal, November 2005


A very deep Chandra observation of the Perseus cluster: shocks, ripples and conduction
journal, February 2006


A wide Chandra view of the core of the Perseus cluster: A wider view of the Perseus cluster
journal, November 2011


Filaments, Bubbles, and Weak Shocks in the Gaseous Atmosphere of M87
journal, August 2007

  • Forman, W.; Jones, C.; Churazov, E.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 665, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1086/519480

Detecting sound-wave-like surface brightness ripples in cluster cores
journal, December 2008


The weak shock in the core of the Perseus cluster
journal, May 2008


A CHANDRA STUDY OF TEMPERATURE SUBSTRUCTURES IN INTERMEDIATE-REDSHIFT GALAXY CLUSTERS
journal, July 2009


Heating the Bubbly Gas of Galaxy Clusters with Weak Shocks and Sound Waves
journal, November 2005

  • Heinz, S.; Churazov, E.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 634, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1086/498301

X‐Ray Signatures of Evolving Radio Galaxies
journal, July 1998

  • Heinz, Sebastian; Reynolds, Christopher S.; Begelman, Mitchell C.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 501, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1086/305807

Heating cold clumps by jet-inflated bubbles in cooling flow clusters
journal, November 2014

  • Hillel, Shlomi; Soker, Noam
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 445, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu2047

Extreme AGN feedback in the MAssive Cluster Survey: a detailed study of X-ray cavities at z>0.3
journal, February 2012


The Leiden/Argentine/Bonn (LAB) Survey of Galactic HI: Final data release of the combined LDS and IAR surveys with improved stray-radiation corrections
journal, September 2005


Radial Profile and Lognormal Fluctuations of the Intracluster Medium as the Origin of Systematic Bias in Spectroscopic Temperature
journal, April 2007

  • Kawahara, Hajime; Suto, Yasushi; Kitayama, Tetsu
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 659, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1086/512231

Turbulent Mixing in Clusters of Galaxies
journal, September 2003

  • Kim, Woong-Tae; Narayan, Ramesh
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 596, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1086/379342

Heating Hot Atmospheres with Active Galactic Nuclei
journal, September 2007


[ITAL]Chandra[/ITAL] X-Ray Observations of the Hydra A Cluster: An Interaction between the Radio Source and the X-Ray–emitting Gas
journal, May 2000

  • McNamara, B. R.; Wise, M.; Nulsen, P. E. J.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 534, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1086/312662

Models of magnetic field evolution and effective viscosity in weakly collisional extragalactic plasmas
journal, April 2014

  • Mogavero, Federico; Schekochihin, Alexander A.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 440, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu433

Heating cooling flows with jets
journal, March 2004


Structure analysis of interstellar clouds: I. Improving the
journal, May 2008


Simulating cosmic rays in clusters of galaxies - I. Effects on the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect and the X-ray emission
journal, June 2007


A VERY DEEP CHANDRA OBSERVATION OF THE GALAXY GROUP NGC 5813: AGN SHOCKS, FEEDBACK, AND OUTBURST HISTORY
journal, May 2015


Inefficient Driving of bulk Turbulence by Active Galactic Nuclei in a Hydrodynamic Model of the Intracluster Medium
journal, December 2015

  • Reynolds, Christopher S.; Balbus, Steven A.; Schekochihin, Alexander A.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 815, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/815/1/41

Galaxy motions, turbulence and conduction in clusters of galaxies: Galaxy motions, turbulence and conduction
journal, April 2011


Impact of tangled magnetic fields on fossil radio bubbles
journal, June 2007


A deeper X-ray study of the core of the Perseus galaxy cluster: the power of sound waves and the distribution of metals and cosmic rays
journal, November 2007


Probing turbulence in the Coma galaxy cluster
journal, October 2004


Buoyancy Instabilities in Galaxy Clusters: Convection due to Adiabatic Cosmic rays and Anisotropic Thermal Conduction
journal, June 2009

  • Sharma, Prateek; Chandran, Benjamin D. G.; Quataert, Eliot
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 699, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/699/1/348

Constraining gas motions in the Centaurus cluster using X-ray surface brightness fluctuations and metal diffusion
journal, September 2015

  • Walker, S. A.; Sanders, J. S.; Fabian, A. C.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 453, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv1929

A uniform metal distribution in the intergalactic medium of the Perseus cluster of galaxies
journal, October 2013

  • Werner, Norbert; Urban, Ondrej; Simionescu, Aurora
  • Nature, Vol. 502, Issue 7473
  • DOI: 10.1038/nature12646

Resonant scattering in the Perseus Cluster: spectral model for constraining gas motions with Astro-H
journal, September 2013

  • Zhuravleva, I.; Churazov, E.; Sunyaev, R.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 435, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stt1506

Quantifying properties of ICM inhomogeneities
journal, November 2012

  • Zhuravleva, I.; Churazov, E.; Kravtsov, A.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 428, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sts275

The Relation Between gas Density and Velocity Power Spectra in Galaxy Clusters: Qualitative Treatment and Cosmological Simulations
journal, May 2014


Turbulent heating in galaxy clusters brightest in X-rays
journal, October 2014

  • Zhuravleva, I.; Churazov, E.; Schekochihin, A. A.
  • Nature, Vol. 515, Issue 7525
  • DOI: 10.1038/nature13830

Gas density fluctuations in the Perseus Cluster: clumping factor and velocity power spectrum
journal, May 2015

  • Zhuravleva, I.; Churazov, E.; Arévalo, P.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 450, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv900

Works referencing / citing this record:

Astrophysics with the Spatially and Spectrally Resolved Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effects: A Millimetre/Submillimetre Probe of the Warm and Hot Universe
journal, February 2019


Constraining Gas Motions in the Intra-Cluster Medium
journal, February 2019

  • Simionescu, Aurora; ZuHone, John; Zhuravleva, Irina
  • Space Science Reviews, Vol. 215, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11214-019-0590-1

Arithmetic with X-ray images of galaxy clusters: effective equation of state for small-scale perturbations in the ICM
journal, August 2016

  • Churazov, E.; Arevalo, P.; Forman, W.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 463, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2044

A study of high-redshift AGN feedback in SZ cluster samples
journal, June 2017

  • Bîrzan, L.; Rafferty, D. A.; Brüggen, M.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 471, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1505

Generation of internal waves by buoyant bubbles in galaxy clusters and heating of intracluster medium
journal, May 2018

  • Zhang, Congyao; Churazov, Eugene; Schekochihin, Alexander A.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 478, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty1269

A joint ALMA–Bolocam–Planck SZ study of the pressure distribution in RX J1347.5−1145
journal, June 2019

  • Di Mascolo, Luca; Churazov, Eugene; Mroczkowski, Tony
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 487, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz1550

Jet-driven bubbles in Fanaroff–Riley type-I sources
journal, August 2019

  • Irwin, Christopher M.; Tang, Xiaping; Piran, Tsvi
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 488, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz2075

A high baryon fraction in massive haloes at z ∼ 3
journal, March 2019

  • Pezzulli, Gabriele; Cantalupo, Sebastiano
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 486, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz906

Do sound waves transport the AGN energy in the Perseus cluster?
journal, August 2016

  • Fabian, A. C.; Walker, S. A.; Russell, H. R.
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Vol. 464, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slw170

AGN Heating in Simulated Cool-core Clusters
journal, September 2017

  • Li, Yuan; Ruszkowski, Mateusz; Bryan, Greg L.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 847, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa88c1

What Do the Hitomi Observations Tell Us About the Turbulent Velocities in the Perseus Cluster? Probing the Velocity Field with Mock Observations
journal, February 2018


Suppression of AGN-driven Turbulence by Magnetic Fields in a Magnetohydrodynamic Model of the Intracluster Medium
journal, April 2018

  • Bambic, Christopher J.; Morsony, Brian J.; Reynolds, Christopher S.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 857, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aab558

Acoustic Disturbances in Galaxy Clusters
journal, April 2018

  • Zweibel, Ellen G.; Mirnov, Vladimir V.; Ruszkowski, Mateusz
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 858, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aab9ae

Gas Perturbations in the Cool Cores of Galaxy Clusters: Effective Equation of State, Velocity Power Spectra, and Turbulent Heating
journal, September 2018

  • Zhuravleva, Irina; Allen, Steven W.; Mantz, Adam
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 865, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aadae3

MACER Improved: AGN Feedback Computed in Rotating Early-type Galaxies at High Resolution
journal, February 2019

  • Gan, Zhaoming; Ciotti, Luca; Ostriker, Jeremiah P.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 872, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab0206

A Multifiltering Study of Turbulence in a Large Sample of Simulated Galaxy Clusters
journal, March 2019


Cooling+Heating Flows in Galaxy Clusters: Turbulent Heating, Spectral Modeling, and Cooling Efficiency
journal, October 2019

  • Zhoolideh Haghighi, Mohammad H.; Afshordi, Niayesh; Khosroshahi, Habib. G.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 884, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab379c

Efficient Production of Sound Waves by AGN Jets in the Intracluster Medium
journal, November 2019

  • Bambic, Christopher J.; Reynolds, Christopher S.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 886, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab4daf

Direct Detection of Black Hole-driven Turbulence in the Centers of Galaxy Clusters
journal, January 2020

  • Li, Yuan; Gendron-Marsolais, Marie-Lou; Zhuravleva, Irina
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 889, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab65c7

Acoustic Disturbances in Galaxy Clusters
journalarticle, January 2018

  • Zweibel, Eg; Ruszkowski, M.; Reynolds, Cs
  • American Astronomical Society
  • DOI: 10.17863/cam.30669

Do sound waves transport the AGN energy in the Perseus cluster?
text, January 2017

  • Fabian, Ac; Walker, Sa; Russell, Hr
  • Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
  • DOI: 10.17863/cam.7109

Suppression of AGN-driven Turbulence by Magnetic Fields in a Magnetohydrodynamic Model of the Intracluster Medium
text, January 2018

  • Bambic, Cj; Morsony, Bj; Reynolds, Christopher
  • Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
  • DOI: 10.17863/cam.23485

A Study of High-redshift AGN Feedback in SZ Cluster Samples
text, January 2017


Suppression of AGN-Driven Turbulence by Magnetic Fields in a Magnetohydrodynamic Model of the Intracluster Medium
text, January 2018


Constraining Gas Motions in the Intra-Cluster Medium
text, January 2019


Jet-driven bubbles in Fanaroff-Riley type I sources
text, January 2019


Constraining Gas Motions in the Intra-Cluster Medium
text, January 2019