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X-ray cavities in a sample of 83 SPT-selected clusters of galaxies: Tracing the evolution of AGN feedback in clusters of galaxies out to z = 1.2

Journal Article · · Astrophysical Journal
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  1. Département de Physique, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7 (Canada)
  2. Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 (United States)
  3. Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 (United States)
  4. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States)
  5. Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, CA 94305 (United States)
  6. Department of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Scheinerstr. 1, D-81679 München (Germany)
  7. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri, 5110 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110 (United States)
  8. Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
  9. Physics Department, Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 (United States)
  10. Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn (Germany)
X-ray cavities are key tracers of mechanical (or radio mode) heating arising from the active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs). We report on a survey for X-ray cavities in 83 massive, high-redshift (0.47 Gyr at z∼0.8). On average, the detected X-ray cavities have powers of (0.8−5)×10{sup 45} erg s{sup −1}, enthalpies of (3−6)×10{sup 59} erg, and radii of ∼17 kpc. Integrating over 7 Gyr, we find that the supermassive black holes in BCGs may have accreted 10{sup 8} to several 10{sup 9} M{sub ⊙} of material to power these outflows. This level of accretion indicates that significant supermassive black hole growth may occur not only at early times, in the quasar era, but at late times as well. We also find that X-ray cavities at high redshift may inject an excess heat of 0.1–1.0 keV per particle into the hot ICM above and beyond the energy needed to offset cooling. Although this result needs to be confirmed, we note that the magnitude of excess heating is similar to the energy needed to preheat clusters, break self-similarity, and explain the excess entropy in hot atmospheres.
OSTI ID:
22883194
Journal Information:
Astrophysical Journal, Journal Name: Astrophysical Journal Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 805; ISSN ASJOAB; ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

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