Simulating AGN feedback in galaxy formation

该项目是关于利用星系形成模拟来研究活动星系核(AGN)注入的能量对星系的性质和演化的影响。我们将开发比目前普遍使用的模型更具物理动机的AGN反馈模型，并调查它们的效果。特别是，我们计划模拟来自活动星系核吸积盘的风的反馈，并与活动星系核喷流的反馈进行比较。活动星系核反馈模型将使用SWIFT代码在星系形成的宇宙学模拟中实施。

The project is about using galaxy formation simulations to study the effects of energy injection by Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) on the properties and evolution of galaxies. We will develop models for AGN feedback that are better physically motivated compared to models generally used currently, and investigate their effects. In particular, we plan to model feedback due to winds from AGN accretion disks, and compare to feedback by AGN jets. The AGN feedback models will be implemented in cosmological simulations of galaxy formation using the SWIFT code.