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Jet-Induced Star Formation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Wil van Breugel
Affiliation:
University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
Chris Fragile
Affiliation:
University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
Peter Anninos
Affiliation:
University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
Stephen Murray
Affiliation:
University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA

Abstract

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Jets from radio galaxies can have dramatic effects on the medium through which they propagate. We review observational evidence for jet-induced star formation in low (‘FR-I’) and high (‘FR-II’) luminosity radio galaxies, at low and high redshifts respectively. We then discuss numerical simulations which are aimed to explain a jet-induced starburst (‘Minkowski's Object’) in the nearby FR-I type radio galaxy NGC 541. We conclude that jets can induce star formation in moderately dense (10 cm−3), warm (104 K) gas; that this may be more common in the dense environments of forming, active galaxies; and that this may provide a mechanism for ‘positive’ feedback from AGN in the galaxy formation process.

Type
Part 4. Recycling
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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