Interaction of jets with the intracluster medium: the role of jet precession

• Grant number: 15/25126-2
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): September 01, 2016
• Effective date (End): August 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy
• Principal Investigator: Diego Antonio Falceta Gonçalves
• Grantee: Mohammad Ali Nawaz
• Home Institution: Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades (EACH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo, SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/10559-5 - Investigation of high energy and plasma astrophysics phenomena: theory, numerical simulations, observations, and instrument development for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), AP.TEM

Abstract

Many AGN jets exhibit complex morphologies with S-, X- or Z symmetric structures. Such radio jets may initiate complicated cavity systems in the intracluster medium with S- or X-shaped orientations. In the last few decades observational and theoretical evidences have been mounting that the jets of such systems are precessing. However, the precession mechanism of AGN jets and their dynamical interaction with the ambient medium are not well understood yet. In this project we will focus on the study ofprecessing jets and their interaction with the cluster environment with a goal to understanding: 1) the role of jet precession on the jet or jet-lobe morphologies and the X-ray morphologies, 2) the role of jet precession on the onset of turbulence and 3) the particle acceleration due to internal shocks and turbulence. We will conductour study with the help of fully three dimensional relativistic hydrodynamic (RHD) and magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) models employing publicly available codes.