The impact of AGN outflows on the surface habitability of terrestrial planets in the Milky Way
arXiv:2203.00929 · doi:10.1093/mnras/stac542
Abstract
It is well-known that active galactic nuclei (AGN) are accompanied by winds and outflows, some of which may reach weakly relativistic speeds of about percent the speed of light. Yet, in spite of their ubiquity, the impact of AGN outflows in modulating surface habitability of terrestrial planets on galactic scales, using the Milky Way as the basis for comparison, is poorly investigated and inadequately understood. In this work, we address this issue by focusing on two key mechanisms: AGN winds can heat atmospheres and drive atmospheric escape, as well as stimulate the formation of nitrogen oxides and thence cause ozone depletion. By developing simple models, we estimate the maximal distance up to which these deleterious effects are rendered significant for Earth-like planets in the Milky Way, and thereby demonstrate that this value may extend to kpc. In the case of quasars hosting larger supermassive black holes, such effects could actually influence the AGN host galaxy as a whole.
arXiv comment12 pages, 5 figures. Accepted in MNRAS
References in corpus (94)
- Coevolution (Or Not) of Supermassive Black Holes and Host Galaxies
- Local Supermassive Black Holes, Relics of Active Galactic Nuclei and the X-ray Background
- Massive Molecular Outflows and Evidence for AGN Feedback from CO Observations
- Revisiting the Unified Model of Active Galactic Nuclei
- A geometric distance measurement to the Galactic Center black hole with 0.3% uncertainty
- Powerful Outflows and Feedback from Active Galactic Nuclei
- Evidence for ultra-fast outflows in radio-quiet AGNs: I - detection and statistical incidence of Fe K-shell absorption lines
- AGN wind scaling relations and the co-evolution of black holes and galaxies
- What Drives the Growth of Black Holes?
- Exoplanet Biosignatures: A Review of Remotely Detectable Signs of Life
- Biosignatures from Earth-Like Planets Around M Dwarfs
- The physics of galactic winds driven by active galactic nuclei
- Black Hole Winds
- Wind from the black-hole accretion disk driving a molecular outflow in an active galaxy
- The Galactic Habitable Zone and the Age Distribution of Complex Life in the Milky Way
- AGN outflows and feedback twenty years on
- A Re-appraisal of the Habitability of Planets Around M Dwarf Stars
- Unification of X-ray winds in Seyfert galaxies: from ultra-fast outflows to warm absorbers
- Clearing Out a Galaxy
- Atmospheric Escape and the Evolution of Close-in Exoplanets
- The multi-phase winds of Markarian 231: from the hot, nuclear, ultra-fast wind to the galaxy-scale, molecular outflow
- The Frequency and Radio Properties of Broad Absorption Line Quasars
- Black hole feedback in the luminous quasar PDS 456
- The Suzaku view of highly-ionised outflows in AGN: I - Statistical detection and global absorber properties
- Impact of Space Weather on Climate and Habitability of Terrestrial Type Exoplanets
- Evidence for ultra-fast outflows in radio-quiet AGNs: II - detailed photo-ionization modeling of Fe K-shell absorption lines
- The Galactic Habitable Zone I. Galactic Chemical Evolution
- Cold Molecular Outflows in the Local Universe
- Modeling Repeated M-dwarf Flaring at an Earth-like Planet in the Habitable Zone: I. Atmospheric Effects for an Unmagnetized Planet
- Ranges of Atmospheric Mass and Composition of Super Earth Exoplanets
- Quasar Outflow Contribution to AGN Feedback: Observations of QSO SDSS J0838+2955
- Atmospheric escape from the TRAPPIST-1 planets and implications for habitability
- Stellar and Quasar Feedback in Concert: Effects on AGN Accretion, Obscuration, and Outflows
- Evidence for ultra-fast outflows in radio-quiet AGNs: III - location and energetics
- The WISSH Quasars Project I. Powerful ionised outflows in hyper-luminous quasars
- Ionized outflows from active galactic nuclei as the essential elements of feedback
- MHD Accretion-Disk Winds as X-ray Absorbers in AGNs
- Feedback from Mass Outflows in Nearby Active Galactic Nuclei I. UV and X-ray Absorbers
- X-rays across the galaxy population - II. The distribution of AGN accretion rates as a function of stellar mass and redshift
- Exoplanet Biosignatures: Observational Prospects
- Ultra-fast outflows in radio-loud active galactic nuclei
- Habitability and Biosignatures of Hycean Worlds
- Is Proxima Centauri b habitable? -- A study of atmospheric loss
- Biosignature Gases in H2-Dominated Atmospheres on Rocky Exoplanets
- UV Surface Environment of Earth-like Planets Orbiting FGKM Stars Through Geological Evolution
- Dynamical Measurements of Black Hole Masses in Four Brightest Cluster Galaxies at 100 Mpc
- Gamma-Ray Bursts and the Earth: Exploration of Atmospheric, Biological, Climatic and Biogeochemical Effects
- The Milky Way's Fermi Bubbles: Echoes of the Last Quasar Outburst?
- Could a nearby supernova explosion have caused a mass extinction?
- Galaxy-Scale Outflows Driven by Active Galactic Nuclei
- Persistence of Flare-Driven Atmospheric Chemistry on Rocky Habitable Zone Worlds
- MOJAVE: XVIII. Kinematics and Inner Jet Evolution of Bright Radio-Loud Active Galaxies
- Astrophysical Ionizing Radiation and the Earth: A Brief Review and Census of Intermittent Intense Sources
- BAL and non-BAL quasars: continuum, emission and absorption properties establish a common parent sample
- AGN feedback: galactic-scale outflows driven by radiation pressure on dust
- The Quasar Mass-Luminosity Plane I: A Sub-Eddington Limit for Quasars
- Magnetically-Driven Accretion-Disk Winds and Ultra-Fast Outflows in PG1211+143
- Fermi Bubbles in the Milky Way: the closest AGN feedback laboratory courtesy of Sgr A*?
- Cosmic Rays and Terrestrial Life: A Brief Review
- Risks for life on habitable planets from superflares of their host stars
- Modeling Martian Atmospheric Losses over Time: Implications for Exoplanetary Climate Evolution and Habitability
- Habitable Zones in the Universe
- Evaluating Galactic Habitability Using High Resolution Cosmological Simulations of Galaxy Formation
- Physical constraints for the evolution of life on exoplanets
- Potential Biosignatures in Super-Earth Atmospheres II. Photochemical Responses
- Galactic Panspermia
- VLT/X-Shooter Survey of BAL Quasars: Large Distance Scale and AGN Feedback
- Modeling Stellar Proton Event-induced particle radiation dose on close-in exoplanets
- Atmospheric Escape From TOI-700 d: Venus versus Earth Analogs
- Galactic cosmic rays on extrasolar Earth-like planets: II. Atmospheric implications
- Subsurface Exolife
- The Galactic habitable zone around M and FGK stars with chemical evolution models with dust
- "Grandeur in this view of life": N-body simulation models of the Galactic habitable zone
- The Propitious Role of Solar Energetic Particles in the Origin of Life
- The habitability of the Milky Way during the active phase of its central supermassive black hole
- Evaporation of planetary atmospheres due to XUV illumination by quasars
- Habitable Evaporated Cores and the Occurrence of Panspermia near the Galactic Center
- Laboratory studies on the viability of life in H-dominated exoplanet atmospheres
- The quest for cradles of life: using the fundamental metallicity relation to hunt for the most habitable type of galaxy
- Active Galactic Nuclei: Boon or Bane for Biota?
- Massive outflow properties suggest AGN fade slowly
- Stellar Proton Event-induced surface radiation dose as a constraint on the habitability of terrestrial exoplanets
- Evolution of galaxy habitability
- Exploring the Cosmic Evolution of Habitability with Galaxy Merger Trees
- Revisiting the Biological Ramifications of Variations in Earth's Magnetic Field
- The best place and time to live in the Milky Way
- Advanced Aspects of the Galactic Habitability
- The Impact of Tidal Disruption Events on Galactic Habitability
- Galactic Habitability Re-Examined: Indications of Bimodality
- Comparative analysis of the influence of Sgr A* and nearby active galactic nuclei on the mass loss of known exoplanets
- Potential For Liquid Water Biochemistry Deep Under The Surfaces Of The Moon, Mars And Beyond
- Our Supermassive Black Hole Rivaled the Sun in the Ancient X-ray Sky
- Impact of an Active Sgr A* on the Synthesis of Water and Organic Molecules Throughout the Milky Way
- A Birth-Death-Migration Model for Life in Astrophysical Environments
Cited by in corpus (7)
- Impact Induced Atmosphere-Mantle Exchange Sets the Volatile Elemental Ratios on Primitive Earths
- X-Ray Luminous Supernovae: Threats to Terrestrial Biospheres
- Eta-Earth Revisited II: Deriving a Maximum Number of Earth-like Habitats in the Galactic Disk
- Effects of transient stellar emissions on planetary climates of tidally-locked exo-earths
- Shaping Galactic Habitability: the impact of stellar migration and gas giants
- On the relative importance of AGN winds for the evolution of exoplanet atmospheres
- How black hole activity may influence exoplanetary evolution in our Galaxy