Binary AGN simulations with radiation pressure reveal a new duty cycle, and a reduction of gravitational torque, through 'minitori' structures

David J. Williamson, Lars H. Bösch, Sebastian F. Hönig

We produce the first set of radiation hydrodynamics simulations of binary AGNs at parsec-scale separation in scale-model simulations. We use SPH for hydrodynamics, and raytracing t…