AGN feedback and entropy injection in galaxy cluster cores

The non-gravitational energy feedback is of crucial importance in modeling/simulating clusters to be used as cosmological probes. AGNs are, arguably, of primary importance in injecting energy in the cluster cores. We make the first estimate of non-gravitational energy {\it profiles} in galaxy cluster cores (and beyond) from observational data. Comparing the observed entropy profiles within $r_{500}$, from the Representative {\it XMM-Newton} Cluster Structure Survey (REXCESS), to simulated entropy profiles from both AMR and SPH non-radiative simulations, we estimate the amount of non-gravitational energy, $E_{\mathrm{I}\mathrm{C}\mathrm{M}}$, contained in the ICM. Adding the radiative losses we estimate the total energy feedback, $E_{\mathrm{F}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{d}\mathrm{b}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{c}\mathrm{k}}$, into the clusters. The profiles for the energy deposition, $\mathrm{\Delta }{E}_{\mathrm{I}\mathrm{C}\mathrm{M}}(x)$, in the inner regions differ for Cool-Core (CC) and Non Cool-Core (NCC) clusters, decreasing after accounting for the radiative cooling. The total feedback energy scales with the mean spectroscopic temperature as $E_{\rm Feedback} \propto T_{\rm sp}^{2.52 \pm0.08}$and$E_{\rm Feedback} \propto T_{\rm sp}^{2.17 \pm 0.11}$, when compared with the baseline SPH and AMR profiles respectively. The scatter in the two cases is 15% and 23%, respectively. The mean non-gravitational energy per particle within $r_{500}$, is ${ϵ}_{\mathrm{I}\mathrm{C}\mathrm{M}}=2.8\pm 0.8$ keV for the SPH theoretical relation and ${ϵ}_{\mathrm{I}\mathrm{C}\mathrm{M}}=1.7\pm 0.9$ keV for the AMR theoretical relation. We use the {\it NRAO/VLA Sky Survey} (NVSS) source catalog to determine the radio luminosity, $L_R$, at 1.4 GHz of the central source(s) of our sample. For $T_{\mathrm{s}\mathrm{p}}>3$ keV, the $E_{\rm Feedback}$correlateswith$L_R$. We show that AGNs could provide a significant component of the feedback. (Abridged)