The Role of Penetrating Gas Streams in Setting the Dynamical State of Galaxy Clusters

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العنوان: The Role of Penetrating Gas Streams in Setting the Dynamical State of Galaxy Clusters
المؤلفون: Zinger, E., Dekel, A., Birnboim, Y., Kravtsov, A., Nagai, D.
المصدر: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016, vol. 461, issue 1, pp. 412-432
سنة النشر: 2015
المجموعة: Astrophysics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
الوصف: We utilize cosmological simulations of 16 galaxy clusters at redshifts \zeq{0} and \zeq{0.6} to study the effect of inflowing streams on the properties of the X-ray emitting intracluster medium. We find that the mass accretion occurs predominantly along streams that originate from the cosmic web and consist of heated gas. Clusters that are unrelaxed in terms of their X-ray morphology are characterized by higher mass inflow rates and deeper penetration of the streams, typically into the inner third of the virial radius. The penetrating streams generate elevated random motions, bulk flows and cold fronts. The degree of penetration of the streams may change over time such that clusters can switch from being unrelaxed to relaxed over a time-scale of several giga years.
Comment: Published in MNRAS
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw1283
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1510.05388
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1510.05388
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv