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In galaxy clusters, modern radio interferometers observe non-thermal radio sources with unprecedented spatial and spectral resolution. For the first time, the new data allows to infer the structure of the intra-cluster magnetic fields on…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-11-14 J. Donnert , H. Jang , P. Mendygral , G. Brunetti , D. Ryu , T. Jones

Galaxy clusters are important cosmological probes that have helped to establish the $\mathrm{\Lambda}$CDM paradigm as the standard model of cosmology. However, recent tensions between different types of high-accuracy data highlight the need…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-04 Nikolaos Triantafyllou , Giorgos Korkidis , Vasiliki Pavlidou , Paolo Bonfini

We construct stationary global configurations of both aligned and unaligned logarithmic spiral perturbations in a composite disc system of stellar and isopedically magnetized gaseous singular isothermal discs (SIDs) coupled by gravity. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. -Q. Lou , Y. Wu

Galaxy clusters host a large reservoir of diffuse plasma with radially-varying temperature profiles. The efficiency of thermal conduction in the intracluster medium (ICM) is complicated by the existence of turbulence and magnetic fields,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-29 Xiang-Er Fang , Fulai Guo , Ye-Fei Yuan , Guobin Mou

Large-scale coherent magnetic fields in the intergalactic medium are presumed to play a key role in the formation and evolution of the cosmic web, and in large scale feedback mechanisms. However, they are theorized to be extremely weak, in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-23 Ariel Amaral , Tessa Vernstrom , Bryan M. Gaensler

Discretized numerical simulations are a powerful tool for investigation of nonlinear MHD turbulence in accretion disks. However, confidence in their quantitative predictions requires a demonstration that further refinement of the spatial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 John F. Hawley , Xiaoyue Guan , Julian H. Krolik

We investigate the properties of the intracluster medium (ICM) that forms within N-body/hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy clusters in a \LambdaCDM cosmology. When radiative cooling and a simple model for galactic feedback are included,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Scott T. Kay , Peter A. Thomas , Adrian Jenkins , Frazer R. Pearce

While hot ICM in galaxy clusters makes these objects powerful X-ray sources, the cluster's outskirts and overdense gaseous filaments might give rise to much fainter sub-keV emission. Cosmological simulations show a prominent "focusing"…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-31 E. Churazov , I. I. Khabibullin , K. Dolag , N. Lyskova , R. A. Sunyaev

Star formation has been observed to occur at globally low yet locally varying efficiencies. As such, accurate capture of star formation in numerical simulations requires mechanisms that can replicate both its smaller-scale variations and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-11-23 Eden Girma , Romain Teyssier

Magnetic fields are widely recognised as critical at many scales to galactic dynamics and structure, including multiphase pressure balance, dust processing, and star formation. Using imposed magnetic fields cannot reliably model the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-01-17 Frederick A. Gent , Mordecai-Mark Mac Low , Maarit J. Korpi-Lagg

Most numerical investigations on the role of magnetic fields in turbulent molecular clouds (MCs) are based on ideal magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD). However, MCs are weakly ionized, so that the time scale required for the magnetic field to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Pak Shing Li , Christopher F. McKee , Richard I. Klein , Robert T. Fisher

Magnetic fields are ubiquitous in galaxy clusters, yet their radial profile, power spectrum, and connection to host cluster properties are poorly known. Merging galaxy clusters hosting diffuse polarized emission in the form of radio relics…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-03 C. Stuardi , A. Bonafede , L. Lovisari , P. Domínguez-Fernández , F. Vazza , M. Brüggen , R. J. van Weeren , F. de Gasperin

Many spiral galaxies host magnetic fields with energy densities comparable to those of the turbulent and thermal motions of their interstellar gas. However, quantitative comparison between magnetic field properties inferred from observation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-05 Rion Glenn Nazareth , Gayathri Santhosh , Luke Chamandy

We have performed Smoothed Particle Magneto-Hydrodynamics (SPMHD) calculations of colliding clouds to investigate the formation of massive stellar clusters, adopting a timestep criterion to prevent large divergence errors. We find that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-03 C. L. Dobbs , J. Wurster

We present a simulation setup for studying the dynamical and chemical evolution of the intracluster medium (ICM) and analyze a sample of 12 galaxy clusters that are diverse both kinetically (pre-merger, merging, virialized) and in total…

A large scale SPH+N-body simulation (GADGET) of the concordance LCDM universe is used to investigate orientation and angular momentum of galaxy clusters at z=0 in connection with their recent accretion histories. The basic cluster sample…

The thermal and chemical properties of the hot diffuse intragroup medium (IGrM) provide important constraints on the feedback processes associated with massive galaxy formation and evolution. Here we explore these constraints via a detailed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-20 Lichen Liang , Fabrice Durier , Arif Babul , Romeel Davé , Benjamin D. Oppenheimer , Neal Katz , Mark Fardal , Tom Quinn

Giant protoplanets evacuate a gap in their host protoplanetary disc, which gas must cross before it can be accreted. A magnetic field is likely carried into the gap, potentially influencing the flow. Gap crossing has been simulated with…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 Sarah L. Keith , Mark Wardle

An important area of study of cosmic magnetic fields is on the largest scales, those of clusters of galaxies. In the last decade it has become clear that the intra-cluster medium (ICM) in clusters of galaxies is magnetized and that magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Feretti , M. Johnston-Hollitt

We study the impact of an intracluster magnetic field on the main structural properties of clusters and groups of galaxies: the radial density and entropy profiles, the S-T relation and the L_X-T relation for groups and clusters of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Colafrancesco , F. Giordano