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We present a physically interpretable framework to quantify dynamical disturbances in galaxy clusters using projected two-dimensional phase-space information. Based on the TNG-Cluster simulation, we construct a disturbance score that…

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The infall and merger scenario of massive clusters in the Milky Way's potential well, as one of the Milky Way formation mechanisms, is reexamined to understand how the stars of the merging clusters are redistributed during and after the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-21 Maria Gabriela Navarro , Roberto Capuzzo-Dolcetta , Manuel Arca-Sedda , Dante Minniti

Numerous metrics exist to quantify the dynamical state of galaxy clusters, both observationally and within simulations. Many of these correlate strongly with one another, but it is not clear whether all of these measures probe the same…

Various laboratory-based experiments are underway attempting to detect dark matter directly. The event rates and detailed signals expected in these experiments depend on the dark matter phase space distribution on sub-milliparsec scales.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-31 Daniele S. M. Fantin , Michael R. Merrifield , Anne M. Green

Clusters of galaxies are merging during the formation of large-scale structures in the Universe. Based on optical survey data, we identify a large sample of pre-mergers of galaxy clusters and merging subclusters in rich clusters. We find…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-04 Z. L. Wen , J. L. Han , Z. S. Yuan

We present the results of detailed N-body simulations regarding the interaction of four massive globular clusters in the central region of a triaxial galaxy. The systems undergo a full merging event, producing a sort of 'Super Star Cluster'…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Miocchi , R. Capuzzo Dolcetta , P. Di Matteo

We present the results of an Eulerian adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) hydrodynamical and N-body simulation in a $\Lambda$CDM cosmology. The simulation incorporates common cooling and heating processes for primordial gas. A specific halo…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Susana Planelles , Vicent Quilis

Theoretical models are vital for exploring the galaxy merger process, which plays a crucial role in the evolution of galaxies. Recent advances in modelling have placed tight constraints on the buildup of stellar material in galaxies across…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-08-10 Joseph A. O'Leary , Benjamin P. Moster , Eva Krämer

Recent X-ray observations have established that collisions between subclusters of galaxies are rather common phenomena. Prompted by such observations, we have performed N-body simulations of two equal-mass subclusters of galaxies, which are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 F. E. Nakamura , M. Hattori , S. Mineshige

We present a new approach to study galaxy evolution in a cosmological context. We combine cosmological merger trees and semi-analytic models of galaxy formation to provide the initial conditions for multi-merger hydrodynamic simulations. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Benjamin P. Moster , Andrea V. Macciò , Rachel S. Somerville

A self-similar spherical collapse model predicts a dark matter (DM) splashback and accretion shock in the outskirts of galaxy clusters while misses a key ingredient of structure formation - processes associated with mergers. To fill this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-14 Congyao Zhang , Irina Zhuravleva , Andrey Kravtsov , Eugene Churazov

We perform high resolution simulations of forming star clusters as they merge inside giant molecular clouds (GMCs) using hydrodynamics coupled to N-body dynamics to simultaneously model both the gas and stars. We zoom in to previously run…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-11 Jeremy Karam , Alison Sills

We present an analysis of the kinematics of a sample of 14 galaxy clusters via velocity dispersion profiles (VDPs), compiled using cluster parameters defined within the X-Ray Galaxy Clusters Database (BAX) cross-matched with data from the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-31 Lawrence E. Bilton , Kevin A. Pimbblet

Galaxy clusters are unique laboratories for studying astrophysical processes and their impact on gas kinematics. Despite their importance, the full complexity of gas motion within and around clusters remains poorly known. This paper is part…

The evolution of substructure embedded in non-dissipative dark halos is studied through N-body simulations of isolated systems, both in and out of initial equilibrium, complementing cosmological simulations of the growth of structure. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Bing Zhang , Rosemary F. G. Wyse , Massimo Stiavelli , Joseph Silk

The high-density environment of galaxy clusters is ripe for collisional encounters of galaxies. While the large velocity dispersion of clusters was originally thought to preclude slow encounters, the infall of smaller groups into the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Chris Mihos

Galaxy clusters, the most massive, dark-matter-dominated, and most recently assembled structures in the Universe, are key tools for probing cosmology. However, uncertainties in scaling relations that connect cluster mass to observables like…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-24 Giulia Cerini , Elena Bellomi , Nico Cappelluti , Sabina Khizroev , Erwin T. Lau , Priyamvada Natarajan , John ZuHone

We derive the number of dynamically close companions per galaxy ($N_c$) and their total luminosity ($L_c$) for galaxies in the Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: $N_c$ is similar to the fraction of galaxies in close pairs and is directly related…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 R. De Propris , J. Liske , S. P. Driver , P. Allen , N. J. G. Cross

We present a study of the dynamics of multi-component models of spiral galaxies at various stages of grand merging. Numerical models include a self-consistent account of the dynamics of collisionless stellar subsystems and N-body dark…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-25 Alexander Khoperskov , Sergei Khrapov , Danila Sirotin , Anatoly Zasov

Recent observations and hydrodynamical simulations of star formation inside a giant molecular cloud have revealed that, within a star forming region, stars do not form evenly distributed throughout this region, but rather in small…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 M. Fellhauer , M. I. Wilkinson , P. Kroupa