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We present a study of the turbulent velocity fields in the Intra Cluster Medium of a sample of 21 galaxy clusters simulated by the SPH--code Gadget2, using a new numerical scheme where the artificial viscosity is suppressed outside shocks.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Vazza , G. Tormen , R. Cassano , G. Brunetti , K. Dolag

We study particle clustering in a temperature stratified turbulence with small finite correlation time. It is shown that the temperature stratified turbulence strongly increases the degree of compressibility of particle velocity field. This…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-11-19 Tov Elperin , Nathan Kleeorin , Michael Liberman , Igor Rogachevskii

Turbulence evolution in a density-stratified medium differs from that of homogeneous isotropic turbulence described by the Kolmogorov picture. We evaluate the degree of this effect in the intracluster medium (ICM) with hydrodynamical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-13 Xun Shi , Congyao Zhang

Thermal instability (TI) is a trigger mechanism, which can explain the formation of small condensations through some regions of the interstellar clouds. The instability criterion for flat geometry approximations has been investigated in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-12-24 Mohsen Nejad-Asghar

(Abridged) The thermal history of the intracluster medium (ICM) is complex. Heat input from cluster mergers, AGN, and galaxy winds offsets and may even halt the cooling of the ICM. Consequently, the processes that set the properties of the…

The temperature profile (TP) of the intracluster medium (ICM) is of primeval importance for deriving the dynamical parameters of the largest equilibrium systems known in the universe, in particular their total mass profile. Analytical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Dos Santos

Observations indicate that turbulence in the interstellar medium (ISM) is supersonic ($M_{\rm turb}\gg1$) and strongly magnetized ($\beta\sim0.01-1$), while in the intracluster medium (ICM) it is subsonic ($M_{\rm turb}\lesssim1$) and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-09 Hyunjin Cho , Dongsu Ryu , Hyesung Kang

Using local 3D MHD simulations, we investigate ways in which galactic turbulence associated with the magnetorotational instability (MRI) may influence the formation and properties of GMCs. Our disk models are vertically stratified and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Woong-Tae Kim , Eve C. Ostriker , James M. Stone

This is the first attempt to construct detailed X-ray spectra of clusters of galaxies from the results of high-resolution hydrodynamic simulations and simulate X-ray observations in order to study velocity fields of the intracluster medium…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Yutaka Fujita , Tomoaki Matsumoto , Keiichi Wada , Tae Furusho

The radiative cooling of optically thin gaseous regions and the formation of a two-phase medium and of cold gas clouds with a clumpy substructure is investigated. In optically thin clouds, the growth rate of small isobaric density…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Burkert , D. N. C. Lin

The magnetic Rayleigh-Taylor instability (MRTI) governs plasma mixing and transport in a wide range of astrophysical and laboratory systems. Owing to computational constraints, MRTI is often studied using two-dimensional (2D) simulations,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-11-03 Manohar Teja Kalluri , Andrew Hillier

We examine the thermodynamic state and cooling of the low-$z$ Circum-Galactic Medium (CGM) in five FIRE-2 galaxy formation simulations of Milky Way-mass galaxies. We find that the CGM in these simulations is generally multiphase and…

Over the last decade, substantial efforts have been devoted to understanding the stability properties, transport phenomena, and long-term evolution of weakly-collisional, magnetized plasmas which are stratified in temperature. These studies…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-02-15 Martin E. Pessah , Sagar Chakraborty

Major mergers are considered to be a significant source of turbulence in clusters. We performed a numerical simulation of a major merger event using nested-grid initial conditions, adaptive mesh refinement, radiative cooling of primordial…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-28 W. Schmidt , C. Byrohl , J. F. Engels , C. Behrens , J. C. Niemeyer

The interstellar medium (ISM) is ubiquitously turbulent across many physically distinct environments within the Galaxy. Turbulence is key in controlling the structure and dynamics of the ISM, regulating star formation, and transporting…

Feedback from the active galactic nuclei (AGN) is one of the most promising heating mechanisms to circumvent the cooling-flow problem in galaxy clusters. However, the role of thermal conduction remains unclear. Previous studies have shown…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-24 H. -Y. K. Yang , C. S. Reynolds

We present global 3D MHD simulations of disks of gas and solids, aiming at developing models that can be used to study various scenarios of planet formation and planet-disk interaction in turbulent accretion disks. A second goal is to show…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 W. Lyra , A. Johansen , H. Klahr , N. Piskunov

The amplification and maintenance of the observed magnetic fields in the ICM are usually attributed to the turbulent dynamo action. This is generally derived employing a collisional MHD model. However, in the ICM the ion mean free path…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 R. Santos-Lima , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , G. Kowal , D. Falceta-Gonçalves , A. Lazarian , M. S. Nakwacki

Observations of the intracluster medium (ICM) in galaxy clusters suggest for the presence of turbulence and the magnetic fields existence has been proved through observations of Faraday Rotation and synchrotron emission. The ICM is also…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-09 M. S. Nakwacki , G. Kowal , R. Santos-Lima , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , D. A. Falceta-Gonçalves

We use gas dynamic simulations to explore the effects of galactic winds on galaxy clusters. Two ensembles of 18 realizations, spanning a decade in temperature, are evolved with and without winds in an underlying biased CDM cosmology.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Christopher A. Metzler , August E. Evrard