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We compare the central mass distribution of galaxies simulated with three different models of the interstellar medium (ISM) with increasing complexity: primordial (H+He) cooling down to 10^4K, additional cooling via metal lines and to lower…

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We present the properties of intracluster medium (ICM) in the cool core of the massive cluster of galaxies Abell 1835 obtained with the data by $ Chandra$ $X$-$ray$ $Observatory$. We find distinctive spiral patterns with the radius of 70…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-08 Shutaro Ueda , Tetsu Kitayama , Tadayasu Dotani

The assumption of a spatially uniform helium distribution in the intracluster medium can lead to biases in the estimates of key cluster parameters if composition gradients are present. The helium concentration profile in galaxy clusters is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-04 Thomas Berlok , Martin E. Pessah

We study the effect of heating and metal enrichment from supernovae (SNe) residing between galaxies on the Intra-Cluster Medium (ICM). Recent observations indicate that a considerable fraction (~20 %) of the SN Ia parent stellar population…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Wilfried Domainko , Myriam Gitti , Sabine Schindler , Wolfgang Kapferer

We present a study of the mixing properties of the simulated intra cluster Medium, using tracers particles that are advected by the gas flow during the evolution of cosmic structures. Using a sample of seven galaxy clusters (with masses in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 F. Vazza , C. Gheller , G. Brunetti

We discuss dissipative processes in strongly gyrotropic, nearly collisionless plasma in clusters of galaxies (ICM). First, we point out that Braginsky theory, which assumes that collisions are more frequent that the system's dynamical time…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Maxim Lyutikov

X-ray observations of the hot gas filling the intra-cluster medium provide a wealth of information on the dynamics of clusters of galaxies. The global equilibrium of the ICM is believed to be partially ensured by non-thermal pressure…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-25 E. Cucchetti , N. Clerc , E. Pointecouteau , P. Peille , F. Pajot

(Abridged)The X-ray measurements of the ICM metallicity are becoming more frequent due to the availability of powerful X-ray telescope with excellent spatial and spectral resolutions. The information which can be extracted from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. Rasia , P. Mazzotta , H. Bourdin , S. Borgani , L. Tornatore , S. Ettori , K. Dolag , L. Moscardini

We study the perturbations in the temperature (and density) distribution for 28 clusters selected from the CHEX-MATE sample to evaluate and characterize the level of inhomogeneities and the related dynamical state of the ICM. We use these…

Recent work has used spectra of about 5000 stars in NGC 6397 that were extracted from a MUSE mosaic to determine the atmospheric parameters for these stars by fitting the spectra against the Goettingen Spectral Library. A significant change…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-08 Rashi Jain , Philippe Prugniel , Lucimara Martins , Ariane Lançon

We use the observed number and column-density distributions of intergalactic O VI absorbers to constrain the distribution of metals in the low-redshift intergalactic medium (IGM). In this simple model the metals in the O VI absorbers are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jason Tumlinson , Taotao Fang

Synthesized in the cores of stars and supernovae, most metals disperse over cosmic scales and are ultimately deposited well outside the gravitational potential of their host galaxies. Since their presence is well visible through their X-ray…

The intracluster medium (ICM) is stably stratified in the hydrodynamic sense with the entropy $s$ increasing outwards. However, thermal conduction along magnetic field lines fundamentally changes the stability of the ICM, leading to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 P. Sharma , B. D. G. Chandran , E. Quataert , I. J. Parrish

We present high resolution X-ray spectra of 14 putative cooling-flow clusters of galaxies obtained with the Reflection Grating Spectrometer on XMM-Newton. The clusters in the sample span a large range of temperatures and mass deposition…

Central cool gas component that is often observed from a well-relaxed cluster system has long been interpreted as a consequence of ``Cooling Flow'' (CF), radiative cooling followed by inflow of Intra-Cluster Medium (ICM). However, recent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Yasushi Ikebe

Metals play a fundamental role in ICM cooling processes in cluster cores through the emission of spectral lines. But when and how were these metals formed and distributed through the ICM? The X-ray band has the unique property of containing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-13 J. de Plaa

This work follows Lykins et al. discussion of classic plasma cooling function at low density and solar metallicity. Here we focus on how the cooling function changes over a wide range of density (n_H<10^12 cm^(-3)) and metallicity (Z<30Z…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-12 Ye Wang , G. J. Ferland , M. L. Lykins , R. L. Porter , P. A. M. van Hoof , R. J. R. Williams

The spatial metallicity distribution of star clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) has recently been found to correlate as a V-shaped function with the semi-major axis of an elliptical framework proposed to assume a projected galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-12 Andrés E. Piatti

Mergers of galaxy clusters are promising probes of dark matter (DM) physics. For example, an offset between the DM component and the galaxy distribution can constrain DM self-interactions. We investigate the role of the intracluster medium…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-06 Moritz S. Fischer , Nils-Henrik Durke , Katharina Hollingshausen , Claudius Hammer , Marcus Brüggen , Klaus Dolag

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