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MHD SIMULATIONS OF A MOVING SUB CLUMP WITH HEAT CONDUCTION

  • ASAI NAOKI (Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University) ;
  • FUKUDA NAOYA (Dept. of Computer Simulation, Faculty of Informatics, Okayama University of Science) ;
  • MATSUMOTO RYOJI (Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Chiba University)
  • Published : 2004.12.01

Abstract

High resolution observations of cluster of galaxies by Chandra have revealed the existence of an X-ray emitting comet-like galaxy C153 in the core of cluster of galaxies A2125. The galaxy C153 moving fast in the cluster core has a distinct X-ray tail on one side, obviously due to ram pressure stripping, since the galaxy C153 crossed the central region of A2125. The X-ray emitting plasma in the tail is substantially cooler than the ambient plasma. We present results of two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the time evolution of a sub clump like C153 moving in magnetized intergalactic matter. Anisotropic heat conduction is included. We found that the magnetic fields are essential for the existence of the cool X-ray tail, because in non-magnetized plasma the cooler sub clump tail is heated up by isotropic heat conduction from the hot ambient plasma and does not form such a comet-like tail.

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