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流体动力学模拟中ICM的化学富集

The chemical enrichment of the ICM from hydrodynamical simulations

S. Borgani, D. Fabjan, L. Tornatore, S. Schindler, K. Dolag, A. Diaferio

摘要:

对星系团内和星系际介质(ICM和IGM)金属富集的研究是重建过去恒星形成历史、反馈过程的作用和决定宇宙重子演化的气体动力学过程的直接手段。在本文中,我们回顾的方法,迄今已遵循的模型丰富的ICM在宇宙学的背景下。虽然我们的演讲将集中在流体动力学模拟所发挥的作用,我们也将讨论其他方法的基础上半解析模型的星系形成,也批判性地讨论了不同方法的利弊。我们将首先回顾化学演化模型的概念,以实现任何化学动力学的描述。我们将强调这个模型的预测如何严格依赖于恒星初始质量函数的选择,恒星的寿命和恒星产量。然后,我们将概述到目前为止,ICM富集的X射线观测和模型预测之间的比较。我们将展示如何最新的化学动力学模型能够捕捉到的ICM及其演变的观察到的金属含量的基本特征。最后,我们将强调在这项研究中的开放性问题和宇宙化学动力学模型的下一代改进的方向。

英文摘要:

The study of the metal enrichment of the intra-cluster and inter-galactic media (ICM and IGM) represents a direct means to reconstruct the past history of star formation, the role of feedback processes and the gas-dynamical processes which determine the evolution of the cosmic baryons. In this paper we review the approaches that have been followed so far to model the enrichment of the ICM in a cosmological context. While our presentation will be focused on the role played by hydrodynamical simulations, we will also discuss other approaches based on semi-analytical models of galaxy formation, also critically discussing pros and cons of the different methods. We will first review the concept of the model of chemical evolution to be implemented in any chemo-dynamical description. We will emphasise how the predictions of this model critically depend on the choice of the stellar initial mass function, on the stellar life-times and on the stellar yields. We will then overview the comparisons presented so far between X-ray observations of the ICM enrichment and model predictions. We will show how the most recent chemo-dynamical models are able to capture the basic features of the observed metal content of the ICM and its evolution. We will conclude by highlighting the open questions in this study and the direction of improvements for cosmological chemo-dynamical models of the next generation.

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