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论ICM金属丰度演化的动力学起源

On the Dynamical Origin of the ICM Metallicity Evolution

S. A. Cora, L. Tornatore, P. Tozzi, K. Dolag

摘要:

利用星系团的N体/SPH(smoothed particle hydrodynamics)无辐射数值模拟,应用星系形成的半解析模型,研究了星系团内介质(ICM)金属丰度演化的起源.半分析模型包括气体冷却、恒星形成、超新星反馈和金属富集,并与基础模拟的扩散气体相关联,以便气体粒子的化学性质动态地、一致地从星系中的恒星产生。这种混合模型让我们有关于ICM中金属的空间分布的信息。对一组维里质量为~1.5*10^15 h^{-1} M_sun的星系团的结果有助于对最近观测到的X射线数据的理论解释,这些数据表明,随着红移的增加,星系团内气体的平均铁含量减少。我们发现这种演变主要是由于铁丰度在~ 0.15R_vir范围内逐渐增加的结果。星系团的z~1值相当大,而最近恒星形成的贡献很小。在高红移处富集的低熵气体汇到星系团中心,对金属丰度分布的演化做出贡献。

英文摘要:

We present a study on the origin of the metallicity evolution of the intra-cluster medium (ICM) by applying a semi-analytic model of galaxy formation to N-body/SPH (smoothed particle hydrodynamic) non-radiative numerical simulations of clusters of galaxies. The semi-analytic model includes gas cooling, star formation, supernovae feedback and metal enrichment, and is linked to the diffuse gas of the underlying simulations so that the chemical properties of gas particles are dynamically and consistently generated from stars in the galaxies. This hybrid model let us have information on the spatial distribution of metals in the ICM. The results obtained for a set of clusters with virial masses of ~1.5*10^15 h^{-1} M_sun contribute to the theoretical interpretation of recent observational X-ray data, which indicate a decrease of the average iron content of the intra-cluster gas with increasing redshift. We find that this evolution arises mainly as a result of a progressive increase of the iron abundance within ~0.15 R_vir. The clusters have been considerably enriched by z~1 with very low contribution from recent star formation. Low entropy gas that has been enriched at high redshift sinks to the cluster centre contributing to the evolution of the metallicity profiles.

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