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熵极限与冷流团的冷反馈机制

Entropy Limit and the Cold Feedback Mechanism in Cooling Flow Clusters

Noam Soker

摘要:

我提出了一个解释的发现,恒星形成和可见的细丝强的Halpha发射在冷却流集群中发生,只有当最小比熵和辐射冷却时间的集群内介质(ICM),低于一个特定的阈值。这种解释是基于冷反馈机制。在这种机制中,由中心黑洞吸积的质量起源于存在于冷却流区域的扩展区域中的非线性过密气体团。我使用的标准是,反馈循环周期必须长于密集团块的辐射冷却时间,以便大量气体冷却至低温。密度大的液滴的下落时间由下落速度与声速之比来参数化。另一个参数是斑点密度与周围ICM密度的比率。通过采取的冷反馈模型在以前的论文中的参数值,我推导出一个表达式,给出了正确的熵阈值的值。未来的研究将必须更详细地研究这些参数的作用,并表明观察到的集群行为在熵或辐射冷却时间阈值上的急剧变化可以通过模型再现。

英文摘要:

I propose an explanation to the finding that star formation and visible filaments strong in Halpha emission in cooling flow clusters occur only if the minimum specific entropy and the radiative cooling time of the intracluster medium (ICM), are below a specific threshold. The explanation is based on the cold feedback mechanism. In this mechanism the mass accreted by the central black hole originates in non-linear over-dense blobs of gas residing in an extended region of the cooling flow region. I use the criterion that the feedback cycle period must be longer than the radiative cooling time of dense blobs for large quantities of gas to cool to low temperature. The falling time of the dense blobs is parameterized by the ratio of the infall velocity to the sound speed. Another parameter is the ratio of the blobs' density to that of the surrounding ICM. By taking the values of the parameters as in previous papers on the cold feedback model, I derive an expression that gives the right value of the entropy threshold. Future studies will have to examine in more detail the role of these parameters, and to show that the observed sharp change in the behavior of clusters across the entropy, or radiative cooling time, threshold can be reproduced by the model.

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