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星系团IGM中的热扩散

Thermal diffusion in the IGM of clusters of galaxies

P. Shtykovskiy, M. Gilfanov

摘要:

我们重新讨论了星系团中星系际介质(IGM)中的元素扩散现象。扩散受重力、浓度和温度梯度驱动。后者引起热扩散,这是迄今为止在IGM研究中被忽略的。我们认为,完整的问题的基础上的Burgers方程,并表明,存在于星系团的温度梯度可能会成功地与重力竞争,疏散金属从较冷的地区。在重力和温度梯度的共同作用下,可形成多峰多洼的复杂金属丰度剖面。对于一个典型的冷核团簇,热扩散可以显著减少甚至逆转金属的重力沉降,导致其在核中丰度的降低。这可能对诊断星系团中心的低温等离子体有影响。

英文摘要:

We revisit the phenomenon of elements diffusion in the intergalactic medium (IGM) in clusters of galaxies. The diffusion is driven by gravity, concentration and temperature gradients. The latter cause thermal diffusion, which has been so far ignored in IGM studies. We consider the full problem based on the Burgers' equations and demonstrate that the temperature gradients present in clusters of galaxies may successfully compete with gravity, evacuating metals from cooler regions. Under the combined action of gravity and temperature gradients, complicated metallicity profiles with several peaks and depressions may be formed. For a typical cool core cluster, the thermal diffusion may significantly reduce and even reverse the gravitational sedimentation of metals, resulting in the depression in their abundance in the core. This may have implications for diagnostics of the low temperature plasma in the centers of clusters of galaxies.

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