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The dynamical interaction between galaxies and intracluster gas in clusters of galaxies

Journal Article · · Astrophys. J.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/154871· OSTI ID:7130654
The interaction between the hot gas inferred to exist in clusters of galaxies and the interstellar medium of a spherical galaxy has been studied by means of time-dependent numerical hydrodynamics. Galaxies moving at transonic speeds with respect to the ambient medium lose 80-90 percent of their interstellar gas before a crossing time has elapsed. The amount of gas remaining is consistent with current observational limits to the gas content of elliptical galaxies. Negligible heating of the intracluster gas results from this process. Implications of these results for spiral galaxies with halos, radio sources in clusters of galaxies, and globular clusters in galactic halos are discussed. (AIP)
Research Organization:
NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
OSTI ID:
7130654
Journal Information:
Astrophys. J.; (United States), Journal Name: Astrophys. J.; (United States) Vol. 210:3; ISSN ASJOA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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