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Three-Dimensional MHD Simulations of a Subcluster Plasma Moving in Turbulent ICM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

N. Asai ,
N. Fukuda  and
R. Matsumoto
N. Asai
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan email: asai@astro.s.chiba-u.ac.jp
N. Fukuda
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Simulation, Faculty of Informatics, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho, Okayama 700-0005, Japan
R. Matsumoto
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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Abstract

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We carried out 3D magnetohydrodynamic simulations of a subcluster moving in turbulent ICM by including anisotropic heat conduction. Since magnetic fields stretched along the subcluster surface suppress the heat conduction across the front, cold fronts are formed and sustained.

Keywords

MHDgalaxies: interactionsgalaxies: magnetic fieldsX-rays: galaxies: clusters
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S235: Galaxy Evolution Across the Hubble Time , August 2006 , pp. 189
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

References

Asai, N., Fukuda, N. & Matsumoto, R. 2004, ApJ (Letters) 606, L105.CrossRefGoogle Scholar