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AGN as cosmic thermostats

2002/10/25 by Christian R. Kaiser, Kaiser, Christian R., Marcus Brueggen +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0210569

Contribution to AGN2002 meeting in Paris, to appear in ASP Conference Series

arxiv created 2002/10/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We present a simple analytical model and the results of numerical simulations supporting the idea of periodical heating of cluster gas by AGN outflows. We show why, under this assumption, we are extremely unlikely to observe clusters containing gas with a temperature below about 1 keV. We review the results from numerical hydro-simulations studying the mechanisms by which AGN outflows heat the cluster gas.

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