Mergers, cooling flows, and evaporation

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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Cooling Flows (Astrophysics), Elliptical Galaxies, Evaporation, High Temperature Gases, Interstellar Gas, X Ray Astronomy, Astronomical Models, Conductive Heat Transfer, Emission Spectra, Radiative Heat Transfer

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Simple theoretical models of thermal interaction between hot and cold gas phases are explored. Quantitative solutions for the temperature structure of the X-ray gas in the conduction model are presented for up-to-date radiative cooling rates in a form that allows straightforward comparison with observation. Good agreement with the X-ray data is obtained. The relative strengths of intermediate-temperature X-ray emission lines are in significantly better agreement with a simple conduction model than with published cooling flow models. The evoporation process is examined in this context. The model for the conductive interface adopts 10,000 K as the inner boundary. It is found that hydrostatic solutions exist, and there does not need to be any evaporation of the infalling cloud.

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