Entropy amplification from energy feedback in simulated galaxy groups and clusters

Details Entropy amplification from energy feedback in simulated galaxy groups and clusters Entropy amplification from energy feedback in simulated galaxy groups and clusters

2005-04-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0504265v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 361 (2005) 233-243

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 7 figures to appear in MNRAS. Full resolution preprint available at http://adlibitum.oat.ts.astro.it/clustersim/En

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09158.x

We use hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy clusters and groups to study the effect of pre-heating on the entropy structure of the ICM. Our simulations account for non-gravitational heating of the gas either by imposing a minimum entropy floor at redshift z=3, or by considering feedback by galactic winds powered by supernova (SN) energy. In the adiabatic simulations we find that the entropy is increased out to the external regions as a consequence of the transition from clumpy to smooth accretion induced by extra heating. This result is in line with the predictions of the semi-analytical model by Voit et al. However, the introduction of radiative cooling substantially reduces this entropy amplification effect. While galactic winds of increasing strength are effective in regulating star formation, they have a negligible effect on the entropy profile of cluster-sized halos. Only in models where the action of the winds is complemented with diffuse heating corresponding to a pre-collapse entropy do we find a sizable entropy amplification out to the virial radius of the groups. Observational evidence for entropy amplification in the outskirts of galaxy clusters and groups therefore favours a scenario for feedback that distributes heating energy in a more diffuse way than predicted by the model for galactic winds from SN explosions explored here.

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