Accretion of intracluster gas by a galaxy

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Jan 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983afz....19...91v&link_type=abstract

(Astrofizika, vol. 19, Jan.-Mar. 1983, p. 91-95) Astrophysics (ISSN 0571-7132), vol. 19, no. 1, July 1983, p. 55-57. Translation

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Galactic Clusters, Galactic Evolution, Intergalactic Media, Mean Free Path, Astronomical Models, Thermal Radiation, X Ray Astronomy

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It is determined that the mean free paths of particles in rich clusters of galaxies exceed the diameters of the galaxies. The rate of accretion of such a collisionless gas by a galaxy at rest is estimated to reach approximately 5 solar masses per year. The estimated rate of accretion shows that the galaxy acquires a mass of gas comparable with its own mass during the complete time of its existence. These findings indicate that the process of adding hot intergalactic gas to a galaxy must play an important part in its evolution.

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