Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004iaus..217..376s&link_type=abstract
International Astronomical Union Symposium no. 217, held 14-17 July, 2003 in Sydney, Australia. Edited by P.-A. Duc, J. Braine
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
We investigate the process of ram pressure stripping by means of numerical simulations with a 2D hydrodynamical code. We present some first results of a set of simulations with varying galaxy velocities and ICM densities. We find that in typical cluster core environments disk galaxies lose a substantial amount of their gas, whereas in the outskirts of galaxy clusters the mass loss is quite small. Furthermore, the gas loss happens in two phases: In the initial phase gas is pushed out of regions where the ram pressure overcomes the gravitational restoring force; most of the overall gas loss happens in this phase. Afterwards the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability leads to a further mass loss at a small rate, that could be important on long timescales.
Hensler Gerhard
Schumacher Elke
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