Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-01-30
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
13 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS. Section 4.3.1 (convergence tests of the AMR criteria) and further min
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13518.x
The development of turbulent gas flows in the intra-cluster medium and in the core of a galaxy cluster is studied by means of adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) cosmological simulations. A series of six runs was performed, employing identical simulation parameters but different criteria for triggering the mesh refinement. In particular, two different AMR strategies were followed, based on the regional variability of control variables of the flow and on the overdensity of subclumps, respectively. We show that both approaches, albeit with different results, are useful to get an improved resolution of the turbulent flow in the ICM. The vorticity is used as a diagnostic for turbulence, showing that the turbulent flow is not highly volume-filling but has a large area-covering factor, in agreement with previous theoretical expectations. The measured turbulent velocity in the cluster core is larger than 200 km/s, and the level of turbulent pressure contribution to the cluster hydrostatic equilibrium is increased by using the improved AMR criteria.
Iapichino Luigi
Niemeyer Jens C.
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