Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-07-13
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
14 pages, 7 figures in colour. To appear in the Proceedings of the XXI Moriond Conference: Galaxy Clusters and the High Redshi
Scientific paper
The high metallicity of the intra-cluster medium (ICM) is generally interpreted on the base of the galactic wind scenario for elliptical galaxies. In this framework, we develop a toy-model to follow the chemical evolution of the ICM, formulated in analogy to chemical models for individual galaxies. Just as the ingredients for usual models are (a) the stellar yields, amount of metals newly synthesized and re-ejected by stars; (b) the Star Formation Rate and (c) the stellar Initial Mass Function (IMF), our model for clusters involves: (a') ``galactic yields'' derived from galactic wind models of ellipticals; (b') a parametric Galactic Formation Rate; (c') a Press-Schechter-like Galactic Initial Mass Function. The model is used to test the response of the predicted metal content and abundance evolution of the ICM to varying input galactic models. The resulting luminosity function of cluster galaxies is also calculated, in order to constrain model parameters.
Chiosi Cesare
Moretti Alberto
Portinari Laura
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