Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-04-03
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
26 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1086/304298
We investigate the formation of spherical cosmological structures following both dark matter and gas components. We focus on the dynamical aspect of the collapse assuming an adiabatic, $\gamma = 5/3$, fully ionized primordial plasma. We use for that purpose a fully Lagrangian hydrodynamical code designed to describe highly compressible flows in spherical geometry. We investigate also a "fluid approach" to describe the mean physical quantities of the dark matter flow. We test its validity for a wide range of initial density contrast. We show that an homogeneous isentropic core forms in the gas distribution, surrounded by a self-similar hydrostatic halo, with much higher entropy generated by shock dissipation. We derive analytical expressions for the size, density and temperature of the core, as well as for the surrounding halo. We show that, unless very efficient heating processes occur in the intergalactic medium, we are unable to reproduce within adiabatic models the typical core sizes in X-ray clusters. We also show that, for dynamical reasons only, the gas distribution is naturally antibiased relative to the total mass distribution, without invoking any reheating processes. This could explain why the gas fraction increases with radius in very large X-ray clusters. As a preparation for the next study devoted to the thermodynamical aspect of the collapse, we investigate the initial entropy level required to solve the core problem in X-ray clusters.
Alimi Jean--Michel
Chieze Jean Pierre
Teyssier Romain
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