Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-07-18
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, 11 figures, accepted by MNRAS, high resolution pdf version available at http://www.faculty.iu-bremen.de/eroediger/
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12241.x
We present the first 3D hydrodynamical simulations of ram pressure stripping of a disc galaxy orbiting in a galaxy cluster. Along the orbit, the ram pressure that this galaxy experiences varies with time. In this paper, we focus on the evolution of the radius and mass of the remaining gas disc and compare it with the classical analytical estimate proposed by Gunn & Gott 1972. We find that this simple estimate works well in predicting the evolution of the radius of the remaining gas disc. Only if the ram pressure increases faster than the stripping timescale, the disc radius remains larger than predicted. However, orbits with such short ram pressure peaks are unlikely to occur in other than compact clusters. Unlike the radius evolution, the mass loss history for the galaxy is not accurately described by the analytical estimate. Generally, in the simulations the galaxy loses its gas more slowly than predicted.
Brueggen Marcus
Roediger Elke
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