Viscosity in X-ray clusters: Braginskii over 5

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2006-11-07

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0611243v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages

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We argue that it is currently impossible to simulate X-ray clusters using correct equations, because even the MHD description is not applicable. But since fluid simulations actually reproduce observations quite well, one may try to improve the fluid codes by including molecular transport of heat and momentum. We calculate the effective molecular viscosity for the simplest model of magnetic field and obtain 1/5 of the Braginskii value, similar to 1/3 of Spitzer for the heat conduction. This is large enough to noticeably damp the X-ray cluster turbulence.

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