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銀河団の乱暴な加熱は,X線で最も明るく輝く
I Zhuravleva1, E Churazov2, A A Schekochihin3
11] Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94305-4085, USA [2] Department of Physics, Stanford University, 382 Via Pueblo Mall, Stanford, California 94305-4060, USA.
Nature
|November 4, 2014
まとめ
銀河団の渦巻性加熱は,熱い銀河団内媒質 (ICM) のエネルギー損失を均衡させる. このプロセスは,ガスの冷却問題を解決し,X線を放射するシステムの観測を説明します.
科学分野:
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- コスモロジー・コスモロジーとは
- プラズマ物理学 プラズマ物理学
背景:
- 銀河団のクラスター内部媒介 (ICM) は,熱いX線を放射するプラズマであり,バリオン物質の大部分を構成する.
- ICMコアにおける放射能のエネルギー損失は大きく,システムの年齢よりも短い時間スケールでガスの冷却につながります.
- 制御されていない冷却は観測と矛盾しており,ICMの熱状態を維持するために加熱メカニズムが必要であることを示唆しています.
研究 の 目的:
- クラスタ内部媒介 (ICM) の加熱と放射性冷却を逆行するメカニズムを調査する.
- 乱暴な加熱が銀河団のコアにおけるエネルギー損失を十分に補うことができるかどうかを判断する.
- この加熱メカニズムの普遍的な適用性を,様々なX線を放射するガスに富んだシステムで探求する.
主な方法:
- 銀河団からの深層X線データを活用した.
- ICMの加熱速度を直接定量化するために新しいデータ分析方法を開発し,適用しました.
- 評価された加熱は,ICM内の乱流の分散から特に発生する.
主要な成果:
- 乱流加熱はICMの放射性冷却を相殺するのに十分であることが判明しました.
- 渦巻からの加熱率は,それぞれの半径で局所的に放射性冷却を均衡させるように見える.
- これは,乱流がICMの温度を調節し,過度の冷却を防ぐ上で重要な役割を果たすことを示唆しています.
結論:
- 渦巻加熱は,銀河団のコアにおけるガス冷却問題の妥当かつ効果的な解決策として特定されています.
- このメカニズムは,理論的な冷却と観測されたICM特性の間の不一致を解決する可能性が高い.
- この発見は,銀河群や円銀河を含む,ガスに富んだ系を理解するためのより広範な意味を持つ.
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