Molecular clouds in cooling flow cluster of galaxies

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In many clusters of galaxies there is evidence for cooling flow in the central regions. A possibility is that a fraction of the gas forms cold molecular clouds. We investigate the minimum temperature which can be reached by clouds in cooling flows by computing the cooling function due to H2, HD and CO molecules. As an example, we determine the minimum temperature achievable by clouds in the cooling flow of PKS 0745-191.
Poster presented for the IGRAP International Conference "Clustering at high redshifts", Marseille (France) June 29th-July 2nd, 1999

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