Frequently Asked Questions on the Luminosity--Temperature relation in Groups and Clusters

dc.creatorGovernato, Fabio
dc.date2002-01-29
dc.date2002-01-31
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:02:33Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:02:33Z
dc.descriptionEfforts to understand the deviation of the L--T relation from a simple scaling law valid for clusters and groups have triggered a number of interesting studies on the subject. Techniques and approaches differ widely but most works agree on the important role played by gas cooling and heating sources like AGNs and SNe. Observations set useful constraints on the evolution of the intracluster medium (ICM): a 100KeV/cm^2 entropy floor in the core of groups and about 5--15% of baryons being converted into stars. However, essential details like the nature of the dominant heating mechanism and the quantitative importance of cooling still need to be addressed. I suggest that a new generation of high resolution N-body simulations and a quantitative comparison of results between different approaches is required to improve results and increase our understanding of the problem.
dc.description7 pages, to appear in "SESTO-2001-Tracing Cosmic Evolution with Galaxy Clusters", ASP conference series. (a few typos corrected)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0201493
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0201493
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/4074
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleFrequently Asked Questions on the Luminosity--Temperature relation in Groups and Clusters
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