CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES Cluster Mergers and Cold Fronts
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Structure Formation
Cluster Formation
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We discuss some of the physical processes that occurs during cluster merger
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Cluster Mergers
Cluster Merger Density Entropy
1E0657 Markevitch et al 2001.
1E0657
Cold Fronts In Merger Clusters
CHANDRA OBSERVATION OF A2142 M. Markevitch et al. 2000, ApJ, 541, 542
CHANDRA OBSERVATION OF A3667 A. Vikhlinin, M. Markevitch, S. S. Murray 2000, ApJ, 551, 160
The most natural explanation is that A3667 hosts a moving dense, cold gas cloud Interpretation for the Cold Front The ratio between the pressure in region 0 and 1 gives the cloud speed The cold front is the contact surface The external gas slows down at leading edge but reaccelerates as it is squeezed to the sides