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Modelling shock heating in cluster mergers - I. Moving beyond the spherical accretion model (2007)
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McCarthy, I., Bower, R., Balogh, M., Voit, G., Pearce, F., Theuns, T., …Frenk, C. (2007). Modelling shock heating in cluster mergers - I. Moving beyond the spherical accretion model. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 376(2), 497-522. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11465.x

The thermal history of the intracluster medium (ICM) is complex. Heat input from cluster mergers, from active galactic nuclei (AGN) and from winds in galaxies offsets and may even prevent the cooling of the ICM. Consequently, the processes that set t... Read More about Modelling shock heating in cluster mergers - I. Moving beyond the spherical accretion model.