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OATS-DAUT SEMINAR
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Speaker: Stefano Borgani (DAUT - Trieste)

Title: Physics of the ICM and hydrodynamical simulations

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Abstract: Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray observations of the intra-cluster medium (ICM) have revealed the presence of a complex interplay between the physical properties of the diffuse hot gas and the processes of star formation, galaxy evolution and the corresponding feedback in energy and metals. I will review the role that cosmological hydrodynamical simulations are now playing to provide a self-consistent interpretative framework for such observations. I will conclude my talk by highlighting the main discrepancies between predictions of numerical models and observations, and comment on the directions of improvements for simulations of the next generation.
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