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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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