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most citedEncounters of Merger and Accretion Shocks in Galaxy Clusters and their Effects on Intracluster Medium

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astro-ph.GA2025

Comparing XRISM cluster velocity dispersions with predictions from cosmological simulations: are feedback models too ejective?

XRISM Collaboration, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki +147

The dynamics of the intra-cluster medium (ICM), the hot plasma that fills galaxy clusters, are shaped by gravity-driven cluster mergers and feedback from supermassive black holes (…

astro-ph.GA2025

Decoding AGN Feedback with X-arithmetic: From Morphology to Physical Mechanisms

Hannah McCall, Irina Zhuravleva, Eugene Churazov +4

Feedback from Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) is a key process in the evolution of massive halos in the Universe. New observational information on feedback is crucial for improving th…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 3 cited

Exploring chemical enrichment of the intracluster medium with the Line Emission Mapper

François Mernier, Yuanyuan Su, Maxim Markevitch +27

Synthesized in the cores of stars and supernovae, most metals disperse over cosmic scales and are ultimately deposited well outside the gravitational potential of their host galaxi…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 55 cited

Encounters of Merger and Accretion Shocks in Galaxy Clusters and their Effects on Intracluster Medium

Congyao Zhang, Eugene Churazov, Klaus Dolag +2

Several types/classes of shocks naturally arise during formation and evolution of galaxy clusters. One such class is represented by accretion shocks, associated with deceleration o…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 40 cited

Runaway Merger Shocks in Galaxy Cluster Outskirts and Radio Relics

Congyao Zhang, Eugene Churazov, William R. Forman +1

Moderately strong shocks arise naturally when two subclusters merge. For instance, when a smaller subcluster falls into the gravitational potential of a more massive cluster, a bow…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 30 cited

Standoff Distance of Bow Shocks in Galaxy Clusters as Proxy for Mach Number

Congyao Zhang, Eugene Churazov, William R. Forman +1

X-ray observations of merging clusters provide many examples of bow shocks leading merging subclusters. While the Mach number of a shock can be estimated from the observed density…