Multiphase cooling flows
Abstract
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I discuss the multiphase nature of the intracluster medium whose neglect can lead to overestimates of the baryon fraction of clusters by up to a factor of two. The multiphase form of the cooling flow equations are derived and reduced to a simple form for a wide class of self-similar density distributions. It is shown that steady-state cooling flows are \emph{not} consistent with all possible emissivity profiles which can therefore be used as a test of the theory. In combination, they provide strong constraints on the mass distribution within the cooling radius.
8 pages LaTeX file including 5 encapsulated postscript figures. Talk given at `Cooling Flow' workshop, Haifa, Israel, 5-8 August '96
8 pages LaTeX file including 5 encapsulated postscript figures. Talk given at `Cooling Flow' workshop, Haifa, Israel, 5-8 August '96