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Stirred, not Clumped: Evolution of Temperature Profiles in the Outskirts of Galaxy Clusters

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arxiv 1605.01723 v2 pith:5LQ3OCYS submitted 2016-05-05 astro-ph.CO

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keywords clustersevolutiongalaxyoutskirtstemperaturecosmologicalmotionsnon-thermal
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Recent statistical X-ray measurements of the intracluster medium (ICM) indicate that gas temperature profiles in the outskirts of galaxy clusters deviate from self-similar evolution. Using a mass-limited sample of galaxy clusters from cosmological hydrodynamical simulations, we show that the departure from self-similarity can be explained by non-thermal gas motions driven by mergers and accretion. Contrary to previous claims, gaseous substructures only play a minor role in the temperature evolution in cluster outskirts. A careful choice of halo overdensity definition in self-similar scaling mitigates these departures. Our work highlights the importance of non-thermal gas motions in ICM evolution and the use of galaxy clusters as cosmological probes.

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