The impact of magnetic field on the cluster M - T relation
Abstract
We discuss the impact of magnetic field on the mass-temperature relation for groups and clusters of galaxies based on the derivation of the general Magnetic Virial Theorem. The presence of a magnetic field B yields a decrease of the virial temperature T for a fixed mass M: such a decrease in T is stronger for low-mass systems than for high-mass systems. We outline several implications of the presence of B-field and of its mass scaling for the structure and evolution of groups and clusters.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- August 2006
- DOI:
- 10.1051/0004-6361:20065404
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0701852
- Bibcode:
- 2006A&A...454L.131C
- Keywords:
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- cosmology: theory;
- galaxies: clusters: general;
- magnetic field;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 5 pages, 2 figures, published in A&