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Ram pressure effect on galaxies in clusters

Grant number: 13/12251-8
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
Start date: August 01, 2013
End date: July 31, 2015
Field of knowledge:Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy - Extragalactic Astrophysics
Principal Investigator:Gastão Cesar Bierrenbach Lima Neto
Grantee:Rafael Ruggiero
Host Institution: Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
Associated research grant:12/00800-4 - The 3-D universe: astrophysics with large galaxy surveys, AP.TEM

Abstract

The aim of this "Scientific Initiation" project is to analyze in a quantitative manner the effects caused by ram pressure acting on the cold gas of galaxies moving inside clusters. Effects of this nature impact galaxies and clusters, for example, changing the stellar evolution of cluster galaxies and contributing to the enrichment in metals of the intracluster medium. The study of these effects is of significance for the better understanding of cluster evolution. A numerical approach, involving hydrodynamical N-body simulations, will be used. (AU)

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