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2001ApJ...562L.129N - Astrophys. J., 562, L129-L132 (2001/December-1)

Thermal conduction in clusters of galaxies.

NARAYAN R. and MEDVEDEV M.V.

Abstract (from CDS):

We estimate the thermal conductivity of a weakly collisional magnetized plasma with chaotic magnetic field fluctuations. When the fluctuation spectrum extends over two or more decades in wavevector, we find that thermal conduction is very efficient; the conduction coefficient is only a factor of ∼5 below the classical Spitzer estimate. We suggest that conduction could play a significant role in cooling flows in clusters of galaxies.

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Journal keyword(s): Conduction - Galaxies: Cooling Flows - Galaxies: Clusters: General - Magnetic Fields

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