dynamical stability of the intracluster medium: buoyancy instabilities and nanoastrophysics
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Dynamical Stability of the Intracluster Medium: Buoyancy Instabilities and Nanoastrophysics. Matthew Kunz Alexander Schekochihin. Schekochihin et al. 2005, ApJ, 410, 139 Kunz et al. 2011, MNRAS, 410, 2446 Kunz & Schekochihin, 2011, MNRAS, nearly submitted. Galaxy Cluster Parameters. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Dynamical Stability of the Intracluster Medium:
Buoyancy Instabilities and Nanoastrophysics
Matthew KunzAlexander Schekochihin
Schekochihin et al. 2005, ApJ, 410, 139Kunz et al. 2011, MNRAS, 410, 2446
Kunz & Schekochihin, 2011, MNRAS, nearly submitted
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Galaxy Cluster Parameters
• Masses ~1014–15 Msun (84% DM, 13% ICM, 100s of galaxies)
• Sizes ~1 Mpc• Densities n ~10–3 to several 10–2 cm–3
• Temperatures T ~1–10 keV (~107–8 K)• Magnetic fields B ~1–10 G at centre
~0.1–1 G at ~1 Mpc
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Sanderson, Ponman & O’Sullivan (2006)
tcool 1
Pne
2
= 0.96 Gyr ne
0.05 cm-3
1 kBT
2 keV
1/ 2
short cooling time
rapid cooling &loss of pressure
support
cooling flow of ~100–500 Msun yr–1
Cooling Time
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~5–8 keV, ~200 kpc
~2–3 keV, ~50 kpc
Piffaretti et al. 2005
Cool-core clusters
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Piffaretti et al. 2005
Cool-core clusters
What keeps the gas from cooling below
~Tvir/3 ?
Allen et al. (2001)
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Piffaretti et al. 2005
Cool-core clusters
What keeps the gas from cooling below
~Tvir/3 ?
Possible heating sources:
1. Heat conduction2. AGN feedback3. Turbulent
heating4. Cosmic ray
heating5. Mergers
Allen et al. (2001)
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First Question:If left on its own (i.e. no AGN
input, no mergers, etc.),is the ICM dynamically
stable?
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ICM Dynamics: A 3-Scale Problem
mfp 1 kpc n
510-3 cm 3
1 kBT
5 keV
2
H ~ 100 kpc
rg,i 2 npc kBT
5 keV
1/ 2 B1 G
1
mfp
1 npc ~ 1 trip around the Earth ~ 20,000 miles
(avg. distance driven per year in US is ~15,000 miles)
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ICM Dynamics: A 3-Scale Problem
mfp
Location of Voyager 1
H
Oort Cloud
rg,i
Prater Riesenrad
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Equations
ˆ b
||
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Standard Linear Analysis
~ exp t ikr
Construct equilibrium state:
pp|| p
dpdz g
ˆ b Q0
v 0
ˆ b uniform
, T, v, B, p, p||Perturb about equilibrium:
Seek solutions of the form:
But first…
Test for linear stability:
Re() 0 unstable
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create a local temperature gradient along B, create a heat flux along B
Anisotropic Heat Flux: What does it do?
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align B with the background temperature gradient, create a heat flux
Anisotropic Heat Flux: What does it do?
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perturb B on which a heat flux is being channeled, increase/decrease that heat flux
Anisotropic Heat Flux: What does it do?
ˆ b ˆ b T
T
Q
ˆ b ˆ b ˆ b T
T
Q Q
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field lines become isotherms
Anisotropic Heat Flux: Implications for Stability
destabilizing whenstabilizing when
destabilizing whenstabilizing when
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Schwarzschild (1958) criterion
Anisotropic Heat Flux: Implications for Stability
Balbus (2000) criterionPiffaretti et al. (2005)
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: Magnetothermal Instability (Balbus 2000)
destabilised slow mode
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MTI growth rates
normalized tomaximum
value
In general:
don’t want field-line convergence/diverg
ence
k k|| is best
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ˆ b
ˆ b
ˆ b
g
grow fastest
0 as bx 0
ˆ k max
ˆ k max
ˆ k max
saturates by re-orienting field vertically
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: Heat-flux Buoyancy-Driven Instability (Quataert 2008)
HBI
destabilised slow mode
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HBI growth rates
normalized tomaximum
value
k k|| is best
In general:
need maximal field-line
convergence/divergence
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ˆ b
ˆ b
ˆ b
g
grow fastest
0 as bz 0
ˆ k max
ˆ k max
ˆ k max
saturates by re-orienting field horizontally to shut off conduction
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Anisotropic Pressure: What does it do?acts as an anisotropic viscosity:
“Braginskii viscosity”;targets motions that
change the field strengthii
~
Linearly, this means:
BB
BB
Alfven modeis undamped
Slow modeis damped
B||
B0
B||
B0
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Anisotropic Pressure: What does it do?
TTB||
BRecall motions that tap into
heat flux are damped
This hurts the HBI and helps the MTI
First, the HBI…
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In fact, the two forces become nearly equal
and opposite as
i.e., viscosity acts faster than a
dynamical timescale for
sufficiently large wavenumbers
k|| mfpH 1/ 21;
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Maximum growth rates are reduced by a factor ~1.5
and now occur at ;
in typical cool cores, .
These can hardly be considered local modes!
k||(mfpH)1/ 2 0.4 bz1/ 2
k||H 4 12
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ˆ b
ˆ b
ˆ b
g
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What about the MTI?
MTI likes T 0, which implies B|| 0 fastest growing modes avoid Braginskii
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ˆ b
ˆ b
ˆ b
g
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There’s also a whole bunch of modes that were thought to be stable or slow-
growing that actually grow at the maximum rate.
Let’s look at the (approx.) dispersion relation…
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cause ofMTI/HBI
0 if ky bx = 0
coupling ofAlfven andslow modes
slowmode
Braginskiidampingof slowmode
When , > 0
Just a little bit of ky will make these maximally unstable!
Alfvenmode
modes aredecoupled
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(stable)
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(unstable)
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stable
ˆ b
ˆ b
ˆ b
g
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Second Question:If pressure anisotropy grows to
~1/ ,very fast microscale instabilities
are triggered.What does this imply for
nonlinear stability of ICM?
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Magnetic field decreases: <0FIREHOSE:
MIRROR:Magnetic field increases: >0
destabilised Alfvén wave
kinetic resonant instability
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MIRROR
FIREHOSE
[Bale et al., PRL 2009]
Instabilities saturate by driving ~ 1/
strong evidence in solar wind:
(colour represents magnitude of magnetic fluctuations)
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2 fudge factor ~1
compare to radiative cooling:
no pitch-anglescattering
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This heating mechanism is thermally stable!
See Kunz et al. (2011, MNRAS, 410, 2446) for details
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Conclusions & Speculations1. Low degree of collisionality in ICM leads to anisotropic
heat and momentum transport. These affect ICM’s stability.
2. ICM is unstable to buoyancy instabilities driven by anisotropic conduction (HBI, MTI), but these are significantly modified by pressure anisotropy (i.e. anisotropic viscosity). Pressure anisotropy generated when , impliesperturbations with are damped. Bad for HBI, good for MTI.
3. Since high k|| modes are suppressed, fastest growing HBI modes aren’t what we thought they were – they’re not really local either. Also, many previously-thought stable or slow-growing MTI modes are actually unstable.
4. Field-line insulation via HBI was made possible by fast growth rates for large k|| modes. Since this is suppressed, field-line insulation isn’t a problem?
5. Nonlinear evolution of MTI probably more vigorous than previously thought, since there isn’t just one dominant mode anymore.
6. Nonlinearly, pressure anisotropy limited by ~1/ . Provides a source of thermally-stable heating comparable to radiative cooling for typical cool-core conditions. If enough turbulent energy, then .
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