Mixing Drives the Acceleration of Clouds from Ram Pressure Stripped Galaxies - Stephanie Tonnesen

We discuss two results from our recent paper studying gas mixing in ram pressure stripped tails. First, we introduce our analytic framework for how mixing is related to the acceleration of stripped gas from a satellite galaxy. We then test this model using three "wind-tunnel" simulations of Milky Way-like galaxies interacting with a moving ICM, and find excellent agreement with predictions using the analytic framework. Second, we highlight that while mixing drives acceleration of stripped gas, the density and velocity of the surrounding wind will determine whether the mixing results in the heating of stripped gas into the ICM, or the cooling of the ICM into dense clouds.

Link to ADS: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021arXiv210205061T/abstract

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