flamingo_cluster_zoom.mp4 (VIDEO)

Durham University

Caption

Evolution of the most massive galaxy cluster in the high-resolution simulation. The main frame shows the gas density (brightness) and temperature (hue), with white indicating the hottest and densest gas in the intra-cluster medium. The zoom inset shows the evolution of dark matter density in the centre of one cluster. The cluster grows both through continuous accretion of matter along filaments, and occasional dramatic mergers that shock-heat the gas.

Credit

Credit: Yannick Bahé, the FLAMINGO team and the Virgo Consortium.

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