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Astrophysics

the removal of a galaxy's gas by pressure from the hot intracluster medium as the galaxy moves through it.

In astrophysics, ram pressure stripping refers to the removal of a galaxy's gas by pressure from the hot intracluster medium as the galaxy moves through it. This meaning comes from Gunn (1972) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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Gunn, J. E., & Gott, J. R. I. (1972). On the Infall of Matter Into Clusters of Galaxies and Some Effects on Their Evolution. The Astrophysical Journal, 176, 1. https://doi.org/10.1086/151605

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