BOTH THE ICM AND GALAXIES HAVE BULK MOTION INSIDE CLUSTERS PROVIDING CLUES ON THE CLUSTER DYNAMICS. THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE ICM AND GALAXIES PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN GALAXY EVOLUTION DRAMATICALLY SHOWN BY A STRIPPING TAIL SOMETIME. X-RAY TAILS OF LATE-TYPE CLUSTER GALAXIES WERE ONLY DETECTED RECENTLY. DETAILED STUDIES OF THESE SYSTEMS ALLOW BETTER UNDERSTANDING FOR RAMPRESSURE STRIPPING GALAXY TRANSFORMATION MIXING OF THE STRIPPED COLD ISM WITH THE HOT ICM RELEVANT MICRO-PHYSICS AND INTRACLUSTER SF. IN THIS PROPOSAL WE REQUEST XMM TIME TO STUDY ONE OF THE X-RAY BRIGHTEST AND THE CLOSEST CLUSTERS A1367. IT IS AN IDEAL SYSTEM TO STUDY BOTH X-RAY TAILS (A NEW SAMPLE OF HA TAILS AND RICH AMOUNT OF MULTI-BAND DATA) AND CLUSTER MERGER (MULTIPLE MERGER EVENTS AND AT LEAST ONE SHOCK).
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