Simulated X-ray images and spectra of the Arches cluster

We present three-dimensional numerical simulations of the wind from the Arc hes cluster. In order to make the model as realistic as possible, we have p laced stellar wind sources at the positions on the plane of the sky of the 60 brightest stars of the cluster and have calculated three different possi ble distributions of the stars along the line of sight. From the resulting flows, we have computed the X-ray emission, obtaining emission maps and (sp atially integrated) spectra. These results are compared with the recent Cha ndra observations of the Arches cluster of Yusef-Zadeh and coworkers, and a good qualitative agreement is found.