The Cartwheel ring under X-ray light
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The Cartwheel, archetypical ring galaxy with strong star formation activity concentrated in a peculiar annular structure, has been imaged with the CHANDRA ACIS-S instrument. We present here preliminary results, that confirm the high luminosity detected earlier with the ROSAT HRI. Many bright isolated sources are visible in the star-forming ring. A diffuse component at luminosity of the order of 10E.40 cgs is also detected.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0309571,
title = {The Cartwheel ring under X-ray light},
author = {A. Wolter and G. Trinchieri},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0309571},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 6 figures, proceedings of "Nuovi Orizzonti dell'Astrofisica Italiana" XLVII congresso SAIt, Trieste 14-17 april 2003