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We report the results of a detailed analysis of the temperature structure of the X-ray emitting plasma halo of M~87, the cD galaxy of the Virgo Cluster. Using the MEKAL model, the data provide strong indications that the intracluster medium…

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We study clusters in the BCS cluster sample which are observed by Chandra and are more distant than redshift, z>0.1. We select from this subsample the clusters which have both a short central cooling time and a central temperature drop, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. J. H. Dunn , A. C. Fabian

We present the results of a {\it Chandra} observation of the central region of Abell 3112. This cluster has a powerful radio source in the center and was believed to have a strong cooling flow. The X-ray image shows that the intracluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Motokazu Takizawa , Craig L. Sarazin , Elizabeth L. Blanton , Greg B. Taylor

A common feature of the X-ray bubbles observed in Chandra images of some "cooling flow" clusters is that they appear to be surrounded by bright, cool shells. Temperature maps of a few nearby luminous clusters reveal that the shells consist…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ian G. McCarthy , Arif Babul , Neal Katz , Michael L. Balogh

We have analyzed the Chandra observation of the distant (z=0.164) galaxy cluster RXJ1720.1+2638 in which we find sharp features in the X-ray surface brightness on opposite sides of the X-ray peak: an edge at about 250 h_50^{-1} kpc to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 P. Mazzotta , M. Markevitch , A. Vikhlinin , W. R. Forman , L. P. David , L. VanSpeybroeck

We have deduced the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature in the Coma cluster (A1656, $z=0.0231$), and in A2163 ($z=0.203$) from spectral measurements of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect over four passbands at radio and microwave…

Galaxy clusters show large-scale azimuthal X-ray surface brightness fluctuations known as cold fronts. Cold fronts are argued to originate due to sloshing driven by sub-halo passage at close proximity to the cluster center. While this…

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The pervasive presence of warm gas in galaxy halos suggests that the circumgalactic medium (CGM) is multiphase in its ionization structure and complex in its kinematics. Some recent state-of-the-art cosmological galaxy simulations predict…

We present first results on the cooling properties derived from Chandra X-ray observations of 83 high-redshift (0.3 < z < 1.2) massive galaxy clusters selected by their Sunyaev-Zel'dovich signature in the South Pole Telescope data. We…

The Chandra image of the merging, hot galaxy cluster 1E0657-56 reveals a bow shock propagating in front of a bullet-like gas cloud just exiting the disrupted cluster core. This is the first clear example of a shock front in a cluster. From…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Markevitch , A. H. Gonzalez , L. David , A. Vikhlinin , S. Murray , W. Forman , C. Jones , W. Tucker

We investigate the interactions of high-redshift galaxy outflows with low-mass virialized (Tvir < 10,000K) clouds of primordial composition. While atomic cooling allows star formation in larger primordial objects, such "minihalos" are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Evan Scannapieco , Jon Weisheit , Francis Harlow

We use a 54.4 ks Chandra observation to study nuclear outflow activity in NGC4552 (M89), an elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster. Chandra images in the 0.5-2 keV band show two ring-like features ~1.7 kpc in diameter in the core of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Machacek , P. E. J. Nulsen , C. Jones , W. R. Forman

We study the effects of externally imposed turbulence on the thermal properties of galaxy cluster cores, using three-dimensional numerical simulations including magnetic fields, anisotropic thermal conduction, and radiative cooling. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 Ian J. Parrish , Eliot Quataert , Prateek Sharma

We present results of X-ray observations of the Coma cluster with multiple instruments over a broad energy band. Using the data from INTEGRAL, RXTE and ROSAT observatories, we find that the Coma spectrum in the 0.5-107 keV energy band can…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. A. Lutovinov , A. Vikhlinin , E. M. Churazov , M. G. Revnivtsev , R. A. Sunyaev

We use a combined 120 ks Chandra exposure to analyze X-ray edges produced by non-hydrostatic gas motions (sloshing) from galaxy collisions, and cavities formed by AGN activity. Evidence for gas sloshing is seen in the spiral morphology and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 M. E. Machacek , D. Jerius , R. P. Kraft , W. R. Forman , C. Jones , S. Randall , S. Giancintucci , M. Sun

We report on the deep Chandra observation of central r=200kpc region of the cluster of galaxies MKW3s which was previously identified as a moderate cooling flow cluster. The Chandra image reveals two striking features -- a 100kpc long and…

We attempt to explain the non-thermal emission arising from galaxy clusters as a result of the re-acceleration of electrons by compressible turbulence induced by cluster mergers. In our model intracluster medium (ICM) is represented by a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 G. Brunetti , A. Lazarian

There has been extensive recent progress in X-ray observations of clusters of galaxies with the analysis of the entire ASCA database and recent new results from Beppo-SAX, Chandra, and XMM-Newton. The temperature profiles of most clusters…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Richard F. Mushotzky

X-ray observations of galaxy groups and clusters are inconsistent with the predictions of the simplest hierarchical clustering models, wherein non-baryonic and baryonic components are assembled together under the sole influence of gravity.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Michael Loewenstein

We use the high-resolution TNG50 cosmological magnetohydrodynamical simulation to explore the properties and origin of cold circumgalactic medium (CGM) gas around massive galaxies (M* > 10^11 Msun) at intermediate redshift (z~0.5). We…