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Emission-lines in the form of filamentary structures is common in bright clusters characterized by short cooling times. In the Perseus cluster, cold molecular gas, tightly linked to the H$\alpha$ filaments, has been recently revealed by CO…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. Revaz , F. Combes , P. Salome

Multiphase filamentary nebulae are ubiquitous in the brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) of cool-core clusters, providing insight into baryon cycling and the feeding and feedback of supermassive black holes. However, BCGs account for less…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-27 Ryan Eskenasy , Valeria Olivares , Yuanyuan Su

The origin of the cold gas in central galaxies in groups is still a matter of debate. We present Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) observations of 18 optically selected local Brightest Group Galaxies (BGGs) to study the kinematics…

We investigate the velocity structure of nebular gas in the central galaxies of four clusters: Abell 1835, PKS 0745-191, Abell 262, and RXJ0820.9+0752, using data from the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI). Velocity structure functions (VSFs)…

We present an analysis of 55 central galaxies in clusters and groups with molecular gas masses and star formation rates lying between $10^{8}-10^{11}\ M_{\odot}$ and $0.5-270$ $M_{\odot}\ yr^{-1}$, respectively. We have used Chandra…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-21 F. A. Pulido , B. R. McNamara , A. C. Edge , M. T. Hogan , A. N. Vantyghem , H. R. Russell , P. E. J. Nulsen , I. Babyk , P. Salomé

Recent data support the idea that the filaments observed in H_alpha emission near the centres of some galaxy clusters were shaped by bulk flows within their intracluster media. We present numerical simulations of evaporated clump material…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Edward Pope , Julian Pittard , Thomas Hartquist , Sam Falle

We have obtained deep, high spatial and spectral resolution, long-slit spectra of the Halpha nebulae in the cool cores of 9 galaxy clusters. This sample provides a wealth of information on the ionization state, kinematics, and reddening of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Michael McDonald , Sylvain Veilleux , David S. N. Rupke

We present Northern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA) CO(2-1) maps of the z=0.4418 cluster-central QSO IRAS 09104+4109, which trace ~4.5x10^10 Msol of molecular gas in and around the galaxy. As in many low redshift cool core clusters, the…

Shells are fine stellar structures identified by their arc-like shapes present around a galaxy and currently thought to be vestiges of galaxy interactions and/or mergers. The study of their number, geometry, stellar populations and gas…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-02 Brisa Mancillas , Francoise Combes , Pierre-Alain Duc

Filamentary structures are closely associated with star-forming cores, but their detailed physical connections are still not clear. We studied the dense gas in the region of OMC-3 MMS-7 in Orion A molecular cloud using the molecular lines…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-07 Zhiyuan Ren , Lei Zhu , Hui Shi , Nannan Yue , Di Li , Qizhou Zhang , Diego Mardones , Jingwen Wu , Sihan Jiao , Shu Liu , Gan Luo , Jinjin Xie , Chao Zhang , Xuefang Xu

We have extended our previous observation (Lim et al. 2008) of NGC1275 covering a central radius of ~10kpc to the entire main body of cool molecular gas spanning ~14kpc east and west of center. We find no new features beyond the region…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 I-Ting Ho , Jeremy Lim , Dinh-V-Trung

We construct a filament catalogue using an extension of the halo based filament finder of Zhang et al.(2009), in a 250 Mpc/h side N-body simulation, and study the properties of filaments ending upon or surrounding galaxy clusters (within 10…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Yookyung Noh , J. D. Cohn

Molecular clouds (MCs) are highly structured and ``turbulent''. Colliding gas streams of atomic hydrogen have been suggested as a possible source of MCs, imprinting the filamentary structure as a consequence of dynamical and thermal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Heitsch , A. Burkert , L. Hartmann , A. D. Slyz , J. E. G. Devriendt

Galaxy clusters, the largest gravitationally bound structures in the Universe, contain vast amounts of dark matter, galaxies, and hot ionised gas known as the intracluster medium (ICM). In relaxed cluster cores, the ICM appears to cool…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-26 XRISM collaboration

The excitation of the filamentary gas structures surrounding giant elliptical galaxies at the center of cool-core clusters, a.k.a BCGs (brightest cluster galaxies), is key to our understanding of active galactic nucleus feedback, and of the…

Throughout the Milky Way, molecular clouds typically appear filamentary, and mounting evidence indicates that this morphology plays an important role in star formation. What is not known is to what extent the dense filaments most closely…

We present a high spatial resolution Halpha survey of 23 cooling flow clusters using the Maryland Magellan Tunable Filter (MMTF), covering 1-2 orders of magnitude in cooling rate, dM/dt, temperature and entropy. We find 8/23 (35%) of our…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Michael McDonald , Sylvain Veilleux , David S. N. Rupke , Richard Mushotzky

Filamentary structures are ubiquitous in high-mass star-forming molecular clouds. Their relation with high-mass star formation is still to be understood. Here we report interferometric observations toward 8 filamentary high-mass…

The central molecular zone (CMZ) hosts some of the most massive and dense molecular clouds and star clusters in the Galaxy, offering an important window into star formation under extreme conditions. Star formation in this extreme…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-22 J. D. Henshaw

The results of a CO line survey in central cluster galaxies with cooling flows are presented. Cold molecular gas is detected with the IRAM 30m telescope, through CO(1-0) and CO(2-1) emission lines in 6-10 among 32 galaxies. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Salome , F. Combes