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Discovery of the Central Excess Brightness in Hard X-rays in the Cluster of Galaxies Abell 1795

Using the X-ray data from \ASCA, spectral and spatial properties of the intra-cluster medium (ICM) of the cD cluster Abell 1795 are studied, up to a radial distance of $\sim 12'$ ($\sim 1.3$ $h_{50}^{-1}$ kpc). The ICM temperature and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 H. Xu , K. Makishima , Y. Fukazawa , Y. Ikebe , K. Kikuchi , T. Ohashi , T. Tamura

High Resolution X-ray Imaging Observations of two low luminosity Seyfert Galaxies

An extended component of X-ray emission has been detected in Seyfert galaxies - NGC 1365 and NGC 4051, using the ROSAT HRI. Its size is about 2 kpc and it contains 56% +- 8% of the total observed flux in NGC 1365, and 21% +- 6% in NGC 4051.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 Kulinder Pal Singh

Temperature, Abundance, and Mass Density Profiling of the Perseus Galaxy Cluster

Detailed temperature and abundance radial profile maps have revealed a significant lack of homogeneity within the Perseus Galaxy cluster. Previous surveys of Perseus with the Suzaku telescope, which has a worse angular resolution and less…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-05 Paul Geringer , Matthew Wampler-Doty , Melville Ulmer

Gas Perturbations in Hot Smooth Atmospheres X-ray Surface Brightness Fluctuations in Smooth Galaxy Cluster Atmospheres

We measure surface brightness fluctuations in Chandra X-ray images of the cores of the galaxy clusters Abell 2029, Abell 2151, Abell 2107, RBS0533, and RBS0540. Their relatively structureless X-ray atmospheres exhibit the thermodynamic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-12 Muzi Li , B. R. McNamara , Irina Zhuravleva

Atmospheric gas dynamics in the Perseus cluster observed with Hitomi

Extending the earlier measurements reported in Hitomi collaboration (2016, Nature, 535, 117), we examine the atmospheric gas motions within the central 100~kpc of the Perseus cluster using observations obtained with the Hitomi satellite.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-25 Hitomi Collaboration , Felix Aharonian , Hiroki Akamatsu , Fumie Akimoto , Steven W. Allen , Lorella Angelini , Marc Audard , Hisamitsu Awaki , Magnus Axelsson , Aya Bamba , Marshall W. Bautz , Roger Blandford , Laura W. Brenneman , Gregory V. Brown , Esra Bulbul , Edward M. Cackett , Rebecca E. A. Canning , Maria Chernyakova , Meng P. Chiao , Paolo S. Coppi , Elisa Costantini , Jelle de Plaa , Cor P. de Vries , Jan-Willem den Herder , Chris Done , Tadayasu Dotani , Ken Ebisawa , Megan E. Eckart , Teruaki Enoto , Yuichiro Ezoe , Andrew C. Fabian , Carlo Ferrigno , Adam R. Foster , Ryuichi Fujimoto , Yasushi Fukazawa , Akihiro Furuzawa , Massimiliano Galeazzi , Luigi C. Gallo , Poshak Gandhi , Margherita Giustini , Andrea Goldwurm , Liyi Gu , Matteo Guainazzi , Yoshito Haba , Kouichi Hagino , Kenji Hamaguchi , Ilana M. Harrus , Isamu Hatsukade , Katsuhiro Hayashi , Takayuki Hayashi , Tasuku Hayashi , Kiyoshi Hayashida , Junko S. Hiraga , Ann Hornschemeier , Akio Hoshino , John P. Hughes , Yuto Ichinohe , Ryo Iizuka , Hajime Inoue , Shota Inoue , Yoshiyuki Inoue , Manabu Ishida , Kumi Ishikawa , Yoshitaka Ishisaki , Masachika Iwai , Jelle Kaastra , Tim Kallman , Tsuneyoshi Kamae , Jun Kataoka , Satoru Katsuda , Nobuyuki Kawai , Richard L. Kelley , Caroline A. Kilbourne , Takao Kitaguchi , Shunji Kitamoto , Tetsu Kitayama , Takayoshi Kohmura , Motohide Kokubun , Katsuji Koyama , Shu Koyama , Peter Kretschmar , Hans A. Krimm , Aya Kubota , Hideyo Kunieda , Philippe Laurent , Shiu-Hang Lee , Maurice A. Leutenegger , Olivier Limousin , Michael Loewenstein , Knox S. Long , David Lumb , Greg Madejski , Yoshitomo Maeda , Daniel Maier , Kazuo Makishima , Maxim Markevitch , Hironori Matsumoto , Kyoko Matsushita , Dan McCammon , Brian R. McNamara , Missagh Mehdipour , Eric D. Miller , Jon M. Miller , Shin Mineshige , Kazuhisa Mitsuda , Ikuyuki Mitsuishi , Takuya Miyazawa , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Hideyuki Mori , Koji Mori , Koji Mukai , Hiroshi Murakami , Richard F. Mushotzky , Takao Nakagawa , Hiroshi Nakajima , Takeshi Nakamori , Shinya Nakashima , Kazuhiro Nakazawa , Kumiko K. Nobukawa , Masayoshi Nobukawa , Hirofumi Noda , Hirokazu Odaka , Takaya Ohashi , Masanori Ohno , Takashi Okajima , Naomi Ota , Masanobu Ozaki , Frits Paerels , Stéphane Paltani , Robert Petre , Ciro Pinto , Frederick S. Porter , Katja Pottschmidt , Christopher S. Reynolds , Samar Safi-Harb , Shinya Saito , Kazuhiro Sakai , Toru Sasaki , Goro Sato , Kosuke Sato , Rie Sato , Makoto Sawada , Norbert Schartel , Peter J. Serlemtsos , Hiromi Seta , Megumi Shidatsu , Aurora Simionescu , Randall K. Smith , Yang Soong , Łukasz Stawarz , Yasuharu Sugawara , Satoshi Sugita , Andrew Szymkowiak , Hiroyasu Tajima , Hiromitsu Takahashi , Tadayuki Takahashi , Shin'ichiro Takeda , Yoh Takei , Toru Tamagawa , Takayuki Tamura , Keigo Tanaka , Takaaki Tanaka , Yasuo Tanaka , Yasuyuki T. Tanaka , Makoto S. Tashiro , Yuzuru Tawara , Yukikatsu Terada , Yuichi Terashima , Francesco Tombesi , Hiroshi Tomida , Yohko Tsuboi , Masahiro Tsujimoto , Hiroshi Tsunemi , Takeshi Go Tsuru , Hiroyuki Uchida , Hideki Uchiyama , Yasunobu Uchiyama , Shutaro Ueda , Yoshihiro Ueda , Shin'ichiro Uno , C. Megan Urry , Eugenio Ursino , Qian H. S. Wang , Shin Watanabe , Norbert Werner , Dan R. Wilkins , Brian J. Williams , Shinya Yamada , Hiroya Yamaguchi , Kazutaka Yamaoka , Noriko Y. Yamasaki , Makoto Yamauchi , Shigeo Yamauchi , Tahir Yaqoob , Yoichi Yatsu , Daisuke Yonetoku , Irina Zhuravleva , Abderahmen Zoghbi

A very deep Chandra view of metals, sloshing and feedback in the Centaurus cluster of galaxies

We examine deep Chandra X-ray observations of the Centaurus cluster of galaxies, Abell 3526. Applying a gradient magnitude filter reveals a wealth of structure, from filamentary soft emission on 100pc (0.5 arcsec) scales close to the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-28 J. S. Sanders , A. C. Fabian , G. B. Taylor , H. R. Russell , K. M. Blundell , R. E. A. Canning , J. Hlavacek-Larrondo , S. A. Walker , C. K. Grimes

Deep inside the core of Abell 1795: the Chandra view

We present X-ray spatial and spectral analysis of the Chandra data from the central 400 kpc (H0 = 50 km/s/Mpc) of the cluster of galaxies Abell 1795. The plasma temperature rises outwards by a factor of 3, whereas the iron abundance…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Ettori , A. C. Fabian , S. W. Allen , R. M. Johnstone

Inflation of 430-parsec bipolar radio bubbles in the Galactic Centre by an energetic event

The Galactic Centre contains a supermassive black hole with a mass of 4 million suns within an environment that differs markedly from that of the Galactic disk. While the black hole is essentially quiescent in the broader context of active…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-13 I. Heywood , F. Camilo , W. D. Cotton , F. Yusef-Zadeh , T. D. Abbott , R. M. Adam , M. A. Aldera , E. F. Bauermeister , R. S. Booth , A. G. Botha , D. H. Botha , L. R. S. Brederode , Z. B. Brits , S. J. Buchner , J. P. Burger , J. M. Chalmers , T. Cheetham , D. de Villiers , M. A. Dikgale-Mahlakoana , L. J. du Toit , S. W. P. Esterhuyse , B. L. Fanaroff , A. R. Foley , D. J. Fourie , R. R. G. Gamatham , S. Goedhart , S. Gounden , M. J. Hlakola , C. J. Hoek , A. Hokwana , D. M. Horn , J. M. G. Horrell , B. Hugo , A. R. Isaacson , J. L. Jonas , J. D. B. L. Jordaan , A. F. Joubert , G. I. G. Józsa , R. P. M. Julie , F. B. Kapp , J. S. Kenyon , P. P. A. Kotzé , H. Kriel , T. W. Kusel , R. Lehmensiek , D. Liebenberg , A. Loots , R. T. Lord , B. M. Lunsky , P. S. Macfarlane , L. G. Magnus , C. M. Magozore , O. Mahgoub , J. P. L. Main , J. A. Malan , R. D. Malgas , J. R. Manley , M. D. J. Maree , B. Merry , R. Millenaar , N. Mnyandu , I. P. T. Moeng , T. E. Monama , M. C. Mphego , W. S. New , B. Ngcebetsha , N. Oozeer , A. J. Otto , S. S. Passmoor , A. A. Pate , A. Peens-Hough , S. J. Perkins , S. M. Ratcliffe , R. Renil , A. Rust , S. Salie , L. C. Schwardt , M. Serylak , R. Siebrits , S. K. Sirothia , O. M. Smirnov , L. Sofeya , P. S. Swart , C. Tasse , D. T. Taylor , I. P. Theron , K. Thorat , A. J. Tiplad , S. Tshongweni , T. J. van Balla , A. van der Byl , C. van der Merwe , C. L. van Dyk , R. Van Rooyen , V. Van Tonder , R. Van Wyk , B. H. Wallace , M. G. Welz , L. P. Williams

CHANG-ES XXIX: The Sub-kpc Nuclear Bubble of NGC 4438

AGN bubbles could play an important role in accelerating high-energy CRs and galactic feedback. Only in nearby galaxies could we have high enough angular resolution in multi-wavelengths to study the sub-kpc environment of the AGN, where the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-17 Jiang-Tao Li , Q. Daniel Wang , Theresa Wiegert , Joel N. Bregman , Rainer Beck , Ancor Damas-Segovia , Judith A. Irwin , Li Ji , Yelena Stein , Wei Sun , Yang Yang

A persistent double nuclear structure in 3C 84

3C 84 (NGC 1275) is the radio source at the center of the Perseus Cluster and exhibits a bright radio jet. We observed the source with the Global Millimeter VLBI Array (GMVA) between 2008 and 2015, with a typical angular resolution of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-17 Junghwan Oh , Jeffrey A. Hodgson , Sascha Trippe , Thomas P. Krichbaum , Minchul Kam , Georgios Filippos Paraschos , Jae-Young Kim , Bindu Rani , Bong Won Sohn , Sang-Sung Lee , Rocco Lico , Elisabetta Liuzzo , Michael Bremer , Anton Zensus

Buoyant AGN bubbles in the quasi-isothermal potential of NGC 1399

The Fornax Cluster is a low-mass cool-core galaxy cluster. We present a deep {\sl Chandra} study of NGC 1399, the central dominant elliptical galaxy of Fornax. The cluster center harbors two symmetric X-ray cavities coincident with a pair…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-10 Yuanyuan Su , Paul E. J. Nulsen , Ralph P. Kraft , William R. Forman , Christine Jones , Jimmy A. Irwin , Scott W. Randall , Eugene Churazov

Linear Structures in the Core of the Coma Cluster of Galaxies

The hot X-ray emitting plasma in galaxy clusters is predicted to have turbulent motions which can contribute around ten percent of the cluster's central energy density. We report deep Chandra X-ray Observatory observations of the Coma…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-20 J. S. Sanders , A. C. Fabian , E. Churazov , A. A. Schekochihin , A. Simionescu , S. A. Walker , N. Werner

Baryons at the Edge of the X-ray Brightest Galaxy Cluster

Studies of the diffuse X-ray emitting gas in galaxy clusters have provided powerful constraints on cosmological parameters and insights into plasma astrophysics. However, measurements of the faint cluster outskirts have become possible only…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-30 Aurora Simionescu , Steven W. Allen , Adam Mantz , Norbert Werner , Yoh Takei , R. Glenn Morris , Andrew C. Fabian , Jeremy S. Sanders , Paul E. J. Nulsen , Matthew R. George , Gregory B. Taylor

A Unified Origin of Faraday Rotation toward 3C 84: The Circumnuclear Ambient Medium within the Parsec-Scale Bondi Radius of the Host Galaxy NGC 1275

We present multi-frequency polarimetric observations of 3C 84 obtained with the Korean VLBI Network at 43-141 GHz, the Very Long Baseline Array at 43 GHz, and the High Sensitivity Array at 8 GHz from 2015 to 2024. We find that the Faraday…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-18 Minchul Kam , Jongho Park , Sascha Trippe , Do-Young Byun , Keiichi Asada , Hiroshi Nagai , Motoki Kino , Luis Ho , Andrew Fabian , Jeffrey Hodgson , Kunwoo Yi , Kenji Toma , Junghwan Oh , Taehyun Jung

Detection of very-high energy \gamma-ray emission from NGC 1275 by the MAGIC telescopes

We report on the detection of very-high energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma-ray emission from NGC 1275, the central radio galaxy of the Perseus cluster of galaxies. The source has been detected by the MAGIC telescopes with a statistical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-03-06 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Aleksić , E. A. Alvarez , L. A. Antonelli , P. Antoranz , M. Asensio , M. Backes , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , D. Bastieri , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , A. Berdyugin , K. Berger , E. Bernardini , A. Biland , O. Blanch , R. K. Bock , A. Boller , G. Bonnoli , D. Borla Tridon , I. Braun , T. Bretz , A. Cañellas , E. Carmona , A. Carosi , P. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , L. Cossio , S. Covino , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , G. De Caneva , E. De Cea del Pozo , B. De Lotto , C. Delgado Mendez , A. Diago Ortega , M. Doert , A. Domínguez , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , D. Eisenacher , D. Elsaesser , D. Ferenc , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , C. Fruck , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , D. Garrido , G. Giavitto , N. Godinović , S. R. Gozzini , D. Hadasch , D. Häfner , A. Herrero , D. Hildebrand , D. Höhne-Mönch , J. Hose , D. Hrupec , T. Jogler , H. Kellermann , S. Klepser , T. Krähenbühl , J. Krause , J. Kushida , A. La Barbera , D. Lelas , E. Leonardo , N. Lewandowska , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , M. López , R. López-Coto , A. López-Oramas , E. Lorenz , M. Makariev , G. Maneva , N. Mankuzhiyil , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , M. Meucci , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , J. Moldón , A. Moralejo , P. Munar-Adrover , A. Niedzwiecki , D. Nieto , K. Nilsson , N. Nowak , R. Orito , S. Paiano , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , S. Pardo , J. M. Paredes , S. Partini , M. A. Perez-Torres , M. Persic , L. Peruzzo , M. Pilia , J. Pochon , F. Prada , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , I. Puerto Gimenez , I. Puljak , I. Reichardt , R. Reinthal , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , S. Rügamer , A. Saggion , K. Saito , T. Y. Saito , M. Salvati , K. Satalecka , V. Scalzotto , V. Scapin , C. Schultz , T. Schweizer , M. Shayduk , S. N. Shore , A. Sillanpää , J. Sitarek , I. Snidaric , D. Sobczynska , F. Spanier , S. Spiro , V. Stamatescu , A. Stamerra , B. Steinke , J. Storz , N. Strah , S. Sun , T. Surić , L. Takalo , H. Takami , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , D. Tescaro , M. Teshima , O. Tibolla , D. F. Torres , A. Treves , M. Uellenbeck , H. Vankov , P. Vogler , R. M. Wagner , Q. Weitzel , V. Zabalza , F. Zandanel , R. Zanin , C. Pfrommer , A. Pinzke

Detection of CO Hotspots Associated with Young Clusters in the Southern Starburst Galaxy NGC 1365

We have used the Submillimeter Array for the first interferometric CO imaging toward the starburst-Seyfert nucleus of the southern barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365, which is one of the four galaxies within 30 Mpc that have L_{8-1000micron} >=…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kazushi Sakamoto , Paul T. P. Ho , Rui-Qing Mao , Satoki Matsushita , Alison B. Peck

Constraints on axion-like particles with the Perseus Galaxy Cluster with MAGIC

Axion-like particles (ALPs) are pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone bosons that emerge in various theories beyond the standard model. These particles can interact with high-energy photons in external magnetic fields, influencing the observed gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-22 MAGIC Collaboration , H. Abe , S. Abe , J. Abhir , V. A. Acciari , I. Agudo , T. Aniello , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , C. Arcaro , M. Artero , K. Asano , D. Baack , A. Babić , A. Baquero , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , I. Batković , J. Baxter , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , J. Bernete , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , Ž. Bošnjak , I. Burelli , G. Busetto , A. Campoy-Ordaz , A. Carosi , R. Carosi , M. Carretero-Castrillo , A. J. Castro-Tirado , G. Ceribella , Y. Chai , A. Cifuentes , S. Cikota , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , G. D'Amico , V. D'Elia , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , A. Del Popolo , J. Delgado , C. Delgado Mendez , D. Depaoli , F. Di Pierro , L. Di Venere , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , D. Elsaesser , G. Emery , J. Escudero , L. Fariña , A. Fattorini , L. Foffano , L. Font , S. Fukami , Y. Fukazawa , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , J. G. Giesbrecht Paiva , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , P. Gliwny , N. Godinović , R. Grau , D. Green , J. G. Green , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , T. Hassan , L. Heckmann , J. Herrera , D. Hrupec , M. Hütten , R. Imazawa , T. Inada , R. Iotov , K. Ishio , I. Jiménez Martínez , J. Jormanainen , D. Kerszberg , G. W. Kluge , Y. Kobayashi , P. M. Kouch , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , M. Láinez , A. Lamastra , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , L. Linhoff , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , R. López-Coto , M. López-Moya , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , A. Lorini , B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , G. Maneva , N. Mang , M. Manganaro , S. Mangano , K. Mannheim , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , M. Martínez-Chicharro , A. Mas-Aguilar , D. Mazin , S. Menchiari , S. Mender , D. Miceli , T. Miener , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , M. Molero González , E. Molina , H. A. Mondal , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , T. Nakamori , C. Nanci , L. Nava , V. Neustroev , L. Nickel , M. Nievas Rosillo , C. Nigro , L. Nikolić , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , T. Njoh Ekoume , K. Noda , S. Nozaki , Y. Ohtani , A. Okumura , J. Otero-Santos , S. Paiano , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , D. Pavlović , M. Persic , M. Pihet , G. Pirola , F. Podobnik , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , G. Principe , C. Priyadarshi , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , K. Satalecka , F. G. Saturni , B. Schleicher , K. Schmidt , F. Schmuckermaier , J. L. Schubert , T. Schweizer , A. Sciaccaluga , J. Sitarek , V. Sliusar , D. Sobczynska , A. Spolon , A. Stamerra , J. Strišković , D. Strom , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , S. Suutarinen , H. Tajima , M. Takahashi , R. Takeishi , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , K. Terauchi , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , L. Tosti , S. Truzzi , A. Tutone , S. Ubach , J. van Scherpenberg , M. Vazquez Acosta , S. Ventura , V. Verguilov , I. Viale , C. F. Vigorito , V. Vitale , I. Vovk , R. Walter , M. Will , T. Yamamoto

Dust Spirals and Acoustic Noise in the Nucleus of the Galaxy NGC 2207

Observations with the Hubble Space Telescope reveal an irregular network of dust spiral arms in the nuclear region of the interacting disk galaxy NGC 2207. The spirals extend from ~50 pc to ~300 pc in galactocentric radius, with a projected…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 B. G. Elmegreen , D. M. Elmegreen , E. Brinks , C. Yuan , M. Kaufman , M. Klaric , L. Montenegro , C. Struck , M. Thomasson

A powerful and highly variable off-nuclear X-ray source in the composite starburst/Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 4945

We report on a powerful and variable off-nuclear X-ray source in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 4945. Two ROSAT PSPC observations show the source to brighten in 0.5--2.0 keV flux by a factor of about 9 on a time-scale of 11 months or less. It…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-08 W. N. Brandt , K. Iwasawa , C. S. Reynolds

X-raying Abell 2125 -- a Large-scale Hierarchical Complex of Galaxies and Hot Gas

We present an 82 ksec Chandra ACIS-I observation of a large-scale hierarchical complex, which consists of various clusters/groups of galaxies and low-surface brightness X-ray emission at z = 0.247. This high-resolution {\sl Chandra}…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Q. Daniel Wang , Frazer Owen , Michael Ledlow