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Chandra observations of NGC 4636 show disturbances in the galaxy X-ray halo, including arm-like high surface brightness features (tentatively identified as AGN driven shocks) and a possible cavity on the west side of the galaxy core. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. O'Sullivan , J. M. Vrtilek , J. C. Kempner

We present Chandra ACIS-I and ACIS-S observations ($\sim$200 ks in total) of the X-ray luminous elliptical galaxy NGC 4636, located in the outskirts of the Virgo cluster. A soft band (0.5-2 keV) image shows the presence of a bright core in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 A. Baldi , W. Forman , C. Jones , R. Kraft , P. Nulsen , E. Churazov , L. David , S. Giacintucci

We present Chandra ACIS-I and ACIS-S observations (~200ks in total) of the X-ray luminous elliptical galaxy NGC4636, located in the outskirts of the Virgo cluster. A soft band (0.5-2 keV) image shows the presence of a bright core in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-07 A. Baldi , W. Forman , C. Jones , R. Kraft , P. Nulsen , E. Churazov , L. David , S. Giacintucci

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 present a Chandra X-ray observation that shows, unambiguously for the first time, the presence of a giant diffuse X-ray-emitting corona around the edge-on disk galaxy NGC 4631. This corona, with a characteristic thermal temperature of…

This paper presents high resolution X-ray observations with Chandra of NGC 4258 and infers the nature of the so called ``anomalous arms'' in this galaxy. The anomalous arms dominate the X-ray image; diffuse X-ray emission from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 A. S. Wilson , Y. Yang , G. Cecil

We present analysis of a Chandra observation of the elliptical galaxy NGC 4555. The galaxy lies in a very low density environment, either isolated from all galaxies of similar mass or on the outskirts of a group. Despite this, NGC 4555 has…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. O'Sullivan , T. J. Ponman

We present X-ray spectroscopic and morphological analyses using Chandra ACIS and ROSAT observations of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 4472 in the Virgo cluster. We discuss previously unobserved X-ray structures within the extended galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. A. Biller , C. Jones , W. R. Forman , R. Kraft , T. Ensslin

We determine the total enclosed mass profile from 0.7 to 35 kpc in the elliptical galaxy NGC 4636 based on the hot interstellar medium temperature profile measured using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and other X-ray and optical data. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Loewenstein , R. Mushotzky

We determine the total enclosed mass profile from 0.7 to 35 kpc in the elliptical galaxy NGC 4636 based on the hot interstellar medium temperature profile measured using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and other X-ray and optical data. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Loewenstein , R. Mushotzky

This study aims to probe the thermodynamic properties of the hot intragroup medium (IGM) plasma in the core regions of the NGC 4636 galaxy group by detailed measurements of several emission lines and their relative intensities. We analyzed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-27 Jussi Ahoranta , Alexis Finoguenov , Ciro Pinto , Jeremy Sanders , Jelle Kaastra , Jelle de Plaa , Andrew Fabian

We examine 11 XMM-Newton observations of the giant spiral galaxy NGC 1961, allowing us to study the hot gaseous halo of a spiral galaxy in unprecedented detail. We perform a spatial and a spectral analysis; with the former, the hot halo is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-11-11 Michael E. Anderson , Eugene Churazov , Joel N. Bregman

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

ASCA observations of NGC 4636 and a southern region have revealed extended X-ray emission to a radius of about 300 kpc from the galaxy. The symmetric nature of the observed surface brightness around NGC 4636 indicates its association to…

We describe results from our initial study of the diffuse X-ray emission structures in NGC 5128 (Cen A) using the Chandra X-ray Observatory observations. The high-angular resolution Chandra images reveal multi-scale X-ray struct ures with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Karovska , G. Fabbiano , F. Nicastro , M. Elvis , R. P. Kraft , S. S. Murray

We present results from a very deep (650 ks) Chandra X-ray observation of the galaxy group NGC~5813, the deepest Chandra observation of a galaxy group to date. Earlier observations showed two pairs of cavities distributed roughly…

High-resolution Chandra images of several clusters of galaxies reveal sharp, edge-like discontinuities in their gas density. The gas temperature is higher in front of the edge where the density is low, corresponding to approximately…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Mazzotta , M. Markevitch , A. Vikhlinin , W. R. Forman

We present the results of a Chandra study of the Hydra A galaxy cluster, where a powerful AGN outburst created a large-scale cocoon shock. We investigated possible azimuthal variations in shock strength and shape, finding indications for a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Myriam Gitti , Paul E. J. Nulsen , Laurence P. David , Brian R. McNamara , Michael W. Wise

We present results from new Chandra, GMRT, and SOAR observations of NGC 5813, the dominant central galaxy in a nearby galaxy group. The system shows three pairs of collinear cavities at 1 kpc, 8 kpc, and 20 kpc from the central source, from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 S. W. Randall , W. R. Forman , S. Giacintucci , P. E. J. Nulsen , M. Sun , C. Jones , E. Churazov , L. P. David , R. Kraft , M. Donahue , E. L. Blanton , A. Simionescu , N. Werner

We present the results of an X-ray mass analysis of the early-type galaxy NGC 4636, using Chandra data. We have compared the X-ray mass density profile with that derived from a dynamical analysis of the system's globular clusters (GCs).…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Ria Johnson , Dalia Chakrabarty , Ewan O'Sullivan , Somak Raychaudhury
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