X-ray observations of galaxies in the Virgo cluster

Journal Article · Thu Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 1979 · Astrophys. J., Lett. Ed.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/183103· OSTI ID:5731226

Forman, W; Schwarz, J; Jones, C; Liller, W; Fabian, A C

We have detected X-ray emission from individual galaxies (other than M87) in the Virgo cluster using observations from the Einstein X-ray Observatory. One of the galaxies, M86, exhibits extended emission which we interpret as thermal bremsstrahlung from hot gas being stripped from the galaxy by the ram pressure of the intracluster medium. The observations are discussed in relation to models for the dynamical evolution of clusters of galaxies.

• Research Organization: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• OSTI ID: 5731226
• Journal Information: Astrophys. J., Lett. Ed.; (United States), Vol. 234:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES
EMISSION SPECTRA
INTERGALACTIC SPACE
COSMIC RAY SOURCES
FLUIDS
GALAXIES
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