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28 March 2024
 
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Chandra X-ray Observations of the Hydra A Cluster: An Interaction Between the Radio Source and the X-Ray-Emitting Gas
B.R. McNamara ; M. Wise ; P.E.J. Nulsen ; L.P. David ; C.L. Sarazin ; M. Bautz ; M. Markevitch ; A. Vikhlinin ; W.R. Forman ; C. Jones ; D.E. Harris ;
Date 23 Dec 1999
Journal Astrophys.J. 534 (2000) L135
Subject astro-ph
AffiliationCfA), M. Wise (MIT/CSR), P.E.J. Nulsen (U. Wollongong),L.P. David (CfA), C.L. Sarazin (U. Virginia), M. Bautz (MIT/CSR), M. Markevitch (CfA), A. Vikhlinin (CfA), W.R. Forman (CfA), C. Jones (CfA), D.E. Harris (CfA
AbstractWe present Chandra X-ray Observations of the Hydra A cluster of galaxies, and we report the discovery of structure in the central 80 kpc of the cluster’s X-ray-emitting gas. The most remarkable structures are depressions in the X-ray surface brightness, $sim 25-35$ kpc diameter, that are coincident with Hydra A’s radio lobes. The depressions are nearly devoid of X-ray-emitting gas, and there is no evidence for shock-heated gas surrounding the radio lobes. We suggest the gas within the surface brightness depressions was displaced as the radio lobes expanded subsonically, leaving cavities in the hot atmosphere. The gas temperature declines from 4 keV at 70 kpc to 3 keV in the inner 20 kpc of the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG), and the cooling time of the gas is $sim 600$ Myr in the inner 10 kpc. These properties are consistent with the presence of a $sim 34 msunyr$ cooling flow within a 70 kpc radius. Bright X-ray emission is present in the BCG surrounding a recently-accreted disk of nebular emission and young stars. The star formation rate is commensurate with the cooling rate of the hot gas within the volume of the disk, although the sink for the material cooling at larger radii remains elusive.
Source arXiv, astro-ph/0001402
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