Magnetic Bubbles in Galaxy Clusters

2003/10/24 by B. R. McNamara, J. Regis McNamara, McNamara, B. R.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0310708

Four pages. Contributed paper, Carnegie Observatories Centennial Symposium "Clusters of Galaxies: Probes of Cosmological Structure and Galaxy Evolution ed. J.S. Mulchaey, A. Dressler, and Oemler

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Abstract

I discuss Chandra X-ray Observatory measurements of cavities in galaxy clusters and their implications for heating the intracluster gas. The emerging paradigm for cooling flows has important implications for understanding self-regulated galaxy formation.

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