1997/11/20 by U. G. Briel, Ulrich G. Briel, Briel, Ulrich G. +3 · 1 citation
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/9711237
5 pages, 2 figures. Contribution to the Rencontres Astrophysiques International Meeting "A New Vision of an Old Cluster: Untangling Coma Berenices", eds. F. Durret et al., held in Marseille, France 17-20 June 1997
arxiv created 1997/11/20 · openalex publication_date 1997/11/20 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We present an X-ray temperature map of the Coma cluster of galaxies obtained with the ROSAT PSPC. As expected from the X-ray surface brightness distribution the intracluster gas of Coma is not isothermal. The temperature structure resembles a bow shock of hot gas produced by the passage of the subcluster around NGC 4839 through the main cluster, confirming hydrodynamical simulations.