The structure and effects of cooling flows in clusters of galaxies |
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| Authors: | P.E.J. Nulsen |
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| Abstract: | Rapidly cooling gas is commonly found near the centres of clusters of galaxies. The structure of the resulting gas flows is reviewed. Total gas cooling rates of several hundred M yr−1 have been observed in a number of cases. Thermal instability and the ultimate fate of the cooled gas are discussed. The cooled gas could easily have formed a massive central galaxy. |
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| Keywords: | X-ray astronomy clusters of galaxies intracluster gas intergalactic gas galaxy formation star formation |
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