High resolution X-ray spectroscopy and chemical evolution in elliptical galaxies |
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Authors: | Michael Loewenstein David S Davis |
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Institution: | aX-ray Astrophysics Laboratory, NASA/GSFC, Code 662, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA;bAstroparticle Physics Laboratory, NASA/GSFC, Code 661, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA |
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Abstract: | We discuss the elemental composition in the hot ISM of elliptical galaxies derived from new and recent X-ray spectral analysis in the context of new phenomenological models of their chemical evolution. Star formation histories, the IMF, the astrophysics of supernovae, and the nature of galactic winds impact the metal content and relative abundances in the hot ISM. We evaluate how X-ray spectroscopy may be utilized to deconstruct how elliptical galaxies, and the stellar populations that compose them, form and evolve, with an emphasis on present and future high resolution spectroscopic analysis. |
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Keywords: | Elemental abundances Properties of galaxies External galaxies evolution |
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