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astro-ph2000★ 12 cited

The X-ray emission of 3C 346 and its environment

D. M. Worrall, M. Birkinshaw

We present a detailed spectral and spatial analysis of the X-ray properties of the compact and unusual radio galaxy 3C 346, combining information from ROSAT and ASCA. The dominant…

astro-ph2000★ 17 cited

Tunable-filter imaging of quasar fields at z~1. I. A cluster around MRC B0450-221

Joanne C. Baker, Richard W. Hunstead, Malcolm N. Bremer +3

Using a combination of multicolour broad- and narrow-band imaging techniques and follow-up spectroscopy, we have detected an overdensity of galaxies in the field of quasar MRC B045…

astro-ph2000★ 1 cited

Diffuse Cluster-wide Radio Halos

Haida Liang

We will discuss the properties and origins of halos and relics including estimates of the cluster magnetic fields, and present results for a few recently discovered halos and relic…

astro-ph2000★ 135 cited

The XMM-Newton Serendipitous Survey I. The role of XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre

M. G. Watson

This paper describes the performance of XMM-Newton for serendipitous surveys and summarises the scope and potential of the XMM-Newton Serendipitous Survey. The role of the Survey S…

astro-ph2000★ 148 cited

XMM-Newton observations of M87 and Its X-Ray Halo

H. Boehringer, E. Belsole, J. Kennea +10

We report performance verification observations of the giant elliptical galaxy M87 in the Virgo Cluster with the MOS, pn, and optical monitor instruments on board of XMM-Newton. Wi…

astro-ph2000★ 71 cited

An XMM-Newton study of the sub-structure in M87's halo

E. Belsole, J. L. Sauvageot, H. Bohringer +9

The high signal to noise and good point spread function of XMM have allowed the first detailed study of the interaction between the thermal and radio emitting plasma in the central…

astro-ph2000

Probing the gravitational potential of a nearby lensing cluster Abell 2104

H. Liang, L. Lemonon, I. Valtchanov +2

The cluster Abell 2104 is one of the lowest redshift clusters (z=0.153) known to have a gravitational lensing arc. We present detailed analysis of the cluster properties such as th…

astro-ph2000★ 48 cited

Infrared Spectra of Cooling Flow Galaxies

W. Jaffe, M. N. Bremer, P. P. van der Werf

We have taken K-band spectra covering 7 cooling flow clusters. The spectra show many of the 1-0S transitions of molecular Hydrogen, as well as some of the higher vibrational transi…

astro-ph2000★ 8 cited

Morphological Number Counts and Redshift Distributions to I = 25 from the Hubble Deep Fields: Constraints on Cosmological Models from Early Type Galaxies

S. Phillipps, S. P. Driver, W. J. Couch +5

We combine magnitude and photometric redshift data on galaxies in the Hubble Deep Fields with morphological classifications in order to separate out the distributions for early typ…

astro-ph2000★ 11 cited

85-GHz BIMA observations of the double-hotspot radio galaxy 3C20

M. J. Hardcastle, L. W. Looney

We present 85-GHz observations of the archetypal double-hotspot radio source 3C20 made with the BIMA millimetre array. The resolution of BIMA allows us to separate the two componen…

astro-ph2000★ 87 cited

The environments of FRII radio sources

M. J. Hardcastle, D. M. Worrall

Using ROSAT observations, we estimate gas pressures in the X-ray-emitting medium surrounding 63 FRII radio galaxies and quasars. We compare these pressures with the internal pressu…

astro-ph2000★ 242 cited

A Powerful Radio Halo in the Hottest Known Cluster of Galaxies 1E0657-56

H. Liang, R. W. Hunstead, M. Birkinshaw +1

We report the detection of a diffuse radio halo source in the hottest known cluster of galaxies 1E0657-56 (RXJ0658-5557). The radio halo has a morphology similar to the X-ray emiss…

astro-ph2000★ 17 cited

The Infrared Jet In 3C66B

D. Tansley, M. Birkinshaw, M. J. Hardcastle +1

We present images of infrared emission from the radio jet in 3C66B. Data at three wavelengths (4.5, 6.75 and 14.5 microns) were obtained using the Infrared Space Observatory. The 6…

astro-ph2000★ 201 cited

Chandra Discovery of a 100 kpc X-ray Jet in PKS 0637--752

D. A. Schwartz, H. L. Marshall, J. E. J. Lovell +18

The quasar PKS 0637-753, the first celestial X-ray target of the Chandra X-ray Observatory, has revealed asymmetric X-ray structure extending from 3 to 12 arcsec west of the quasar…

astro-ph2000★ 153 cited

The Chandra X-ray Observatory Resolves the X-ray Morphology and Spectra of a Jet in PKS 0637-752

G. Chartas, D. M. Worrall, M. Birkinshaw +14

The core-dominated radio-loud quasar PKS 0637-752 (z = 0.654) was the first celestial object observed with the Chandra X-ray Observatory, offering the early surprise of the detecti…

astro-ph2000★ 7 cited

A spectroscopic study of NGC 6251 and its companion galaxies

P. N. Werner, D. M. Worrall, M. Birkinshaw

Measurements of the velocities of galaxies thought to be associated with the giant radio galaxy NGC 6251 confirm the presence of a poor cluster with a systemic redshift of z= 0.024…

astro-ph2000★ 5 cited

ISO observations of a sample of Compact Steep Spectrum and GHz Peaked Spectrum Radio Galaxies

C. Fanti, F. Pozzi, R. Fanti +13

We present results from observations obtained with ISOPHOT, on board the ISO satellite, of a representative sample of seventeen CSS/GPS radio galaxies and of a control sample of si…

astro-ph2000

Hidden Galaxies in the Fornax Cluster

M. J. Drinkwater, M. Waugh, R. L. Webster +4

We are using the Multibeam 21cm receiver on the Parkes Telescope combined with the optical Two degree Field spectrograph (2dF) of the Anglo-Australian Telescope to obtain the first…

astro-ph2000★ 36 cited

A Merger Scenario for the Dynamics of Abell 665

Percy L. Gomez, John P. Hughes, Mark Birkinshaw

We present new redshift measurements for 55 galaxies in the vicinity of the rich galaxy cluster Abell 665. When combined with results from the literature, we have good velocity mea…

astro-ph2000

Determining the reality of X-ray filaments

M. J. Hardcastle

A number of authors have reported filaments connecting bright structures in high-resolution X-ray images, and in some cases these have been taken as evidence for a physical connect…

astro-ph2000★ 63 cited

Contributions to the Power Spectrum of Cosmic Microwave Background from Fluctuations Caused by Clusters of Galaxies

S. M. Molnar, M. Birkinshaw

We estimate the contributions to the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) power spectrum from the static and kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effects, and from the moving…

astro-ph2000★ 168 cited

On the evolution of young radio-loud AGN

Ignas Snellen, Richard Schilizzi, George Miley +3

This paper describes an investigation of the early evolution of extragalactic radio sources using samples of faint and bright Gigahertz Peaked Spectrum (GPS) and Compact Steep Spec…

astro-ph2000★ 269 cited

Compact Stellar Systems in the Fornax Cluster: Super-massive Star Clusters or Extremely Compact Dwarf Galaxies?

M. J. Drinkwater, J. B. Jones, M. D. Gregg +1

We describe a population of compact objects in the centre of the Fornax Cluster which were discovered as part of our 2dF Fornax Spectroscopic Survey. These objects have spectra typ…

astro-ph2000★ 2 cited

The Fornax Spectroscopic Survey I. Survey Strategy and Preliminary Results on the Redshift Distribution of a Complete Sample of Stars and Galaxies

M. J. Drinkwater, S. Phillipps, J. B. Jones +6

The Fornax Spectroscopic Survey will use the Two degree Field spectrograph (2dF) of the Anglo-Australian Telescope to obtain spectra for a complete sample of all 14000 objects with…