A Chandra Study of the NGC7618/UGC12491 Major Group Merger at Apogee: Multiple Cold Fronts, Boxy Wings, Filaments, and Arc-shaped Slingshot Tails

Marie E. Machacek, Christine Jones, Ralph P. Kraft +4

Analyses of major group mergers are key to understanding the evolution of large-scale structure in the Universe and the microphysical properties of the hot gas in these systems. We…