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most citedA statistically-selected Chandra sample of 20 galaxy clusters -- II. Gas properties and cool-core/non-cool core bimodality

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A statistically-selected Chandra sample of 20 galaxy clusters -- II. Gas properties and cool-core/non-cool core bimodality

Alastair J. R. Sanderson, Ewan O'Sullivan, Trevor J. Ponman +1

We investigate the thermodynamic and chemical structure of the intracluster medium (ICM) across a statistical sample of 20 galaxy clusters analysed with the Chandra X-ray satellite…

astro-ph2005

The X-ray Evolution of Merging Galaxies

N. J. Brassington, A. M. Read, T. J. Ponman

From a Chandra survey of nine interacting galaxy systems the evolution of X-ray emission during the merger process has been investigated. From comparing Lx/Lk and Lfir/Lb it is fou…

astro-ph2005

Chandra Observations of the Interacting Galaxies NGC 3395/3396 (Arp 270)

N. J. Brassington, A. M. Read, T. J. Ponman

In this paper we present the results of a 20 ks high resolution Chandra X-ray observation of the peculiar galaxy pair NGC 3395/3396, a system at a very early stage of merging, and…

astro-ph2004

The isolated elliptical NGC 4555 observed with Chandra

E. O'Sullivan, T. J. Ponman

We present analysis of a Chandra observation of the elliptical galaxy NGC 4555. The galaxy lies in a very low density environment, either isolated from all galaxies of similar mass…

astro-ph2003

The XMM-Newton EPIC Background: Production of Background Maps and Event Files

Andrew M. Read, Trevor J. Ponman

XMM-Newton background maps for the 3 EPIC instruments in their different instrument/mode/filter combinations and in several energy bands have been constructed using a superposition…