A multiband study of Hercules A. I. ROSAT observations of the intracluster medium

Nectaria A. B. Gizani, J. P. Leahy

We have made ROSAT PSPC and HRI X-ray observations to study the intracluster gas surrounding the powerful radio source Hercules A. The cluster is luminous in X-rays (L_bol = 4.8x10…