The Origin and Distribution of Diffuse Hot Gas in the Spiral Galaxy NGC 3184

N. E. Doane, W. T. Sanders, E. M. Wilcots +1

Deep Chandra exposures reveal the presence of diffuse X-ray emission with a luminosity of 1.3x10^{39} ergs s^{-1} from the spiral galaxy NGC 3184. This appears to be truly diffuse…