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A High Resolution Picture of the Intracluster Gas
M. Markevitch, A. Vikhlinin, W. R. Forman
Chandra has significantly advanced our knowledge of the processes in the intracluster gas. The discovery of remarkably regular ``cold fronts'', or contact discontinuities, in mergi…
Galaxy Clusters with Chandra
W. Forman, C. Jones, M. Markevitch +2
We discuss Chandra results related to 1) cluster mergers and cold fronts and 2) interactions between relativistic plasma and hot cluster atmospheres. We describe the properties of…
Development of Hydrodynamic Instability in the Intergalactic Medium of the Merging Cluster of Galaxies A3667
Pasquale Mazzotta, Alexey Vikhlinin, Roberto Fusco-Femiano +1
A3667, a spectacular merger cluster, was observed by Chandra twice. In this paper we review the main results of the analysis of these observations. In particular we show evidence f…