The onset of thermally unstable cooling from the hot atmospheres of giant galaxies in clusters: Constraints on feedback models

MT Hogan, BR McNamara, FA Pulido… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
MT Hogan, BR McNamara, FA Pulido, PEJ Nulsen, AN Vantyghem, HR Russell, AC Edge
The Astrophysical Journal, 2017iopscience.iop.org
We present accurate mass and thermodynamic profiles for 57 galaxy clusters observed with
the Chandra X-ray Observatory. We investigate the effects of local gravitational acceleration
in central cluster galaxies, and explore the role of the local free-fall time (${t} _ {\mathrm {ff}}
$
Abstract
We present accurate mass and thermodynamic profiles for 57 galaxy clusters observed with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. We investigate the effects of local gravitational acceleration in central cluster galaxies, and explore the role of the local free-fall time (
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