Linear Structures in the Core of the Coma Cluster of Galaxies

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  • J. S. Sanders
    Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany.
  • A. C. Fabian
    Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK.
  • E. Churazov
    Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany.
  • A. A. Schekochihin
    Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, 1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP, UK.
  • A. Simionescu
    Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
  • S. A. Walker
    Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK.
  • N. Werner
    Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

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<jats:title>Merging Coma</jats:title> <jats:p> Galaxy clusters grow through mergers and accretion of matter to become the largest gravitationally bound structures in the universe. <jats:bold> Sanders <jats:italic>et al.</jats:italic> </jats:bold> (p. <jats:related-article xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="doi" issue="6152" page="1365" related-article-type="in-this-issue" vol="341" xlink:href="10.1126/science.1238334">1365</jats:related-article> ) report long, high-resolution observations with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory that probe hot, ionized gas at the core of the Coma cluster—one of the nearest and best-studied galaxy clusters. The data reveal several large-scale, filament-shaped x-ray brightness enhancements, which provide insight into the cluster's merging history. </jats:p>

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  • Science

    Science 341 (6152), 1365-1368, 2013-09-20

    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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