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2007MNRAS.377.1439B - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 377, 1439-1456 (2007/June-1)
The Chandra view of galaxy mergers.
BRASSINGTON N.J., PONMAN T.J. and READ A.M.
Abstract (from CDS):
At a time ∼1Gyr after coalescence, the merger remnants in our sample are X-ray faint when compared to typical mature elliptical galaxies. However, we do see evidence that these systems will start to resemble typical elliptical galaxies at a greater dynamical age, given the properties of the 3-Gyr system within our sample, supporting the idea that halo regeneration will take place within low LXmerger remnants.
As a part of this survey, detailed Chandra observations for the double nucleus merger system Markarian266 (Mrk266) and the merger remnant Arp222 are presented for the first time. With the Mrk266 observation, in contrast to previous studies, we now have good spectral information of the individual components part seen with the ROSAT High Resolution Imager (HRI). Additionally, the structure of the emission to the north of the system can clearly be distinguished and there is also a suggestion of some extension of X-ray emission to the south-east of the nuclear region, indicating that this galaxy could just be on the verge of large-scale galactic winds breaking out. Within Arp222 an X-ray luminosity of 1.46x1040erg/s has been detected, this is the lowest value of LX within our sample. The diffuse gas of Arp222 has been modelled with a temperature of 0.6keV and, from CO observations it has been found to host very little molecular gas, indicating that, from current observations, Arp222 does not resemble a mature elliptical.
Abstract Copyright: 2007 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2007 RAS
Journal keyword(s): stars: formation - stars: luminosity function, mass function - ISM: jets and outflows - galaxies: evolution - galaxies: interactions - X-rays: galaxies
Nomenclature: Table 1, Fig.11: [BPR2007] Mrk 266 A (Nos A-B). Table 2, Fig.12: [BPR2007] Mrk 266 Diffuse N (Nos 1-3). Table 3, Fig.15: [BPR2007] Arp 222 NN (Nos 1-15), [BPR2007] Arp 222 Diffuse N=1.
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