SIMBAD references

2019MNRAS.485.1981V - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 485, 1981-1989 (2019/May-2)

Cavities, shocks and a cold front around 3C 320.

VAGSHETTE N.D., NAIK S. and PATIL M.K.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present results obtained from the analysis of a total of 110 ks of Chandra observations of the Fanaroff-Riley class II (FR II) radio galaxy 3C 320, located at the centre of a cluster of galaxies at redshift z = 0.342. A pair of X-ray cavities has been detected at an average distance of ∼38 kpc along the east and west directions, with cavity energy, age and total power equal to ∼7.7 x 1059 erg, ∼7 x 107 yr and ∼3.5 x 1044 erg s–1, respectively. The cooling luminosity within the cooling radius of ∼100 kpc was found to be Lcool ∼ 8.5 x 1043 erg s–1. Comparison of these two estimates (total cavity power and cooling luminosity) implies that the cavity power is sufficiently high to balance radiative loss. A pair of weak shocks has also been detected at distances of ∼47 and ∼76 kpc surrounding the radio bubbles. Using the observed density jumps of ∼1.8 and ∼2.1 at the shock locations along the east and west directions, we estimate the Mach numbers ( M) to be ∼1.6 and ∼1.8, respectively. A sharp surface-brightness edge was also detected at a relatively larger radius (∼80 kpc) along the south direction. The density jump at this surface-brightness edge was estimated to be ∼1.6 and it is probably due to the presence of a cold front in this cluster. The far-infrared luminosity yielded a star formation rate of 51 M yr–1, which is a quarter of the cooling rate ({dot}M ∼ 192 M yr–1).

Abstract Copyright: © 2019 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - galaxies: general - galaxies: individual: 3C 320 - X-rays: galaxies: clusters

Simbad objects: 12

goto Full paper

goto View the references in ADS

To bookmark this query, right click on this link: simbad:2019MNRAS.485.1981V and select 'bookmark this link' or equivalent in the popup menu