Chandra evidence of a flattened, triaxial dark matter halo in the elliptical galaxy NGC 720

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 577, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 183-196

  Buote, David A ^a   Jeltema, Tesla E ^b   Canizares, Claude R ^b   Garmire, Gordon P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: halos; Galaxies: individual (NGC 720); X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037888088     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342158     Document Type: Review

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