X-ray isophote shapes and the mass of NGC 3923

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 298, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 811-823

  Buote, David A ^a,c   Canizares, Claude R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: individual: NGC 3923; Galaxies: structure; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; GRAVITATION; ISOTHERMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DISCRETE SOURCES; GALAXIES: ELLIPTICAL AND LENTICULAR CD; GALAXIES: FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUALS; GALAXIES:STRUCTURE; GALAXY: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 3923; ISOPHOTES; RADIAL MASS DISTRIBUTION; X RAY DATA; X-RAYS: GALAXIES;

GAS FURNACES;

EID: 0038959558     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01663.x     Document Type: Article

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