The heating of gas in a galaxy cluster by X-ray cavities and large-scale shock fronts

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7021, 2005, Pages 45-47

  McNamara, B R ^a   Nulsen, P E J ^b,g   Wise, M W ^c   Rafferty, D A ^a   Carilli, C ^d   Sarazin, C L ^e   Blanton, E L ^e,f  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; GAS HEATING; QUENCHING; X RAYS;

BLACK HOLES; CLUSTERS; SHOCK FRONTS; X-RAY CAVITIES;

GALAXIES;

X-RAY;

ARTICLE; BARYON; COOLING; ENERGY RESOURCE; GAS; HEATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 11944262901     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03202     Document Type: Article

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