A search for warm-hot intergalactic medium features in the X-ray spectra of Mkn 421 with the XMM-Newton RGS

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 438, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 481-490

  Ravasio, M ^a   Tagliaferri, G ^a   Pollock, A M T ^b   Ghisellini, G ^a   Tavecchio, F ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Spain)

Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: general; BL Lacertae objects: individual: Mkn 421; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HELIUM; HYDRODYNAMICS; IONIZATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SOURCES; OXYGEN; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

BL LACERTAE OBJECTS: GENERAL; BL LACERTAE OBJECTS: INDIVIDUAL: MKN 421; HYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; X-RAYS: GALAXIES;

GALAXIES;

EID: 23244453210     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20042479     Document Type: Article

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