Chandra observation of two shock fronts in the merging galaxy cluster Abell 2146

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 406, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1721-1733

  Russell, H R ^a   Sanders, J S ^a   Fabian, A C ^a   Baum, S A ^b   Donahue, M ^c   Edge, A C ^d   McNamara, B R ^e   O'Dea, C P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Galaxies: clusters: individual: Abell 2146; Intergalactic medium; X rays: galaxies: clusters

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DENSITY OF GASES; GALAXIES; MERGING; SHOCK WAVES;

CHANDRA; GALAXIES CLUSTERS; GALAXIES: CLUSTERS: INDIVIDUAL: VIRGO; GALAXY: CLUSTER: INDIVIDUAL: ABELL 2146; INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM; MERGING SYSTEMS; PRIMARY CLUSTERS; SHOCK FRONTS; SUB-CLUSTERS; X-RAYS GALAXIES CLUSTERS;

MACH NUMBER;

EID: 77955256480     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16822.x     Document Type: Article

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