Hot Atmospheres of Galaxies, Groups, and Clusters of Galaxies

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Hot Atmospheres of Galaxies, Groups, and Clusters of Galaxies

WERNER, Norbert and François MERNIER

Basic information

Original name

Hot Atmospheres of Galaxies, Groups, and Clusters of Galaxies

Authors

WERNER, Norbert (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and François MERNIER

Edition

Cham, Reviews in Frontiers of Modern Astrophysics: From Space Debris to Cosmology, p. 279-310, 32 pp. 2020

Publisher

Springer

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

10308 Astronomy

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

URL URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/20:00122816

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

ISBN

978-3-030-38508-8

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38509-5_10

Keywords in English

clusters of galaxies; galaxies; supermassive black holes; circumgalactic medium

Abstract

V originále

Most of the ordinary matter in the local Universe has not been converted into stars but resides in a largely unexplored diffuse, hot, X-ray emitting plasma. It pervades the gravitational potentials of massive galaxies, groups and clusters of galaxies, as well as the filaments of the cosmic web. The physics of this hot medium, such as its dynamics, thermodynamics and chemical composition can be studied using X-ray spectroscopy in great detail. Here, we present an overview of the basic properties and discuss the self similarity of the hot “atmospheres” permeating the gravitational halos from the scale of galaxies, through groups, to massive clusters. Hot atmospheres are stabilised by the activity of supermassive black holes and, in many ways, they are of key importance for the evolution of their host galaxies. The hot plasma has been significantly enriched in heavy elements by supernovae during the period of maximum star formation activity, probably more than 10 billion years ago. High resolution X-ray spectroscopy just started to be able to probe the dynamics of atmospheric gas and future space observatories will determine the properties of the currently unseen hot diffuse medium throughout the cosmic web.

Citovat

WERNER, Norbert and François MERNIER. Hot Atmospheres of Galaxies, Groups, and Clusters of Galaxies. In Kabáth, Petr; Jones, David; Skarka, Marek. Reviews in Frontiers of Modern Astrophysics: From Space Debris to Cosmology. Cham: Springer, 2020, p. 279-310. ISBN 978-3-030-38508-8. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38509-5_10.

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WERNER, Norbert and Fran$\backslash$c cois MERNIER. Hot Atmospheres of Galaxies, Groups, and Clusters of Galaxies. In Kabáth, Petr; Jones, David; Skarka, Marek. \textit{Reviews in Frontiers of Modern Astrophysics: From Space Debris to Cosmology}. Cham: Springer, 2020, p.~279-310. ISBN~978-3-030-38508-8. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38509-5\_{}10.

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