Abstract
AbstractThe evidence for cooling flows in clusters of galaxies is discussed. Peaked X-ray surface brightness profiles and the presence of soft X-ray spectral components are characteristic signatures of cooling flows. The best available data are consistent with gas cooling at a rate of ~ 100M⊙yr-1 and depositing cooled matter over a radius of 100 – 200 kpc. The same rate is obtained from observations of gas cooling over a range of temperatures and thus a range of cooling times covering less than 3 × 107 yr to more than 3 × 109 yr. It appears that cooling flows are both steady and long-lived. Some indirect optical evidence for distant cooling flows (0.5 < z < 1) is presented.
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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