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Article
Chandra Detection of a Hot Gaseous Corona around the Edge-on Galaxy NGC 4631
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Publication Date
2001
Abstract
We present a Chandra X-ray observation that shows, unambiguously for the first time, the presence of a giant diffuse X-ray-emitting corona around the edge-on disk galaxy NGC 4631. This corona, with a characteristic thermal temperature of × 106 K, extends as far as 8 kpc away from the galactic plane. The X-ray morphology resembles the radio halo of the galaxy, indicating a close connection between outflows of hot gas, cosmic rays, and the magnetic field from the galactic disk. Enhanced diffuse X-ray emission is apparently enclosed by numerous Hα-emitting loops blistered out from the central disk of the galaxy, as is evident in a comparison with our deep Hubble Space Telescope imaging.
Disciplines
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1086/323179
Pages
L99
Citation Information
QD Wang, S Immler, R Walterbos, JT Lauroesch, et al.. "Chandra Detection of a Hot Gaseous Corona around the Edge-on Galaxy NGC 4631" The Astrophysical Journal Letters Vol. 555 Iss. 2 (2001) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/daniel_wang/52/
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