An X-ray and Radio study of the Cluster A2717

We present an X-ray, radio and optical study of the cluster A2717. The central D galaxy is associated with a Wide-Angled-Tailed (WAT) radio source. A Rosat PSPC observation of the cluster shows that the cluster has a well constrained temperature of 2x10^7 K. The pressure of the intracluster medium w...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Liang, H, Pierre, M, Unewisse, A, Hunstead, R W
Format Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 03.12.1996
Subjects
Galactic clusters
Galaxies
Radio astronomy
Radio sources (astronomy)
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Summary:We present an X-ray, radio and optical study of the cluster A2717. The central D galaxy is associated with a Wide-Angled-Tailed (WAT) radio source. A Rosat PSPC observation of the cluster shows that the cluster has a well constrained temperature of 2x10^7 K. The pressure of the intracluster medium was found to be comparable to the mininum pressure of the radio source suggesting that the tails may in fact be in equipartition with the surrounding hot gas.
ISSN:2331-8422