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Chandra Observations of The Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/39)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2016

G. Fabbiano
G. Fabbiano*
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St., Cambridge MA 02138, USA

Abstract

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A deep (∼ 70ks) Chandra ACIS pointing at the merging system NGC 4038/39 gives us an exceptional detailed view of its X-ray emission and demonstrates the capabilities of Chandra's sub-arcsecond resolution. We detect an extraordinarily luminous population of pointlike sources, that may suggest 10-100M⊙ Black Hole counterparts. We also detect a luminous hot ISM, with features ranging to large scale outflows to hot superbubbles.

Type
The Inner Regions of Galaxies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 205: Galaxies and their Constituents at the Highest Angular Resolutions , 2001 , pp. 202 - 205
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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