ROSAT Observations of Compact Groups of Galaxies

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1995-01-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9501004v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

27 pages in AASTeX format, figures available from pildis@astro.lsa.umich.edu

Scientific paper

10.1086/175544

We have systematically analyzed a sample of 13 new and archival ROSAT PSPC observations of compact groups of galaxies: 12 Hickson Compact Groups plus the NCG 2300 group. We find that approximately two-thirds of the groups have extended X-ray emission and, in four of these, the emission is resolved into diffuse emission from gas at a temperature of $k$T $\sim 1$ keV in the group potential. All but one of the groups with extended emission have a spiral fraction of less than 50\%. The baryon fraction of groups with diffuse emission is 5--19\%, similar to the values in clusters of galaxies. However, with a single exception (HCG 62), the gas-to-stellar-mass ratio in our groups has a median value near 5\%, somewhat greater than the values for individual early-type galaxies and two orders of magnitude lower than in clusters of galaxies. The X-ray luminosities of individual group galaxies are comparable to those of similar field galaxies, although the L$_X$-L$_B$ relation for early-type galaxies may be flatter in compact groups than in the field.

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