Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-01-09
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in MNRAS, 26 pages incl.14 postscript figures
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06396.x
We present an analysis of 39 X-ray luminous early-type galaxies observed with the ROSAT PSPC. Using multi-component spectral and spatial fits to these data we have measured halo abundance, temperature, luminosity and surface brightness profile. We compare these measurements to similar results from galaxy groups and clusters, fitting a number of relations commonly used in the study of these larger objects. In particular, we find that the sigma:Tx relation for our sample is similar to that reported for clusters, consistent with beta_{spec}=1, and that the Lx:Tx relation has a steep slope (gradient 4.8+-0.7) comparable with that found for galaxy groups. Assuming isothermality, we construct 3-dimensional models of our galaxies, allowing us to measure gas entropy. We find no correlation between gas entropy and system mass, but do find a trend for low temperature systems to have reduced gas fractions. We conclude that the galaxies in our sample are likely to have developed their halos through galaxy winds, influenced by their surrounding environment.
Collins Ross S.
O'Sullivan Ewan
Ponman Trevor J.
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