Chandra's View of the Ram Pressure Stripped Galaxy M86

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Mar 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008head...10.0908r&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #10, #9.08

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We report on a mosaic of nine Chandra observations of M86, totaling 240 ksec of exposure. A dramatic ram pressure stripping tail extends to the NW from M86, created as M86 falls into the Virgo cluster of galaxies. The tail is 150 kpc in projection, and we estimate the true length to be more than twice this, making it the longest ram pressure stripping tail presently known. The large line-of-sight velocity and orientation of the tail tightly constrain the orbit of M86, which we derive for the first time. The tail is bifurcated, which can be understood by requiring an aspherical potential for M86. Such "double tails" are seen in other galaxies in the field. We present results from spectral fits to several interesting regions, including the long stripping tail and the previously noted brightness edge southeast of M86. Finally, we fit a density profile to the southeast brightness edge and find evidence for a possible density jump.

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