A 200-kpc scale shock surrounding a powerful radio galaxy

Details A 200-kpc scale shock surrounding a powerful radio galaxy A 200-kpc scale shock surrounding a powerful radio galaxy

Oct 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010xmm..prop...90c&link_type=abstract

XMM-Newton Proposal ID #06722401

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Groups Of Galaxies, Clusters Of Galaxies, Supercluster, 3C 444

Scientific paper

We have detected a 200-kpc scale shock in the intracluster medium surrounding the FRII radio galaxy 3C444 in a short Chandra observation. Our existing data have allowed us to identify a sharp surface brightness discontinuity and a clear temperature jump, which corresponds to a Mach number of at least 1.5. This is the clearest example to date of a shock associated with a powerful FRII radio galaxy. We request a deep observation with XMM-Newton in order to get an accurate measurement of the shock conditions and a detailed map of the ICM temperature, which will enable us to carry out the best study to date of the impact of an FRII radio galaxy on its environment.

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