Cooling Flows

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke2603f&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2603. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxies, Groups And Clusters Of Galaxies

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A subsonic cooling flow occurs when the hot gaseous atmosphere of a galaxy, group or cluster of galaxies cools slowly. Such atmospheres occur as a result of gas having fallen into the DARK MATTER well of the object and heated by gravitational energy release. A dominant cooling process is the emission of radiation by the gas. As cooling proceeds the gas sinks further in the potential well, giving ...

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