Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990nascp3084..193d&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Ames Research Center, The Interstellar Medium in External Galaxies: Summaries of Contributed Papers p 193-195 (SEE N91-
Physics
Cold Gas, Cooling, Elliptical Galaxies, Light Emission, Narrowband, Charge Coupled Devices, Hydrogen, Images
Scientific paper
Narrow-band (H alpha and (NII)) charge coupled device (CCD) images of elliptical galaxies suspected of having cooling flows are discussed. Researchers find evidence of optical emission from cool gas which is most likely associated with a cooling flow. At least 4 galaxies (NGC 3998, NGC 4203, NGC 4550 and NGC 4697) show emission of (NII) and/or H alpha within the central 20 seconds, a fraction consistent with results from Phillips et al. (1987) and Caldwell (1984). In these four, (NII) lambda 6584A emission is stronger than H alpha (which is often in absorption e.g., as seen in long slit spectra of NGC4697). From long slit spectra of these galaxies, Deustua and Teske (1989) infer electron densities, Ne, of order 1.2x10 to the 3rd power cm(-3) assuming T = 10 to the 4th power K for the optically emitting gas. NGC 2685, NGC 3489 appear to have emission in (NII); NGC 4636 may also, but, is difficult to see in the data (Demoulin-Ulrich, Butcher and Boksenberg (1984) did not see emission from this galaxy). NGC 4472, NGC 4473, NGC 4365, NGC 4638 and NGC 4649 show no emission.
Bothun Greg
Deustua Susana
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