The extended H-alpha emitting filaments surrounding NGC4696, the central galaxy of the Centaurus cluster

Details The extended H-alpha emitting filaments surrounding NGC4696, the central galaxy of the Centaurus cluster The extended H-alpha emitting filaments surrounding NGC4696, the central galaxy of the Centaurus cluster

2005-07-27

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0507627v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.363:216-222,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 pages, including 5 composite figures; accepted for publication in MNRAS. Copy of paper with best quality figures available a

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09463.x

We present images of NGC4696, the central galaxy in the Centaurus cluster, showing the large extent of cool filaments which are bright in H-alpha line emission. These filaments share the detailed structure of both the central dust lane and the inner regions of the arc-like plumes seen in soft X-ray emission. The X-ray gas is at its coolest, and most absorbed in this same region. The smoothness of the features implies that the local environment is not strongly turbulent. We suggest that these filaments are either shaped by confinement due to a strong magnetic field, or by bulk flows within the intracluster medium. We propose that like similar filamentary systems in the core of clusters, these cooler components have been drawn out of the central galaxy behind buoyant gas bubbles from previous episodes of radio activity. We find a spur of low-frequency radio emission leading to a region of low X-ray pressure within the intracluster medium supporting this interpretation.

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