Computer Science
Scientific paper
Sep 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009cxo..prop.2848t&link_type=abstract
Chandra proposal ID #11610479
Computer Science
Scientific paper
In the context of galaxy structure evolution, groups are expected to become more X-ray luminous as they grow older. Seyfert's Sextet is a spectacular example of a compact group unambiguously in an advanced stage of coalescence, and as such is expected to be X-ray luminous. Although it shares many characteristics with Stephan's Quintet, it is more evolved, has twice as much light in a diffuse halo, yet its X-ray luminosity is significantly smaller. We aim at studying its X-ray properties to better understand its place in a compact group evolutionary scheme. The biggest mystery involves the low gas fraction. Is there an extended low surface brightness X-ray halo that earlier ROSAT observations could not see? How much gas has fallen into component nuclei generating AGN activity?
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