Editors:
- First book addressing significant progress in the research of the Hot Interstellar Matter in Elliptical Galaxies
- Based on new discoveries made in 10 years with the Chandra and XMM-Newton space X-ray telescopes
- Will bring all readers up-to-date with this field of research
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 378)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Based on a number of new discoveries resulting from 10 years of Chandra and XMM-Newton observations and corresponding theoretical works, this is the first book to address significant progress in the research of the Hot Interstellar Matter in Elliptical Galaxies. A fundamental understanding of the physical properties of the hot ISM in elliptical galaxies is critical, because they are directly related to the formation and evolution of elliptical galaxies via star formation episodes, environmental effects such as stripping, infall, and mergers, and the growth of super-massive black holes. Thanks to the outstanding spatial resolution of Chandra and the large collecting area of XMM-Newton, various fine structures of the hot gas have been imaged in detail and key physical quantities have been accurately measured, allowing theoretical interpretations/predictions to be compared and tested against observational results.
This book will bring all readers up-to-date on this essential field of research.
Editors and Affiliations
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Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophys, Cambridge, USA
Dong-Woo Kim
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, Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Astronomia, Bologna, Italy
Silvia Pellegrini
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hot Interstellar Matter in Elliptical Galaxies
Editors: Dong-Woo Kim, Silvia Pellegrini
Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0580-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-0579-5Published: 20 October 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2980-7Published: 29 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-0580-1Published: 20 October 2011
Series ISSN: 0067-0057
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 284