Name | 020208 |
Title | OBSERVING THE SHOCK WAVE IN COMPACT GALAXY CLUSTERS A2065 AND A4038 |
URL | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0202080201 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-m82eg3w |
Author | European Space Agency |
Description | Numerical simulations predict the formation and development of a shock wave in the intracluster medium at some stage of a merging cluster event. Despite extensive efforts however, this strong feature still lack to be observed. This is a conspiration between the particular physics involved in exactly this stage of the merging process and the sensitivity of X-ray instrument. After applying careful selection criteria based on the X-ray morphology, temperature and galaxy distribution, we propose to observe the two best candidates aimed to measure for the first time the physical conditions at the shock wave with XMM-Newton. |
Publication | No observations found associated with the current proposal |
Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
Temporal Coverage | 2005-01-08T23:46:04Z/2005-01-09T09:14:34Z |
Version | 17.56_20190403_1200 |
Mission Description | The European Space Agency's (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESA's second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earth's atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis. |
Creator Contact | https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk |
Date Published | 2006-02-04T00:00:00Z |
Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, 2006, Observing The Shock Wave In Compact Galaxy Clusters A2065 And A4038, 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-m82eg3w |