| Name | 050613 |
| Title | THE NATURE OF FOSSIL GROUPS: CLUES TO THEIR ORIGIN |
| URL | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0506130201 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-kctaxmd |
| Author | European Space Agency |
| Description | The main objective of this program is to test the possibility that a fossil group is the end-product of the merging of dense groups/poor clusters. Fossil groups exhibit an extended X-ray halo with LX, total mass and gas mass similar to poor clusters, but optically they are dominated by a single luminous elliptical galaxy surrounded by faint companions. We plan to obtain XMM-Newton data to analyse the diffuse emission of two fossils groups selected from the SDSS and ROSAT databases. We will determine their masses, M/L, measure their temperatures and metallicities and map their gas densities, in order to infer their dynamical states. |
| Publication | No observations found associated with the current proposal |
| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2008-03-26T13:01:47Z/2008-03-27T01:56:16Z |
| 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 | 2009-04-11T00:00:00Z |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, 2009, The Nature Of Fossil Groups: Clues To Their Origin, 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-kctaxmd |