The hot X-ray emitting interstellar medium of early type galaxies can be used in principle as a total mass tracer and a tool to determine the stellar orbital anisotropy, based on the hypothesis of hydrostatic equilibrium for it. Here the effects that deviations from equilibrium have on both estimates are shown, and a comparison is made with cases for which accurate optical and X-ray information are available.
Pellegrini S. (2010). X-rays and dynamics [10.1017/S1743921310008434].
X-rays and dynamics
PELLEGRINI, SILVIA
2010
Abstract
The hot X-ray emitting interstellar medium of early type galaxies can be used in principle as a total mass tracer and a tool to determine the stellar orbital anisotropy, based on the hypothesis of hydrostatic equilibrium for it. Here the effects that deviations from equilibrium have on both estimates are shown, and a comparison is made with cases for which accurate optical and X-ray information are available.File in questo prodotto:
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