X-ray astronomy - How one galaxy can be a cluster

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Mushotzky, R
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[1] NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
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10.1038/40521
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
One would expect a galaxy cluster to be a cluster of galaxies. Now a strange object has been discovered whose X-ray emission betrays it as a massive cluster, but which only contains one obvious galaxy at optical wavelengths. Odder still, this dark cluster is rich in heavy elements, presumably produced by stars - but what stars?
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页码:126 / 127
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