Hot Interstellar Matter in Elliptical Galaxies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kim, Dong-Woo (Editor), Pellegrini, Silvia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2012.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 378
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

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 ph...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. The Hot ISM of Elliptical Galaxies - A Brief History
• Chapter 2. Hot Gas Flows on Global and Nuclear Galactic Scales
• Chapter 3. Feedback and Environmental Effects in Elliptical Galaxies
• Chapter 4. AGN Feedback in Elliptical Galaxies: Numerical Simulations
• Chapter 5. Metal Abundances in the Hot ISM of Elliptical Galaxies
• Chapter 6. Abundances and Abundance Ratios in Stars and Hot Gas in Elliptical Galaxies
• Chapter 7. Hot Gas Morphology, Thermal Structure, and the AGN Connection in Normal Elliptical Galaxies
• Chapter 8. Dark Matter in Elliptical Galaxies.