Model-independent X-ray Mass Determinations
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Complete Citation
- Nulsen, Paul E. J., Powell, S. L., and Vikhlinin, Alexey A. 2010. "Model-independent X-ray Mass Determinations." The Astrophysical Journal, 722 55–64. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/722/1/55.
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Abstract
- A new method is introduced for making X-ray mass determinations of spherical clusters of galaxies. Treating the distribution of gravitating matter as piecewise constant and the cluster atmosphere as piecewise isothermal, X-ray spectra of a hydrostatic atmosphere are determined up
Publication Date
- 2010
