Discovery of 0.5 million K gas in the center of galaxy clusters
1996
An observation of M 87, the central galaxy of the Virgo cluster, was performed in the 0.065 to 0.245 keV energy band by the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE). A central source and an extended emission halo are visible which represent the first detection of a cluster gas emission in the extreme ultraviolet. A gas component with a temperature of between 5 x 10(exp 5) and 10(exp 6) K has to be introduced in order to explain this emission. The rapid cooling of plasmas at such temperatures implies a mass accretion rate of greater than 300 solar mass/yr. Data from Rosat observations provide evidence of an extended central emission at 10(exp 6) K.
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