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Diffuse X-ray Emission from Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2006

Andrew M. Read
Andrew M. Read
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K. email: amr30@star.le.ac.uk
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Abstract

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I review here the current ideas regarding the origin, evolution, and physical nature of hot diffuse gas in normal, starburst, interacting and merging galaxies, using recent X-ray observations with XMM-Newton and Chandra. Many types of diffuse X-ray structures, including winds, bubbles, halos, chimneys and fountains, can be formed in galaxies, and can enrich the intergalactic medium with mass, energy and metals. This has profound implications as regards galactic formation and evolution, and the enrichment and evolution of galaxy groups and clusters.

Keywords

ISM: generalISM: jets and outflowsgalaxies: generalgalaxies: interactionsgalaxies: ISMgalaxies: starburstX-rays: galaxiesX-rays: ISM
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 1 , Symposium S230: Populations of High Energy Sources in Galaxies , August 2005 , pp. 129 - 136
Copyright
2006 International Astronomical Union