X-raying the spectacular star-forming trail behind IC 3418
Abstract
The ICM has long been proposed to play a vital role in galaxy evolution in clusters, through stripping of the cold gas. Studies of gaseous tails behind cluster late-type galaxies have shed light on the energy transfer in the multi-phase gas, demonstrated by the recent discoveries of X-ray tails, intracluster star formation and ULXs in the stripped gas. It is now known that star formation indeed happens commonly in the stripped ISM, but a lot of detail is still unknown. We propose a 35 ks ACIS-S observation of a dwarf galaxy with a remarkable star-forming trail in the Virgo cluster. Its proximity provides an unprecedented opportunity to study the evolution of the stripped gas, intracluster X-ray binaries and star formation. Joint HST and EVLA data observations are also requested.
- Publication:
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Chandra Proposal
- Pub Date:
- September 2011
- Bibcode:
- 2011cxo..prop.3400S