CALCIUM DEPLETION IN COOLING-FLOW NEBULAE AND THE ORIGIN OF THE LINE-EMITTING GAS

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作者
DONAHUE, M [1 ]
VOIT, GM [1 ]
机构
[1] THEORET ASTROPHYS,PASADENA,CA 91125
关键词
COOLING FLOWS; DUST; EXTINCTION; GALAXIES; CLUSTERS; INDIVIDUAL; (2A; 0335+096; A496; HYDRA-A; S1101); ISM;
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10.1086/186985
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We present upper limits on the [Ca II] lambda7291 flux from emission-line nebulae in cluster cooling flows. The observed lack of [Ca II] emission indicates that gas-phase calcium is underabundant in cooling-flow nebulae and is most likely depleted onto dust grains. If calcium in the line-emitting filaments is largely bound into dust, then these filaments probably did not condense out of the hot intracluster gas.
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