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A massive, cooling-flow-induced starburst in the core of a luminous cluster of galaxies

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  • M. McDonald

    (MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA)

  • M. Bayliss

    (Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA)

  • B. A. Benson

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA)

  • R. J. Foley

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • J. Ruel

    (Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA)

  • P. Sullivan

    (MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA)

  • S. Veilleux

    (University of Maryland, College Park
    Astroparticle Physics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 661, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA)

  • K. A. Aird

    (University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue)

  • M. L. N. Ashby

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • M. Bautz

    (MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA)

  • G. Bazin

    (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Scheinerstrasse 1, 81679 München, Germany
    Excellence Cluster Universe, Boltzmannstrasse 2, 85748 Garching, Germany)

  • L. E. Bleem

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA)

  • M. Brodwin

    (University of Missouri, 5110 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA)

  • J. E. Carlstrom

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA)

  • C. L. Chang

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue)

  • H. M. Cho

    (NIST Quantum Devices Group, 325 Broadway Mailcode 817.03)

  • A. Clocchiatti

    (Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Chile)

  • T. M. Crawford

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA)

  • A. T. Crites

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA)

  • T. de Haan

    (McGill University, 3600 Rue University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada)

  • S. Desai

    (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Scheinerstrasse 1, 81679 München, Germany
    Excellence Cluster Universe, Boltzmannstrasse 2, 85748 Garching, Germany)

  • M. A. Dobbs

    (McGill University, 3600 Rue University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada)

  • J. P. Dudley

    (McGill University, 3600 Rue University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada)

  • E. Egami

    (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA)

  • W. R. Forman

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • G. P. Garmire

    (Pennsylvania State University, 525 Davey Laboratory, University Park)

  • E. M. George

    (University of California)

  • M. D. Gladders

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA)

  • A. H. Gonzalez

    (University of Florida)

  • N. W. Halverson

    (University of Colorado)

  • N. L. Harrington

    (University of California)

  • F. W. High

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA)

  • G. P. Holder

    (McGill University, 3600 Rue University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada)

  • W. L. Holzapfel

    (University of California)

  • S. Hoover

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA)

  • J. D. Hrubes

    (University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue)

  • C. Jones

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • M. Joy

    (VP62, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)

  • R. Keisler

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA)

  • L. Knox

    (University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA)

  • A. T. Lee

    (Pennsylvania State University, 525 Davey Laboratory, University Park
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • E. M. Leitch

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA)

  • J. Liu

    (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Scheinerstrasse 1, 81679 München, Germany
    Excellence Cluster Universe, Boltzmannstrasse 2, 85748 Garching, Germany)

  • M. Lueker

    (Pennsylvania State University, 525 Davey Laboratory, University Park
    California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard)

  • D. Luong-Van

    (University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue)

  • A. Mantz

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA)

  • D. P. Marrone

    (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA)

  • J. J. McMahon

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Michigan, 450 Church Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA)

  • J. Mehl

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA)

  • S. S. Meyer

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA)

  • E. D. Miller

    (MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA)

  • L. Mocanu

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA)

  • J. J. Mohr

    (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Scheinerstrasse 1, 81679 München, Germany
    Excellence Cluster Universe, Boltzmannstrasse 2, 85748 Garching, Germany
    Max-Planck-Institut füur extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrasse 85748 Garching, Germany)

  • T. E. Montroy

    (Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics, Case Western Reserve University)

  • S. S. Murray

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • T. Natoli

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA)

  • S. Padin

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard)

  • T. Plagge

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA)

  • C. Pryke

    (University of Minnesota, 116 Church Street Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA)

  • T. D. Rawle

    (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA)

  • C. L. Reichardt

    (University of California)

  • A. Rest

    (Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive)

  • M. Rex

    (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA)

  • J. E. Ruhl

    (Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics, Case Western Reserve University)

  • B. R. Saliwanchik

    (Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics, Case Western Reserve University)

  • A. Saro

    (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Scheinerstrasse 1, 81679 München, Germany
    Excellence Cluster Universe, Boltzmannstrasse 2, 85748 Garching, Germany)

  • J. T. Sayre

    (Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics, Case Western Reserve University)

  • K. K. Schaffer

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 112 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60603, USA)

  • L. Shaw

    (McGill University, 3600 Rue University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada
    Yale University, PO Box 208210, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8120, USA)

  • E. Shirokoff

    (University of California
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • R. Simcoe

    (MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA)

  • J. Song

    (University of Michigan, 450 Church Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA)

  • H. G. Spieler

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • B. Stalder

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • Z. Staniszewski

    (Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics, Case Western Reserve University)

  • A. A. Stark

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • K. Story

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA)

  • C. W. Stubbs

    (Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
    Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • R. Šuhada

    (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Scheinerstrasse 1, 81679 München, Germany)

  • A. van Engelen

    (McGill University, 3600 Rue University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada)

  • K. Vanderlinde

    (McGill University, 3600 Rue University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada)

  • J. D. Vieira

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard)

  • A. Vikhlinin

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • R. Williamson

    (Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA)

  • O. Zahn

    (University of California
    Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics, University of California
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories)

  • A. Zenteno

    (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Scheinerstrasse 1, 81679 München, Germany
    Excellence Cluster Universe, Boltzmannstrasse 2, 85748 Garching, Germany)

Abstract

X-ray, optical and infrared observations reveal a very high rate of star formation in the core of an extremely luminous galaxy cluster; this starburst seems to be triggered by a cooling flow of the dense intracluster plasma.

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  • M. McDonald & M. Bayliss & B. A. Benson & R. J. Foley & J. Ruel & P. Sullivan & S. Veilleux & K. A. Aird & M. L. N. Ashby & M. Bautz & G. Bazin & L. E. Bleem & M. Brodwin & J. E. Carlstrom & C. L. Cha, 2012. "A massive, cooling-flow-induced starburst in the core of a luminous cluster of galaxies," Nature, Nature, vol. 488(7411), pages 349-352, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:488:y:2012:i:7411:d:10.1038_nature11379
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11379
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