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Protogalactic explosions and intracluster chemical enrichment

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Using a hydrodynamic model of protogalactic evolution, we explain the amount of iron in rich clusters, deduced from X-ray observations. In fact, our calculations show that a strong shock wave originates in the first violent collapse phase and leaves the protogalaxy, carrying out a substantial fraction of its mass, with roughly solar metallicity and high temperature (107–108 K). We also show that hot material ejected from proto-cD galaxies can probably explain the observed X-ray emission in clusters.

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  1. Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Italy

    A. Di Fazio

  2. Laboratorio di Astrofisica Spaziale, Frascati, Italy

    A. Di Fazio

  3. Laboratorio di Astrofisica Spaziale, Frascati, Italy

    F. Vagnetti

  4. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, U.S.A.

    J. R. Wilson

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Di Fazio, A., Vagnetti, F. & Wilson, J.R. Protogalactic explosions and intracluster chemical enrichment. Astrophys Space Sci 72, 223–231 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00642181

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