M. B. Pandge, N. D. Vagshette, L. P. David, M. K. Patil
We present results based on the systematic analysis of currently available
Chandra archive data on the brightest galaxy in the Draco constellation NGC
6338, in order to investigate the properties of the X-ray cavities. In the
central ~6 kpc, at least a two and possibly three, X-ray cavities are evident.
All these cavities are roughly of ellipsoidal shapes and show a decrement in
the surface brightness of several tens of percent. In addition to these
cavities, a set of X-ray bright filaments are also noticed which are spatially
coincident with the H{\alpha} filaments over an extent of 15 kpc. The H{\alpha}
emission line filaments are perpendicular to the X- ray cavities. Spectroscopic
analysis of the hot gas in the filaments and cavities reveal that the X-ray
filaments are cooler than the gas contained in the cavities. The emission line
ratios and the extended, asymmetric nature of the H{\alpha} emission line
filaments seen in this system require a harder ionizing source than that
produced by star formation and/or young, massive stars. Radio emission maps
derived from the analysis of 1.4 GHz VLA FIRST survey data failed to show any
association of these X-ray cavities with radio jets, however, the cavities are
filled by radio emission. The total power of the cavities is 17\times 1042 erg
s-1 and the ratio of the radio luminosity to cavity power is ~ 10-4, implying
that most of the jet power is mechanical.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.1364
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