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Deep Chandra observations of the core of the Perseus cluster

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 April 2020

Jeremy S. Sanders*
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstr. 1, 85748Garching, Germany email: jsanders@mpe.mpg.de
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Abstract

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The Perseus cluster is the X-ray brightest cluster in the sky and with deep Chandra observations we are able to map its central structure on very short spatial scales. In addition, the high quality of X-ray data allows detailed spatially-resolved spectroscopy. In this paper I review what these deep observations have told us about AGN feedback in clusters, sloshing and instabilities, and the metallicity distribution.

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