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2025RAA....25h5013W - Research in Astron. and astroph., 25, part no 8, 5013 (2025/August-0)

Revealing a Major Merger in the Nearby Galaxy Group IC 1262 with Chandra Observations.

WANG C., WANG Y., XIA J., FAN X. and XU H.-G.

Abstract (from CDS):

We analyze the deep Chandra data of the nearby IC 1262 group, and find that the bow-shaped structure, located about 17 kpc (25″) east of the X-ray peak, is a cold front moving eastward with a Mach number of M = 0.7± 0.1. Furthermore, the line-of-sight velocity distribution of the member galaxies is clearly divided into two subgroups. Assuming the same mass-to-light ratio, the group is undergoing a major merger. Since the cooler core of the group as a whole is not destroyed by the merger, and the high-velocity subgroup has a component of eastward movement, it can be naturally explained that the cold front appears on the east side of the group center.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: groups: individual (IC 1262 group) - ISM: kinematics and dynamics - X-rays: galaxies: clusters

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