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On the X-ray emission of the low-mass galaxy groups

H. M. Tovmassian, O. Yam, H. Tiersch

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0201332

Abstract

It is shown that the low-mass groups obey the Lxσv4 law deduced for galaxy clusters. The impression of the more shallow slope of the Lx-σv correlation for groups is created not by enhanced X-ray emission, but by underestimation of the radial velocity dispersion of some groups.

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