TY - T1 - THE X-RAY ZURICH ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY (X-ZENS). II. X-RAY OBSERVATIONS OF THE DIFFUSE INTRAGROUP MEDIUM IN GALAXY GROUPS SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/183631 T3 - A1 - Miniati, Francesco; Finoguenov, Alexis; Silverman, John D.; Carollo, Marcella; Cibinel, Anna; Lilly, Simon J.; Schawinski, Kevin A2 - PB - Y1 - 2016 LA - eng AB - We present the results of a pilot XMM-Newton and Chandra program aimed at studying the diffuse intragroup medium (IGM) of optically selected nearby groups from the Zurich ENvironmental Study (ZENS) catalog. The groups are in a narrow mass range about 10(13) M-circle dot, a mass scale at which the interplay between the IGM and the group member galaxies is still largely unprobed. X-ray emission from the IGM is detected in the energy band 0.5-2 keV with flux... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - galaxies: groups: general; large-scale structure of universe; methods: observational; X-rays: general; DIGITAL-SKY-SURVEY; DEEP FIELD-SOUTH; XMM-NEWTON; ABUNDANCE PROFILES; STAR-FORMATION; HIGH-REDSHIFT; HOT GAS; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTS; LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; 115 Astronomy, Space science N1 - PP - ER -