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It has been known for several decades that about 15% of elliptical galaxies contain ionized gas yet very little data is available in the literature on the properties of this gas such as spatial distribution, velocity field, and abundances. The properties of this gas are related to current problems about elliptical galaxies: (1) origin of the gas (stellar mass loss vs. accretion from a nearby gas-rich galaxy or an intergalactic cloud) ; (2) structure of the galaxy itself, because the locus of the stationary orbits of the gas depends on whether the galaxy is prolate or oblate and on whether the galaxy is rotating or not; (3) the relationship between the presence of gas in elliptical galaxies and their radio properties.
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Ulrich, M.H. (1983). Extended Gaseous Emission in Normal Elliptical Galaxies. In: Athanassoula, E. (eds) Internal Kinematics and Dynamics of Galaxies. International Astronomical Union/Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 100. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7075-5_86
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