Strong radio jets in a rich group: how disturbed is the hot gas in MKW 2questionMark

The central regions of galaxy clusters, frequently occupied by massiveelliptical galaxies with strong radio sources interacting with dense, Xrayemitting gas, are among the most interesting and physically active regions inthe Universe, and they have been extensively studied with contemporary Xrayobservatories. We here propose a deep observation of an exceptional object atthe low end of the cluster mass range, MKW 2, a rich galaxy group centered on acD that exhibits remarkably strong radio jets extending 400 kpc, a scale unusualeven in massive clusters. We will examine the interaction between cluster gasand radio source, measure the properties of the gas, and examine the nature ofthe temperature and abundance distributions. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]