A very deep Chandra observation of Abell 1795: The Cold Front and
  Cooling Wake
  We present a new analysis of very deep Chandra observations of the galaxy
cluster Abell 1795. Utilizing nearly 750 ks of net ACIS imaging, we are able to
resolve the thermodynamic structure of the Intracluster Medium (ICM) on length
scales of ~ 1 kpc near the cool core. We find several previously unresolved
structures, including a high pressure feature to the north of the BCG that
appears to arise from the bulk motion of Abell 1795's cool core. To the south
of the cool core, we find low temperature (~ 3 keV), diffuse ICM gas extending
for distances of ~ 50 kpc spatially coincident with previously identified
filaments of H-alpha emission. Gas at similar temperatures is also detected in
adjacent regions without any H-alpha emission. The X-ray gas coincident with
the H-alpha filament has been measured to be cooling spectroscopically at a
rate of ~ 1 Solar Masses/ yr, consistent with measurements of the star
formation rate in this region as inferred from UV observations, suggesting that
the star formation in this filament as inferred by its H$\alpha$ and UV
emission can trace its origin to the rapid cooling of dense, X-ray emitting
gas. The H-alpha filament is not a unique site of cooler ICM, however, as ICM
at similar temperatures and even higher metallicities not cospatial with
H$\alpha$ emission is observed just to the west of the H-alpha filament,
suggesting that it may have been uplifted by Abell 1795's central active
galaxy. Further simulations of cool core sloshing and AGN feedback operating in
concert with one another will be necessary to understand how such a dynamic
cool core region may have originated and why the H-alpha emission is so
localized with respect to the cool X-ray gas despite the evidence for a
catastrophic cooling flow.
