Figure 5.
The predicted JWST spectrum of a low-redshift cooling flow and a variety of lowest flow temperatures. The upper panel shows the wavelength range detected by NIRSpec (|$0.6\!-\!5\,\mu$|m) while the lower panel shows MIRI (|$5\!-\!28\,\mu$|m). Very low ionization [Fe ii] and [N i] lines are strong in flows that cool down to |$\sim 10^3$| K but are absent in flows that are reheated at higher temperatures. The spectrum is normalized to a cooling flow of 1 |${{\rm \, {\rm M}_{\odot }}{\rm \, yr}^{-1}\, }$| at the distance of the Centaurus cluster |$z=0.0104$|. The results in Fig. 1 suggest that the flow is about |$14 {{\rm \, {\rm M}_{\odot }}{\rm \, yr}^{-1}\, }$|.