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Starburst in Abell 1835. The Starburst in the Abell 1835 Cluster Central Galaxy: A Case Study of Galaxy Formation Regulated by an Outburst from a Supermassive Black Hole 1 1 B. R. McNamara , D. A. Rafferty 1 1 3 2 4 1,5 L. Bˆırzan , J. Steiner , M. W. Wise , P. E. J Nulsen , C. L. Carilli , R. Ryan , M. Sharma1 ABSTRACT We present an optical, X-ray, and radio analysis of the starburst in the Abell 1835 cluster’s central cD galaxy. The dense gas surrounding the galaxy is radi- ating X-rays with a luminosity of ∼ 1045 erg s−1 as its temperature ranges from ∼ 9 keV to ∼ 2 keV, consistent with a cooling rate of ∼ 1000 − 2000 M⊙ yr−1 . However, Chandra and XMM-Newton observations found less than 200 M⊙ yr−1 of gas cooling below ∼ 2 keV, a level that is consistent with the cD’s current star formation rate of 100 − 180 M⊙ yr−1 . One or more heating agents (feedback) must then be replenishing the remaining radiative losses. The heat fluxes from supernova explosions and thermal conduction alone are unable to do so. How- ever, a pair of X-ray cavities from an AGN outburst has deposited ≃ 1.7 × 1060 erg into the surrounding gas over the past 40 Myr. The corresponding jet power ≃ 1.4 ×1045 erg s−1 is enough to offset most of the radiative losses from the cool- ing gas. The jet power exceeds the radio synchrotron power by ∼ 4000 times,