Hot Interstellar Matter in Elliptical Galaxies Based on a number of new discoveries resulting from 10 years of Chandra and XMM Newton observations and corresponding theoretical works this is the first book to address significant progress in the research of the Hot Interstellar Matter in Elliptical Galaxies . A fundamental understanding of the physical properties of the hot ISM in elliptical galaxies is critical because they are directly related to the formation and evolution of elliptical galaxies via star formation episodes environmental effects such as stripping infall and mergers and the growth of super massive black ho