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Aims. We map the temperature structure of the intra-cluster medium (ICM) within a nearly complete X-ray flux limited sample of galaxy clusters in the redshift range z=[0.045,0.096]. Our sample contains seven bright clusters of galaxies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 H. Bourdin , P. Mazzotta

We analyzed 200 ks of Chandra ACIS observations of the merging galaxy cluster A2142 to examine its prominent cold fronts in detail. We find that the southern cold front exhibits well-developed Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) eddies seen in the sky…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-22 Qian Wang , Maxim Markevitch

The initial results from XMM-Newton observations of the rich cluster of galaxies Abell 1795 are presented. The spatially-resolved X-ray spectra taken by the European Photon Imaging Cameras (EPIC) show a temperature drop at a radius of $\sim…

We present new, deep (245 ks) Chandra observations of the galaxy cluster Abell 1664 ($z = 0.1283$). These images reveal rich structure, including elongation and accompanying compressions of the X-ray isophotes in the NE-SW direction,…

Thermal gas in the center of galaxy clusters can show substantial motions that generate surface-brightness and temperature discontinuities known as cold fronts. The motions may be triggered by minor or off-axis mergers that preserve the…

We present a multiwavelength observation of a cool core that does not appear to be associated with any galaxy, in a nearby cluster, Abell~1142. Its X-ray surface brightness peak of $\lesssim2$ keV is cooler than the ambient intracluster gas…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-10 Yuanyuan Su , Francoise Combes , Valeria Olivares , Gianluca Castignani , Pablo Torne , Reinout van Weeren

We present a Chandra observation of the central (r< 200kpc) region of the cluster of galaxies 2A 0335+096, rich in interesting phenomena. On large scales (r> 40kpc), the X-ray surface brightness is symmetric and slightly elliptical. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Pasquale Mazzotta , Alastair Edge , Maxim Markevitch

Recent work based on a global measurement of the ICM properties find evidence for an increase of the iron abundance in galaxy clusters with temperature around 2-4 keV. We have undertaken a study of the metal distribution in nearby clusters…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-28 Fabio Gastaldello , Stefano Ettori , Italo Balestra , Fabrizio Brighenti , David Buote , Sabrina De Grandi , Myriam Gitti , Paolo Tozzi

We observed outer regions of a bright cluster of galaxies A2142 with Suzaku. Temperature and brightness structures were measured out to the virial radius ($r_{200}$) with good sensitivity. We confirmed the temperature drop from 9 keV around…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 H. Akamatsu , A. Hoshino , Y. Ishisaki , T. Ohashi , K. Sato , Y. Takei , N. Ota

We examine deep XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometer (RGS) spectra from the cores of three X-ray bright cool core galaxy clusters, Abell 262, Abell 3581 and HCG 62. Each of the RGS spectra show Fe XVII emission lines indicating the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-23 J. S. Sanders , A. C. Fabian , K. A. Frank , J. R. Peterson , H. R. Russell

Based on a detailed analysis of the high-quality Chandra, XMM-Newton, and Suzaku data of the X-ray bright cluster of galaxies Abell 1795, we report clear evidence for a two-phase intracluster medium (ICM) structure, which consists of a cool…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 Liyi Gu , Haiguang Xu , Junhua Gu , Madoka Kawaharada , Kazuhiro Nakazawa , Zhenzhen Qin , Jingying Wang , Yu Wang , Zhongli Zhang , Kazuo Makishima

We present $\sim$500 ks XRISM observations covering the central and two northern regions of the Abell 2029 galaxy cluster. Resolve enables us to distinguish multiple emission lines from hydrogen-like and helium-like iron (Fe) ions. This…

We present the results of a {\it Chandra} observation of the central region of Abell 3112. This cluster has a powerful radio source in the center and was believed to have a strong cooling flow. The X-ray image shows that the intracluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Motokazu Takizawa , Craig L. Sarazin , Elizabeth L. Blanton , Greg B. Taylor

We present results from the XMM-Newton observation of the non-cooling flow cluster A1060. Large effective area of XMM-Newton enables us to investigate the nature of this cluster in unprecedented detail. From the observed surface brightness…

We present a spatially resolved map of intracluster gas temperatures in the rich cluster Abell 2255, using ROSAT PSPC data. The intracluster gas is strongly non-isothermal and the temperature distribution supports the conclusions of Burns…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 David S. Davis , Raymond E. White

We present XRISM Resolve observations of the core of the hot, relaxed galaxy cluster Abell 2029. We find that the line-of-sight bulk velocity of the intracluster medium (ICM) within the central 180 kpc is at rest with respect to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-17 XRISM Collaboration

(Abridged) Cold fronts in cluster cool cores should be erased on short timescales by thermal conduction, unless protected by magnetic fields that are "draped" parallel to the front surfaces, suppressing conduction perpendicular to the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 J. A. ZuHone , M. Markevitch , M. Ruszkowski , D. Lee

We present the results of a Chandra observation of the cooling core cluster Abell 2063. Spectral analysis shows that there is cool gas (2 keV) associated with the cluster core, which is more than a factor of 2 cooler than the outer cluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kalin N. Kanov , Craig L. Sarazin , Amalia K. Hicks

Abell~1142 is a low-mass galaxy cluster at low redshift containing two comparable Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCG) resembling a scaled-down version of the Coma Cluster. Our Chandra analysis reveals an X-ray emission peak, roughly 100 kpc…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-20 Yuanyuan Su , David A. Buote , Fabio Gastaldello , Reinout van Weeren

By analysing the Chandra and XMM-Newton archived data of the nearby galaxy cluster Abell 3158, which was reported to possess a relatively regular, relaxed morphology in the X-ray band in previous works, we identify a bow edge-shaped…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Yu Wang , Haiguang Xu , Liyi Gu , Junhua Gu , Zhenzhen Qin , Jingying Wang , Zhongli Zhang , Xiang-Ping Wu