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We present a new Chandra X-ray observation of the intracluster medium in the galaxy cluster Abell 2443, hosting an ultra-steep spectrum radio source. The data reveal that the intracluster medium is highly disturbed. The thermal gas in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 T. E. Clarke , S. W. Randall , C. L. Sarazin , E. L. Blanton , S. Giacintucci

We present an analysis of the structures and dynamics of the merging cluster Abell~1201, which has two sloshing cold fronts around a cooling core, and an offset gas core approximately 500kpc northwest of the center. New Chandra and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Cheng-Jiun Ma , Matt Owers , Paul E. J. Nulsen , Brian R. McNamara , Stephen S. Murray , Warrick J. Couch

We present the results of deep Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray imaging and spatially-resolved spectroscopy of Abell 2256, a nearby (z=0.058) galaxy cluster experiencing multiple mergers and displaying a rich radio morphology dominated by a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-10 J. P. Breuer , N. Werner , F. Mernier , T. Mroczkowski , A. Simionescu , T. E. Clarke , J. A. ZuHone , L. Di Mascolo

The rich galaxy cluster Abell 2204 exhibits edges in its X-ray surface brightness at $\sim 65$ and $35 {\rm~ kpc}$ west and east of its center, respectively. The presence of these edges, which were interpreted as sloshing cold fronts,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-29 Huanqing Chen , Christine Jones , Felipe Andrade-Santos , John A. ZuHone , Zhiyuan Li

We present new Chandra observations of Abell 2199 that show evidence of gas sloshing due to a minor merger, as well as impacts of the radio source, 3C 338, hosted by the central galaxy, NGC 6166, on the intracluster gas. The new data are…

We present first results from a very deep (~650 ksec) Chandra X-ray observation of Abell 2052, as well as archival VLA radio observations. The data reveal detailed structure in the inner parts of the cluster, including bubbles evacuated by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 E. L. Blanton , S. W. Randall , T. E. Clarke , C. L. Sarazin , B. R. McNamara , E. M. Douglass , M. McDonald

We present results from a Chandra observation of the central region of the galaxy cluster A3667, with emphasis on the prominent sharp X-ray brightness edge spanning 0.5 Mpc near the cluster core. Our temperature map shows large-scale…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Vikhlinin , M. Markevitch , S. S. Murray

We present here \chandra observations of the rich cluster of galaxies A2256. In addition to the known cool subcluster, a new structure was resolved 2$'$ east of the peak of the main cluster. Its position is roughtly at the center of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 M. Sun , S. S. Murray , M. Markevitch , A. Vikhlinin

We present a dynamical analysis of the merging galaxy cluster system Abell 2146 using spectroscopy obtained with the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph on the Gemini North telescope. As revealed by the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the system is…

The massive, hot galaxy cluster PSZ2 G286.98+32.90 (hereafter PLCKG287, z=0.383) hosts a giant radio halo and two prominent radio relics which are signs of a disturbed dynamical state. However, despite optical and radio observations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-14 M. Gitti , A. Bonafede , F. Brighenti , F. Ubertosi , M. Balboni , F. Gastaldello , A. Botteon , W. Forman , R. J. van Weeren , M. Brüggen , K. Rajpurohit , C. Jones

We have used a 50.4 ksec Chandra obsffervation to examine the galaxy cluster Abell 115 (z=0.1971). The X-ray surface brightness distribution shows a merger of 2 sub-clusters with substantial off-axis motion. The northern sub-cluster moves…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. Gutierrez , H. Krawczynski

This paper presents properties of the intracluster medium (ICM) in the environment of a cool core cluster Abell 2566 (redshift $z$ = 0.08247) based on the analysis of 20 ks Chandra X-ray data. 2D imaging analysis of the Chandra data from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-24 S. K. Kadam , Satish S. Sonkamble , N. D. Vagshette , M. K. Patil

We present a multiwavelength study of the massive galaxy cluster Abell 1763 at redshift z = 0.231. Image analysis of a 19.6 ks Chandra archival observation reveals a cluster-wide spiral of enhanced surface brightness in the intracluster…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-07 E. M. Douglass , E. L. Blanton , S. W. Randall , T. E. Clarke , L. O. V. Edwards , Z. Sabry , J. A. ZuHone

We present results from very deep (485 ks) Chandra X-ray observations of the relaxed, cool core cluster Abell 2029 (z = 0.0767). A2029 hosts one of the longest, most continuous sloshing spirals ever observed, which we find extends nearly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-19 Courtney B. Watson , Elizabeth L. Blanton , Scott W. Randall , Tracy E. Clarke , John A. ZuHone

Here, we report the new detection of three shock fronts using archival \textit{Chandra} X-ray observations in Abell 1914, which also hosts a radio halo, a radio phoenix, and a head-tail galaxy. In this study, we report the X-ray shock front…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-27 Majidul Rahaman , Ramij Raja , Abhirup Datta

We present results from a deep Chandra observation of Abell 2052. A2052 is a bright, nearby, cooling flow cluster, at a redshift of z=0.035. Concentric surface brightness discontinuities are revealed in the cluster center, and these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 E. L. Blanton , S. W. Randall , E. M. Douglass , C. L. Sarazin , T. E. Clarke , B. R. McNamara

We analysed the deep archival Chandra observations of the high-temperature galaxy cluster Abell 2319 to investigate the prominent cold front in its core. The main sharp arc of the front shows wiggles, or variations of the radius of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-28 Y. Ichinohe , A. Simionescu , N. Werner , M. Markevitch , Q. H. S. Wang

We present a detailed analysis of sloshing cold fronts in a sample of three nearby galaxy clusters (Abell 496, Abell 2029, and Abell 1644) observed with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Cold fronts manifest as sharp edges in the X-ray surface…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-22 I-Hsuan Li , Shutaro Ueda , I-Non Chiu , Keiichi Umetsu

We present deep Chandra observations of the pre-merger galaxy cluster Abell 98. Abell 98 is a complex merging system. While the northern (A98N) and central subclusters (A98S) are merging along the north-south direction, A98S is undergoing a…

We present deep XMM-Newton, Karl Jansky Very Large Array, and upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope observations of Abell 746, a cluster that hosts a plethora of diffuse emission sources that provide evidence for the acceleration of…