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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

We present the results of a detailed analysis of the XMM-Newton observation of the galaxy cluster Abell 3921. The X-ray morphology of the cluster is elliptical, with the centroid offset from the brightest cluster galaxy by 17 arcsec, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. Belsole , J-L. Sauvageot , G. W. Pratt , H. Bourdin

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

The galaxy cluster Abell 3733 (A3733) is a very suitable candidate in addressing dynamical processes throughout galaxy cluster mergers. This study shows structural analysis results of A3733 (z = 0.038) based on X-ray and optical data.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-01 H. İ. Kaya , Turgay Caglar , Hakan Sert

We present the first band-2 (120--250\,MHz) uGMRT (upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope) observations of the bimodal galaxy cluster Abell\,1644 (\(z = 0.0471\)), complemented by Chandra X-ray data. While weak lensing measurements reveal…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-24 Humaira Bashir , R. Kale , Asif Iqbal , Manzoor A. Malik

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

We present a detailed X-ray study of the central subcluster of the nearby ($z$ $\sim$0.0368) Hercules cluster (Abell 2151) identified as A2151C that shows a bimodal structure. A bright clump of hot gas with X-ray emission extending to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-02 Juhi Tiwari , Kulinder Pal Singh

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

Abell 2744, also known as Pandora's Cluster, is a complex merging galaxy cluster. While a major merger is clear along the north-south axis, the dynamical state of the northwest subcluster has been highly uncertain. We present ultra-deep…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-04 Urmila Chadayammuri , Ákos Bogdán , Gerrit Schellenberger , John ZuHone

(Abridged) The galaxy cluster Abell 2218, at z=0.171, is well-known for the discrepancy between mass estimates derived from X-ray and strong lensing analyses. With the present XMM observation, we trace the gas density and temperature…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 G. W. Pratt , H. Boehringer , A. Finoguenov

We present a new study of the merger dynamics of Abell~1775 by analyzing the high-quality Chandra and XMM-Newton archival data. We confirm/identify an arc-shaped edge (i.e., the head) at $\sim48$~kpc west of the X-ray peak, a split cold gas…

The thermal, chemical, and kinematic properties of the potentially multi-phase circum/inter-galactic medium at the virial radii of galaxy clusters remain largely uncertain. We present an X-ray study of Abell 2246 and GMBCG…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Q. Daniel Wang , Stephen Walker

We present Chandra X-ray observations of the dynamically complex galaxy cluster Abell 119 ($z = 0.044$). A119 is host to two NAT radio sources (0053-015 & 0053-016) whose tails are oriented parallel to each other despite orthogonally…

Abell 115 exhibits two distinct peaks in the surface brightness distribution. ASCA observation shows a significant temperature variation in this cluster, confirmed by a hardness ratio analysis and spectral fits. A linking region between…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. Shibata , H. Honda , M. Ishida , T. Ohashi , K. Yamashita

We present results based on the systematic analysis of \textit{Chandra} archive data on the X-ray bright Abell Richness class-I type cluster Abell 1991 with an objective to investigate properties of the X-ray cavities hosted by this system.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-24 M. B. Pandge , N. D. Vagshette , S. S. Sonkamble , M. K. Patil

We present the properties of intracluster medium (ICM) in the cool core of the massive cluster of galaxies Abell 1835 obtained with the data by $ Chandra$ $X$-$ray$ $Observatory$. We find distinctive spiral patterns with the radius of 70…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-08 Shutaro Ueda , Tetsu Kitayama , Tadayasu Dotani

We study the temperature structure of the rich cluster of galaxies Abell 1367 using two independent methods of correcting for the ASCA PSF. The results of the two methods are in excellent agreement and give solid evidence of a strong and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Hank Donnelly , M. Markevitch , W. Forman , C. Jones , L. P. David , E. Churazov , M. Gilfanov

We present a combined X-ray and optical analysis of the cold front cluster Abell 1201 using archival Chandra, data and multi-object spectroscopy taken with the 3.9m Anglo Australian and 6.5m Multiple Mirror Telescopes. This paper represents…

Abell 3571 is a nearby, X-ray bright galaxy cluster located in the Shapley Supercluster. Although it appears morphologically relaxed in X-ray images, multiwavelength observations reveal subtle indications of residual dynamical activity,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-11 X. Zheng , H. Yu , S. Jia , C. Li , X. Hou , A. Liu , Y. Chen , H. Feng , L. Song , C. Liu , F. Lu , S. Zhang , W. Yuan , J. Sanders , J. Wang , K. Nandra , W. Cui , J. Guan , D. Han , C. Jin , Y. Liu , J. Xu , J. Zhang , H. Zhao , X. Zhao

A754 is a well-observed cluster of galaxies which exhibits a variety of morphological peculiarities. These include a bar of X-ray emission that is offset significantly from the galaxy distribution, an elongated X-ray surface brightness…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Kurt Roettiger , James M. Stone , Richarch F. Mushotzky
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