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Abell 3266 is one of the X-ray brightest galaxy clusters in the sky and is a well-known merging system. Using the ability of the eROSITA telescope onboard SRG (Spectrum R\"ontgen Gamma) to observe a wide field with a single pointing, we…

We use gas-dynamical simulations of galaxy clusters to compare their X-ray and strong lensing properties. Special emphasis is laid on mass estimates. The cluster masses range between 6 x 10^14 solar masses and 4 x 10^15 solar masses, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Matthias Bartelmann , Matthias Steinmetz

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

We present the results of a combined study of ASCA and ROSAT observations of the distant cluster Abell 2390.We determine the surface brightness profile and the gas density distribution of the cluster from the ROSAT PSPC and HRI data. A…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Boehringer , Y. Tanaka , R. F. Mushotzky , Y. Ikebe , M. Hattori

The results from Suzaku observations of the galaxy cluster Abell2256 are presented. This cluster is a prototypical and well-studied merging system, exhibiting substructures both in the X-ray surface brightness and in the radial velocity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Takayuki Tamura , Kiyoshi Hayashida , Shutaro Ueda , Masaaki Nagai

We present results from an X-ray and radio study of the merging galaxy cluster Abell 115. We use the full set of 5 Chandra observations taken of A115 to date (360 ks total integration) to construct high-fidelity temperature and surface…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-06 Eric J. Hallman , Brian Alden , David Rapetti , Abhirup Datta , Jack O. Burns

We present a simulated cluster of galaxies, modeled with a pre-heated intracluster medium, that exhibits X-ray features similar to the `cold fronts' seen in Chandra observations. Mock observations at a particular epoch show factor two…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 John J. Bialek , August E. Evrard , Joseph J. Mohr

We present new redshift measurements for 55 galaxies in the vicinity of the rich galaxy cluster Abell 665. When combined with results from the literature, we have good velocity measurements for a sample of 77 confirmed cluster members from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Percy L. Gomez , John P. Hughes , Mark Birkinshaw

We report on the detection of dark matter in the cluster of galaxies Abell~2163 using the weak gravitational distortion of background galaxies, and an analysis of the cluster X-ray emission. We find that while the qualitative distributions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 G. Squires , D. M. Neumann , N. Kaiser , M. Arnaud , A. Babul , H. Böhringer , G. Fahlman , D. Woods

We report on the analysis of a suite of SPH simulations (incorporating cooling and star formation) of mergers involving idealised X-ray clusters whose initial conditions resemble relaxed clusters with cool compact cores observed by Chandra…

To investigate the dynamics of the galaxy cluster A2142, we compile an extended catalog of 2239 spectroscopic redshifts of sources, including newly measured 237 redshifts, within 30 arcmin from the cluster center. With the $\sigma$-plateau…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-22 Ang Liu , Heng Yu , Antonaldo Diaferio , Paolo Tozzi , Ho Seong Hwang , Keiichi Umetsu , Nobuhiro Okabe , Li-Lan Yang

ASCA data are used to obtain two-dimensional gas temperature maps of A2256, A2319, A2163 and A665. In all four, the temperature decreases significantly at off-center distances of ~1 h^{-1} Mpc. Central regions of the two nearer clusters…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Maxim Markevitch

We have obtained a 12.5 ksec image of the Hercules Cluster, A2151, with the {\it ROSAT} PSPC. Comparison of the optical and X-ray data suggest the presence of at least three distinct subclusters in A2151. The brightest X-ray emission…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 C. M. Bird , D. S. Davis , T. C. Beers

We report results from an X-ray study of the Abell 2111 galaxy cluster using the Advanced Satellite for Astrophysics and Cosmology ASCA and the ROSAT Position Sensitive Proportional Counter (PSPC). By correcting for the energy-dependent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Mark Henriksen , Q. Daniel Wang , Melville Ulmer

(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

Multi-fiber spectroscopy has been obtained for 335 galaxies in the field of the double cluster A3128/A3125, using the 2dF multi-fiber positioner on the AAT. A total of 532 objects in the double cluster now have known redshifts. We have also…

We present the results of a redshift survey of galaxies in the A3528 complex, a chain of interacting clusters in the core of the Shapley Concentration. This complex is characterized in the X-ray band by two pairs of roughly similar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 S. Bardelli , E. Zucca , A. Baldi

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 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 study the dynamical structure of a bimodal galaxy cluster Abell 3653 at z=0.1089 by using combined optical and X-ray data. Observations include archival data from Anglo-Australian Telescope and X-ray observatories of XMM-Newton and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-26 Turgay Caglar , Murat Hudaverdi