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Merging clusters of galaxies are unique in their power to directly probe and place limits on the self-interaction cross-section of dark matter. Detailed observations of several merging clusters have shown the intracluster gas to be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Douglas Clowe , Maxim Markevitch , Marusa Bradac , Anthony H. Gonzalez , Sun Mi Chung , Richard Massey , Dennis Zaritsky

We present a spectrophotometric analysis of the galaxy pop. in the area of the merging cluster Abell 3921 at redshift 0.093. We investigate the impact of the complex cluster environment on galaxy properties such as morphology or star…

We report an analysis of the dynamical structure of clusters of galaxies from a survey of photometric and spectroscopic observations in the fields of southern Abell Clusters. We analyze the galaxy velocity field in extended regions up to 7…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Hernan Muriel , Hernan Quintana , Leopoldo Infante , Diego G. Lambas , Michael J. Way

The mechanisms giving rise to diffuse radio emission in galaxy clusters, and in particular their connection with cluster mergers, are still debated. We aim to obtain new insights into the internal dynamics of the cluster Abell 2294,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 M. Girardi , W. Boschin , R. Barrena

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

We summarize several results based on the velocity data-set for cluster galaxies provided by ENACS (the ESO Nearby Abell Cluster Survey). We describe the distribution of velocity dispersions of a complete sample of rich galaxy clusters, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Biviano , A. Mazure , C. Adami , P. Katgert , R. den Hartog , P. de Theije , G. Rhee

The Abell 1689 galaxy cluster has recently become a subject of intensive study. Thanks to its intermediate redshift (z=0.183) its mass distribution can be reconstructed using numerous methods including gravitational lensing, galaxy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ewa L. Lokas , Francisco Prada , Radoslaw Wojtak , Mariano Moles , Stefan Gottloeber

We present structural analysis results of Abell 0141 ($z$ = 0.23) based on X-ray data. The X-ray luminosity map demonstrates that Abell 0141 (A0141) is a bimodal galaxy cluster, which is separated on the sky by $\sim$ 0.65 Mpc with an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-08 Turgay Caglar

We report the first results of a spectroscopic survey of galaxies in the core of the Shapley Concentration, the richest nearby supercluster of clusters of galaxies. We have measured 311 new galaxy redshifts in an area of $\sim 4.5$ square…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 S. Bardelli , E. Zucca , G. Vettolani , G. Zamorani

The cluster Abell 2163 is a merging system of several subclusters with complex dynamics. It presents exceptional X-rays properties (high temperature and luminosity), suggesting that it is a very massive cluster. Recent 2D analysis of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 G. Soucail

XRISM observations to date have shown that gas kinetic pressures in the intracluster medium (ICM) tend towards the low end of predictions from cosmological simulations. Here, we present a XRISM observation of the merging cluster Abell 2034,…

We present the analysis of our 13 and 22 cm ATCA observations of the central region of the merging galaxy cluster A3921 (z=0.094). We investigated the effects of the major merger between two sub-clusters on the star formation (SF) and radio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 C. Ferrari , R. W. Hunstead , L. Feretti , S. Maurogordato , S. Schindler

(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 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 present observations at 250, 350, and 500 um of the nearby galaxy cluster Abell 3112 (z=0.075) carried out with BLAST, the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope. Five cluster members are individually detected as bright…

We analyse the dynamical state of the galaxy clusters Abell 76 and Abell 1307 from the optical point of view, presenting a coherent scenario that responds to the X-ray emissions observed in these structures. Our study is based on 231 and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-06 R. Barrena , L. Pizzuti , G. Chon , H. Böhringer

We conduct an intensive study of the rich, X-ray luminous, and hot galaxy cluster Abell 697 (at z=0.282), likely containing a diffuse radio emission, to determine its dynamical status. Our analysis is based on new spectroscopic data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Girardi , W. Boschin , R. Barrena

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

We present a weak-lensing and dynamical study of the complex cluster Abell 1758 (A1758, z = 0.278) supported by hydrodynamical simulations. This cluster is composed of two main structures, called A1758N and A1758S. The Northern structure is…

We present the first detailed analysis of the ultra-steep spectrum radio halo in the merging galaxy cluster Abell 521, based on upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio telescope (uGMRT) observations. The combination of radio observations (300-850…