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Based on XMM-Newton observations of a sample of galaxy clusters, we have measured the elemental abundances (mainly O, Si, S, and Fe) and their spatial distributions in the intracluster medium (ICM). In the outer region of the ICM,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Tamura , J. S. Kaastra , J. A. M. Bleeker , J. R. Peterson

The hot intra-cluster medium (ICM) is rich in metals, which are synthesized by supernovae (SNe) explosions and accumulate over time into the deep gravitational potential well of clusters of galaxies. Since most of the elements visible in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-24 François Mernier , Jelle de Plaa , Ciro Pinto , Jelle S. Kaastra , Peter Kosec , Yu-Ying Zhang , Junjie Mao , Norbert Werner

The abundances of O, Mg, Si and Fe in the intracluster medium of the Centaurus cluster are derived. The Fe abundance has a negative radial gradient. In solar units, the Si abundance is close to the Fe abundance, while the O and Mg…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Kyoko Matsushita , Hans Boehringer , Isao Takahashi , Yasushi Ikebe

Aims.The abundances of Fe in the intracluster medium of nearby (z<0.08) clusters were measured up to 0.3$\sim$ 0.5r$_{180}$. Methods.We analyzed 28 clusters of galaxies observed with XMM-Newton. We derived Fe abundances from the flux ratios…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Kyoko Matsushita

The results from XMM-Newton observations of the relaxed cluster of galaxies Abell~496 are presented. The spatially-resolved X-ray spectra taken by the European Photon Imaging Cameras show a temperature drop and a Fe abundance increase in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. Tamura , J. A. M. Bleeker , J. S. Kaastra , C. Ferrigno , S. Molendi

Chemical elements in the hot medium permeating early-type galaxies, groups, and clusters make them an excellent laboratory for studying metal enrichment and cycling processes in the largest scales of the universe. Here, we report the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-10 Kotaro Fukushima , Shogo B. Kobayashi , Kyoko Matsushita

Here we present results from over 500 kiloseconds Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of the cool core of the Centaurus cluster. We investigate the spatial distributions of the O, Mg, Si, S, Ar, Ca, Cr, Mn, Fe, and Ni abundances in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-07-01 Kotaro Fukushima , Shogo B. Kobayashi , Kyoko Matsushita

We present the average abundances of the intermediate elements obtained by performing a stacked analysis of all the galaxy clusters in the archive of the X-ray telescope ASCA. We determine the abundances of Fe, Si, S, and Ni as a function…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 W. H. Baumgartner , M. Loewenstein , D. J. Horner , R. F. Mushotzky

We examine the origin of heavy elements in the intracluster medium (ICM) of galaxy clusters, concentrating upon the roles played by supernovae (SNe) Types Ia and II. The most accurately determined elemental abundances, Si and Fe, imply a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Brad K. Gibson , Emma J. Woolaston

Galaxy clusters with a dense cooling core exhibit a central increase in the metallicity of the intracluster medium. Recent XMM-Newton studies with detailed results on the relative abundances of several heavy elements show that the high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 H. Böhringer , K. Matsushita , A. Finoguenov , Y. Xue , E. Churazov

The location of the Scutum Red-Supergiant (RSG) clusters at the end of the Galactic Bar makes them an excellent probe of the Galaxy's secular evolution; while the clusters themselves are ideal testbeds in which to study the predictions of…

The hot gas that fills the space between galaxies in clusters is rich in metals. In their large potential wells, galaxy clusters accumulate metals over the whole cluster history and hence they retain important information on cluster…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 L. Lovisari , S. Schindler , W. Kapferer

Suzaku observed a central region and five offset regions within 0.2 r180 in the Fornax cluster, a nearby poor cluster, and XMM-Newton mapped the cluster with 15 pointings out to 0.3 r180. The distributions of O, Mg, Si, S, and Fe in the…

The hot intra-cluster medium (ICM) is rich in metals, which are synthesised by supernovae (SNe) and accumulate over time into the deep gravitational potential well of clusters of galaxies. Since most of the elements visible in X-rays are…

The hot intra-cluster medium (ICM) permeating galaxy clusters and groups is not pristine, as it is continuously enriched by metals synthesised in Type Ia (SNIa) and core-collapse (SNcc) supernovae since the major epoch of star formation (z…

We use XMM-Newton data to carry out a detailed study of the Si, Fe and Ni abundances in the cool cores of a representative sample of 26 local clusters. We have performed a careful evaluation of the systematic uncertainties related to the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 S. De Grandi , S. Molendi

We present a detailed study of the elemental abundances distribution of the intracluster medium (ICM) within the A3266 cluster using {\it XMM-Newton} observations. This analysis uses EPIC-pn data, including a new energy scale calibration,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-04 E. Gatuzz , J. Sanders , A. Liu , A. Fabian , C. Pinto , H. Russell , D. Eckert , S. Walker , J. ZuHone , R. Mohapatra

Based on a detailed study of the temperature structure of the intracluster medium in the halo of M~87, abundance profiles of 7 elements, O, Mg, Si, S, Ar, Ca, and Fe are derived. In addition, abundance ratios are derived from the ratios of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Kyoko Matsushita , Alexis Finoguenov , Hans Böhringer

A central drop of ICM Fe abundance has been observed in several cool-core clusters. It has been proposed that this abundance drop may be due, at least partially, to the depletion of Fe into dust grains in the central, high-density regions.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-11 Ang Liu , Meng Zhai , Paolo Tozzi

We measure abundances of 12 elements (Na, Mg, Si, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) in a sample of 86 metal-poor ($-2 \lesssim \text{[Fe/H]} \lesssim -1$) subgiant stars in the solar neighborhood. Abundances are derived from…

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