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用Chandra观测Abell 3112的软、硬X射线过量发射

Soft and hard X-ray excess emission in Abell 3112 observed with Chandra

M. Bonamente, J. Nevalainen, R. Lieu

摘要:

钱德拉ACIS-S观测星系团A3112的特点是存在过量的X射线发射以上的贡献,从弥漫的热气体,这可以同样很好地模拟与额外的非热幂律模型或低金属丰度的低温热模型。我们表明,过量的排放不能是由于在背景减除或在银河系HI柱密度的不确定性。校准不确定性的ACIS探测器,可能会影响我们的结果,解决比较钱德拉数据XMM MOS和PN光谱。虽然这三种工具之间的差异仍然存在,但所有工具都检测到类似数额的超额,证明超额具有工具性质。考虑到A3112中心附近存在非热射电辐射,我们认为,多余的X射线发射是非热性质的,并分布在整个X射线带通,从软到硬X射线。这种过剩可以用相对论性电子的存在来解释,它们的压强约为星系团气压的7%。我们还讨论了可能的热性质的过剩,并检查与这种解释相关的问题。

英文摘要:

Chandra ACIS-S observations of the galaxy cluster A3112 feature the presence of an excess of X-ray emission above the contribution from the diffuse hot gas, which can be equally well modeled with an additional non-thermal power-law model or with a low-temperature thermal model of low metal abundance. We show that the excess emission cannot be due to uncertainties in the background subtraction or in the Galactic HI column density. Calibration uncertainties in the ACIS detector that may affect our results are addressed by comparing the Chandra data to XMM MOS and PN spectra. While differences between the three instruments remain, all detect the excess in similar amounts, providing evidence against an instrumental nature of the excess. Given the presence of non-thermal radio emission near the center of A3112, we argue that the excess X-ray emission is of non-thermal nature and distributed throughout the entire X-ray bandpass, from soft to hard X-rays. The excess can be explained with the presence of a population of relativistic electrons with ~7% of the cluster's gas pressure. We also discuss a possible thermal nature of the excess, and examine the problems associated with such interpretation.

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