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钱德拉对阿贝尔13号的观测:研究射电遗迹的起源

A Chandra Observation of Abell 13: Investigating the Origin of the Radio Relic

Adrienne M. Juett, Craig L. Sarazin, Tracy E. Clarke, Heinz Andernach, Matthias Ehle, Yutaka Fujita, Joshua C. Kempner, Alan L. Roy, Lawrence Rudnick, O. Bruce Slee

摘要:

我们目前的结果,从钱德拉X射线观测阿贝尔13,一个星系团,其中包含一个不寻常的非中心射电源,也被称为无线电遗迹。这是第一次对Abell 13的X射线观测,为X射线气体的性质提供了更灵敏的研究。来自Abell 13的X射线辐射延伸到X射线峰的西北部,并显示出指示最近合并事件的子结构。星系团的X射线辐射集中在Slee et al. 2001的明亮星系H上。我们没有发现在集群冷却流的证据。另外一个明亮的椭圆星系F与一个X射线辐射过剩的节点重合。这个发射结的性质类似于后发座星系团中大星系的增强发射。利用这些钱德拉数据,我们能够将热X射线气体的性质与VLA数据中射电遗迹的性质进行比较,以研究X射线气体与射电发射电子的相互作用。我们的研究结果表明,无线电遗迹与星团中较冷的气体有关。对于较冷的气体和射电源的重合,我们提出了两种解释。首先,气体可能是被星团核心的射电遗迹抬升起来的。或者,遗迹和冷气体可能在星系团合并事件中从中央星系转移。

英文摘要:

We present results from the Chandra X-ray observation of Abell 13, a galaxy cluster that contains an unusual noncentral radio source, also known as a radio relic. This is the first pointed X-ray observation of Abell 13, providing a more sensitive study of the properties of the X-ray gas. The X-ray emission from Abell 13 is extended to the northwest of the X-ray peak and shows substructure indicative of a recent merger event. The cluster X-ray emission is centered on the bright galaxy H of Slee et al. 2001. We find no evidence for a cooling flow in the cluster. A knot of excess X-ray emission is coincident with the other bright elliptical galaxy F. This knot of emission has properties similar to the enhanced emission associated with the large galaxies in the Coma cluster. With these Chandra data we are able to compare the properties of the hot X-ray gas with those of the radio relic from VLA data, to study the interaction of the X-ray gas with the radio emitting electrons. Our results suggest that the radio relic is associated with cooler gas in the cluster. We suggest two explanations for the coincidence of the cooler gas and radio source. First, the gas may have been uplifted by the radio relic from the cluster core. Alternatively, the relic and cool gas may have been displaced from the central galaxy during the cluster merger event.

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