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NGC 5044星系团内介质金属丰度分布的朱雀观测

Suzaku observations of metallicity distribution in the intracluster medium of the NGC 5044 group

Madoka Komiyama, Kosuke Sato, Ryo Nagino, Takaya Ohashi, Kyoko Matsushita

摘要:

使用朱雀卫星上的XIS仪器研究了NGC 5044群内介质中的金属丰度分布,直到0.3 r_180。高精度地测定了O、Mg、Si、S和Fe的丰度。在距中心0.05r_180半径范围内,Mg、Si、S和Fe的丰度近似太阳能,O/Fe比值约为0.5--0.6太阳能单位。在外围区域,Fe丰度逐渐下降到0.3太阳能。Mg、Si和S的径向丰度分布与Fe相似,而O的径向丰度分布似乎较平坦。当r>0.05 r_180时,O的质量密度分布与Fe的不同,呈现出类似于星系光度密度分布的肩状结构。NGC 5044中O和Fe的质光比是星系群中最大的之一,但它们仍然小于富星系团中的质量比。这些丰度特征可能反映了这个中心有一个巨大椭圆星系的松弛星系群的金属富集历史。

英文摘要:

The metallicity distribution in the intracluster medium of the NGC 5044 group was studied up to 0.3 r_180 using the XIS instrument on board the Suzaku satellite. Abundances of O, Mg, Si, S, and Fe were measured with high accuracy. The region within a radius of 0.05 r_180 from the center shows approximately solar abundances of Mg, Si, S, and Fe, while the O/Fe ratio is about 0.5--0.6 in solar units. In the outer region, the Fe abundance gradually drops to 0.3 solar. Radial abundance profiles of Mg, Si and S are similar to that of Fe, while that of O seems to be flatter. At r>0.05 r_180, the mass density profile of O differs from that of Fe, showing a shoulder-like structure that traces the luminosity density profile of galaxies. The mass-to-light ratios for O and Fe in NGC 5044 are one of the largest among groups of galaxies, but they are still smaller than those in rich clusters. These abundance features probably reflect the metal enrichment history of this relaxed group hosting a giant elliptical galaxy in the center.

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