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星系团的外部区域:对X射线表面亮度的Chandra约束

The outer regions of galaxy clusters: Chandra constraints on the X-ray surface brightness

S. Ettori, I. Balestra

摘要:

我们研究了用Chandra观测到的星系团样品中X射线表面亮度轮廓的性质,这些星系团在半径超过R500 ~ 0.7 R200的范围内具有信噪比大于2的可检测发射。我们的研究旨在测量大质量星系团外围的X射线表面亮度和气体密度分布的斜率。这些限制相比,从观测和数值模拟的温度和暗物质密度分布的意图,提出了一致的图片的外部区域的星系团的类似结果。我们从Chandra获得的X射线曝光量中提取了52个z>0.3的X射线发光星系团的表面亮度分布Sb(r)。我们估计R200使用一个β模型,再现Sb(r)和缩放关系的文献。这两种方法收敛于可比较的值。我们确定信噪比大于2的半径R_S2N,并选择样本中满足R_S2N/R200 > 0.7标准的对象。对于所选的11个对象,我们用幂律对Sb(r)的行为进行建模。我们测量到Sb(r)曲线从0.4 R200向外移动的一致变陡,其中估计平均斜率为-3.6(sigma=0.8)。在R200处,我们评估-4.3(σ =0.9)的斜率,这意味着气体密度分布中的斜率为-2.6,并且在0.5-2带中的表面亮度的预测平均值为2 e-12 erg/s/cm 2/deg 2。结合对气体温度分布的外斜率的估计和对暗物质分布的预期,这些测量使我们能够正确地描述X射线发光星团在维里半径范围内的行为。

英文摘要:

(Abridged version) We study the properties of the X-ray surface brightness profiles in a sample of galaxy clusters that were observed with Chandra and have emission detectable with a signal-to-noise ratio higher than 2 at a radius beyond R500 ~ 0.7 R200. Our study aims to measure the slopes of the X-ray surface brightness and of the gas density profiles in the outskirts of massive clusters. These constraints are compared to similar results obtained from observations and numerical simulations of the temperature and dark matter density profiles with the intention of presenting a consistent picture of the outer regions of galaxy clusters. We extract the surface brightness profiles Sb(r) of 52 X-ray luminous galaxy clusters at z>0.3 from X-ray exposures obtained with Chandra. We estimate R200 using both a beta-model that reproduces Sb(r) and scaling relations from the literature. The two methods converge to comparable values. We determine the radius, R_S2N, at which the signal-to-noise ratio is larger than 2 and select the objects in the sample that satisfy the criterion R_S2N/R200 > 0.7. For the eleven selected objects, we model with a power-law the behaviour of Sb(r). We measure a consistent steepening of the Sb(r) profile moving outward from 0.4 R200, where an average slope of -3.6 (sigma=0.8) is estimated. At R200, we evaluate a slope of -4.3 (sigma=0.9) that implies a slope in the gas density profile of -2.6 and a predicted mean value of the surface brightness in the 0.5-2 band of 2e-12 erg/s/cm2/deg2. Combined with estimates of the outer slope of the gas temperature profile and expectations about the dark matter distribution, these measurements allow us to describe properly how X-ray luminous clusters behave out to the virial radius.

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