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星系群AWM 5的钱德拉观测:冷核再加热和热传导抑制

Chandra observations of the galaxy group AWM 5: cool core re-heating and thermal conduction suppression

A. Baldi, W. Forman, C. Jones, P. Nulsen, L. David, R. Kraft, A. Simionescu

摘要:

我们提出了一个40千秒钱德拉观测星系组AWM 5的分析。它有一个小的($\sim8$ kpc)致密的冷核,温度为$\sim1.2$ keV,并且温度分布在较大的半径处降低,从核外的$\sim3.5$ keV到中心的$\sim300$ kpc处的$\sim2$ keV。丰度分布显示在PDMATHAMR kpc中心有一个“洞”,那里的温度急剧下降。观测到距中心$\sim15-20$ kpc的丰度至少是太阳的几倍。去投影的电子密度分布图显示在$\sim13$ kpc处斜率突变,并且可以通过两个$β$模型拟合,其中$β=0.72_{-0.11}^{+0.16}$和$r_c=5.7_{-1.5}^{+1.8}$ kpc用于内部,而$β=0.34\pm0.01$和$r_c=31.3_{-5.5}^{+5.8}$ kpc用于外部。热气体的质量分数在中心是相当平坦的,并且对于$r>30$ kpc增加到在$r\sim380$ kpc处的最大值$\sim6.5%$。在中心30 kpc的气体冷却时间小于哈勃时间,尽管温度只在中心$\sim8$ kpc区域下降。这种差异表明,现有的冷却核心已被部分重新加热。特别是,热传导可能是重新加热的重要来源。为了使由于传导引起的加热平衡由于X射线发射引起的冷却,必须通过大的因子(至少$\sim100$)来抑制传导性。然而,过去活动星系核的活动(在星系群中心仍然可以看到射电源)是最有可能使AWM 5中心区域重新加热的来源。

英文摘要:

We present an analysis of a 40 ksec Chandra observation of the galaxy group AWM 5. It has a small ($\sim8$ kpc) dense cool core with a temperature of $\sim1.2$ keV and the temperature profile decreases at larger radii, from $\sim3.5$ keV just outside the core to $\sim2$ keV at $\sim300$ kpc from the center. The abundance distribution shows a "hole" in the central $\sim10$ kpc, where the temperature declines sharply. An abundance of at least a few times solar is observed $\sim15-20$ kpc from the center. The deprojected electron density profile shows a break in slope at $\sim13$ kpc and can be fit by two $β$-models, with $β=0.72_{-0.11}^{+0.16}$ and $r_c=5.7_{-1.5}^{+1.8}$ kpc, for the inner part, and $β=0.34\pm0.01$ and $r_c=31.3_{-5.5}^{+5.8}$ kpc, for the outer part. The mass fraction of hot gas is fairly flat in the center and increases for $r>30$ kpc up to a maximum of $\sim6.5%$ at $r\sim380$ kpc. The gas cooling time within the central 30 kpc is smaller than a Hubble time, although the temperature only declines in the central $\sim8$ kpc region. This discrepancy suggests that an existing cooling core has been partially re-heated. In particular, thermal conduction could have been a significant source of re-heating. In order for heating due to conduction to balance cooling due to emission of X-rays, the conductivity must be suppressed by a large factor (at least $\sim100$). Past AGN activity (still visible as a radio source in the center of the group) is however the most likely source that re-heated the central regions of AWM 5.

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