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合并星系团Abell 3667的Suzaku硬X射线性质

Hard X-ray Properties of the Merging Cluster Abell 3667 as Observed with Suzaku

Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Craig L. Sarazin, Madoka Kawaharada, Takao Kitaguchi, Sho Okuyama, Kazuo Makishima, Naomi Kawano, Yasushi Fukazawa, Susumu Inoue, Motokazu Ta… 展开作者

Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Craig L. Sarazin, Madoka Kawaharada, Takao Kitaguchi, Sho Okuyama, Kazuo Makishima, Naomi Kawano, Yasushi Fukazawa, Susumu Inoue, Motokazu Takizawa, Daniel R. Wik, Alexis Finoguenov, Tracy E. Clarke

摘要:

对合并星系团Abell 3667的宽波段Suzaku数据进行了硬X射线发射超过已知热分量的检验。朱雀探测到X射线信号的宽能量带从0.5至40千电子伏。HXD在星系团中心附近观测到的硬X射线(> 10 keV)通量不能用平均温度约为7 keV的热辐射的简单扩展来解释。这个辐射很可能是来自星系团中心附近的一个非常热(kT > 13.2 keV)的热成分,是在合并过程中通过强烈的加热过程产生的。在西北部的射电遗迹中,没有观察到非热发射的迹象。使用HXD,在减去使用XIS或XMM-牛顿谱估计的ICM贡献后,在10-40 keV波段,在遗迹周围的34'x34'视场内的总上限通量被导出为5.3e-12 erg s-1 cm-2。直接在遗迹区,当转换到10- 40 keV波段时,XIS数据进一步收紧了上限,使其小于7.3e-13 erg s-1 cm-2。后一个值表明遗迹内的平均磁场高于1.6 μ G。由磁场和相对论电子引起的非热压力可能高达该区域热压力的~20%。

英文摘要:

Wide-band Suzaku data on the merging cluster Abell 3667 were examined for hard X-ray emission in excess to the known thermal component. Suzaku detected X-ray signals in the wide energy band from 0.5 to 40 keV. The hard X-ray (> 10 keV) flux observed by the HXD around the cluster center cannot be explained by a simple extension of the thermal emission with average temperature of ~7 keV. The emission is most likely an emission from a very hot (kT > 13.2 keV) thermal component around the cluster center, produced via a strong heating process in the merger. In the north-west radio relic, no signature of non-thermal emission was observed. Using the HXD, the overall upper-limit flux within a 34'x34' field-of-view around the relic is derived to be 5.3e-12 erg s-1 cm-2 in the 10-40 keV band, after subtracting the ICM contribution estimated using the XIS or the XMM-Newton spectra. Directly on the relic region, the upper limit is further tightened by the XIS data to be less than 7.3e-13 erg s-1 cm-2, when converted into the 10--40 keV band. The latter value suggest that the average magnetic field within the relic is higher than 1.6 uG. The non-thermal pressure due to magnetic fields and relativistic electrons may be as large as ~20% of the thermal pressure in the region.

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