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冷流团簇中AGN空穴的可探测性

The Detectability of AGN Cavities in Cooling-Flow Clusters

L. Birzan, D. A. Rafferty, B. R. McNamara, P. E. J. Nulsen, M. W. Wise

摘要:

钱德拉X射线天文台在许多附近的冷却流团中发现了X射线空洞。这些空洞是活动星系核对团内介质的反馈,团内介质是稳定冷却流和星系形成与演化过程中的重要成分。但是,这种活动星系核爆发的普遍性和占空比还没有很好的理解。为此,我们研究如何冷却是平衡的腔加热的完整样本的集群(Brilliance 55星系团,以下B55)。在B55中,我们发现了33个冷却流团,其中20个在其ICM中检测到X射线气泡。在剩下的13个中,除了蛇夫座之外,所有的都可能有显著的空腔能量,但在现有的图像中仍然没有被发现。这意味着活动星系核爆发的占空比与显着的加热潜力在冷却流集群至少是60%,可能接近100%,但需要更深入的数据来进一步限制这一点。

英文摘要:

Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed X-ray cavities in many nearby cooling flow clusters. The cavities trace feedback from the central active galactic nulceus (AGN) on the intracluster medium (ICM), an important ingredient in stabilizing cooling flows and in the process of galaxy formation and evolution. But, the prevalence and duty cycle of such AGN outbursts is not well understood. To this end, we study how the cooling is balanced by the cavity heating for a complete sample of clusters (the Brightest 55 clusters of galaxies, hereafter B55). In the B55, we found 33 cooling flow clusters, 20 of which have detected X-ray bubbles in their ICM. Among the remaining 13, all except Ophiuchus could have significant cavity power yet remain undetected in existing images. This implies that the duty cycle of AGN outbursts with significant heating potential in cooling flow clusters is at least 60 % and could approach 100 %, but deeper data is required to constrain this further.

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