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3-4 keV星系团的表观高金属丰度:合并星系团Abell 2028中action的逆铁偏置

Apparent high metallicity in 3-4 keV galaxy clusters: the inverse iron-bias in action in the case of the merging cluster Abell 2028

F. Gastaldello, S. Ettori, I. Balestra, F. Brighenti, D. A. Buote, S. De Grandi, S. Ghizzardi, M. Gitti, P. Tozzi

摘要:

最近的工作的基础上的ICM属性的全球测量发现的证据,增加的铁丰度在星系团的温度约2-4千电子伏高达一个值约3倍大于典型的非常热的集群。我们已经开始研究Baumgartner等人(2005年)的样品中这些物体的金属分布,目的是在空间上解析ICM的金属含量。我们在这里报告的第一个对象的样本,集群阿贝尔2028的42 ksXMM观测。XMM观测揭示了一个复杂的结构的集群超过300千秒差距的规模,显示了两个子集群之间的相互作用,在彗星般的配置。在两个子结构的前缘冷锋已被检测到。主星团的核心可能有一个冷日冕。我们发现,一个组件适合这个地区返回一个有偏见的高金属丰度。这种逆铁偏置是由于拟合代码在形成Fe-L复合物中的行为。在ICM的多温度结构的存在下,当投影光谱用单个温度分量建模时,最佳拟合金属丰度人为地更高,并且它与光谱中Fe-L和Fe-K发射线的存在无关。在考虑了偏差之后,星系团的总体丰度与典型的更热,更大质量的星系团一致。我们谨慎的解释时推断出的高丰度拟合一个单一的热成分的光谱来自相对较大的孔径在3-4千电子伏的集群,因为逆铁偏置可以存在。大多数试图将3-4千电子伏星系团中的高丰度与基本物理过程联系起来的推论可能必须加以修正。

英文摘要:

Recent work based on a global measurement of the ICM properties find evidence for an increase of the iron abundance in galaxy clusters with temperature around 2-4 keV up to a value about 3 times larger than that typical of very hot clusters. We have started a study of the metal distribution in these objects from the sample of Baumgartner et al. (2005), aiming at resolving spatially the metal content of the ICM. We report here on a 42ks XMM observation of the first object of the sample, the cluster Abell 2028. The XMM observation reveals a complex structure of the cluster over scale of 300 kpc, showing an interaction between two sub-clusters in cometary-like configurations. At the leading edges of the two substructures cold fronts have been detected. The core of the main subcluster is likely hosting a cool corona. We show that a one-component fit for this region returns a biased high metallicity. This inverse iron bias is due to the behavior of the fitting code in shaping the Fe-L complex. In presence of a multi-temperature structure of the ICM, the best-fit metallicity is artificially higher when the projected spectrum is modeled with a single temperature component and it is not related to the presence of both Fe-L and Fe-K emission lines in the spectrum. After accounting for the bias, the overall abundance of the cluster is consistent with the one typical of hotter, more massive clusters. We caution the interpretation of high abundances inferred when fitting a single thermal component to spectra derived from relatively large apertures in 3-4 keV clusters, because the inverse iron bias can be present. Most of the inferences trying to relate high abundances in 3-4 keV clusters to fundamental physical processes will likely have to be revised.

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