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贫星系团AWM4 - II的钱德拉深空观测。射电喷流在丰富星系团内介质中的作用

A deep Chandra observation of the poor cluster AWM4 - II. The role of the radio jets in enriching the intra-cluster medium

Ewan O'Sullivan, Simona Giacintucci, Laurence P. David, Jan M. Vrtilek, Somak Raychaudhury

摘要:

我们利用Chandra对贫星系团AWM 4的观测,绘制了该星系团内部介质的温度和丰度图,以考察中央射电星系对其环境的影响。虽然星系团的核心通常富集到近太阳的丰度,但我们发现了与射电喷流相关的超太阳丰度的证据,从中央主导星系NGC 6051的核心沿其短轴延伸约35千秒差距。我们的结论是,浓缩气体已被输送到中央星系通过无线电源的行动。我们估计夹带气体中铁的过量质量约为1.4x10^6 Msol,并发现这可以在活动星系核爆发的时间尺度内在NGC 6051的核心产生。将这些气体输送到当前位置所需的能量约为4.5 × 10^57尔格,这是活动星系核估计总机械能输出的一个重要部分,尽管这一估计取决于上升气体的富集程度。更大的近太阳丰度区域也与从NGC 6051向外混合的金属在更长的时间尺度上的富集相一致。

英文摘要:

We use a Chandra observation of the poor cluster AWM4 to map the temperature and abundance of the intra-cluster medium, so as to examine the influence of the central radio galaxy on its environment. While the cluster core is generally enriched to near-solar abundances, we find evidence of super-solar abundances correlated with the radio jets, extending ~35 kpc from the core of the central dominant galaxy NGC 6051 along its minor axis. We conclude that the enriched gas has been transported out of the central galaxy through the action of the radio source. We estimate the excess mass of iron in the entrained gas to be ~1.4x10^6 Msol, and find that this can be produced in the core of NGC 6051 within the timescale of the AGN outburst. The energy required to transport this gas to its current location is ~4.5x10^57 erg, a significant fraction of the estimated total mechanical energy output of the AGN, though this estimate is dependent on the degree of enrichment of the uplifted gas. The larger near-solar abundance region is also compatible with enrichment by metals mixed outward from NGC 6051 over a much longer timescale.

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