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Abell 2744的剖析:一个通过大小合并成长的丰富集群

The Dissection of Abell 2744: A Rich Cluster Growing Through Major and Minor Mergers

Matt S. Owers, Scott W. Randall, Paul E. J. Nulsen, Warrick J. Couch, Laurence P. David, Joshua C. Kempner

摘要:

新的钱德拉X射线数据和广泛的光谱,获得与AAOmega的3.9米英澳望远镜,被用来研究复杂的合并发生在星系团阿贝尔2744。结合我们的光谱和文献中的数据,提供了一个星系团中心15'以内的河外天体的1237个红移的目录。从这些,我们确认343集群成员预计在3百万秒差距的集群中心。结合位置和速度,我们确定了两个主要的子结构,对应于两个主要的子集群的残余。新的数据与后核心通道一致,主要合并发生在一个倾斜的轴上,远离天空平面,同时还有一个小合并。新的X射线数据支持了这一解释,揭示了来自靠近的主要子星系团核心的富集的低熵气体,位于星系团中心以北约2'处,以及与后退的子星系团相关的先前已知明亮致密核心东南部的激波阵面。致密核心的X射线形态与从合并轴约45度范围内观察到的子弹状集群一致。在星团中心西北方向约3'处的X射线峰,伴随着东北方向的冷锋和南部的低熵气体尾迹,被解释为大致在天空平面上发生的小合并的残余。我们推断三个合并组件的近似路径。

英文摘要:

New Chandra X-ray data and extensive optical spectroscopy, obtained with AAOmega on the 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope, are used to study the complex merger taking place in the galaxy cluster Abell 2744. Combining our spectra with data from the literature provides a catalog of 1237 redshifts for extragalactic objects lying within 15' of the cluster center. From these, we confirm 343 cluster members projected within 3 Mpc of the cluster center. Combining positions and velocities, we identify two major substructures, corresponding to the remnants of two major subclusters. The new data are consistent with a post core passage, major merger taking place along an axis that is tilted well out of the plane of the sky, together with an interloping minor merger. Supporting this interpretation, the new X-ray data reveal enriched, low entropy gas from the core of the approaching, major subcluster, lying ~2' north of the cluster center, and a shock front to the southeast of the previously known bright, compact core associated with the receding subcluster. The X-ray morphology of the compact core is consistent with a Bullet-like cluster viewed from within ~45 degrees of the merger axis. An X-ray peak ~3' northwest of the cluster center, with an associated cold front to the northeast and a trail of low entropy gas to the south, is interpreted as the remnant of an interloping minor merger taking place roughly in the plane of the sky. We infer approximate paths for the three merging components.

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