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环境对星系团和星系团中H α细丝和冷核形成的影响

The Effect of Environment on the Formation of Halpha Filaments and Cool Cores in Galaxy Groups and Clusters

Michael McDonald, Sylvain Veilleux, Richard Mushotzky

摘要:

本文介绍了利用钱德拉X射线天文台和马里兰麦哲伦可调谐滤波器对10个星系群和17个星系团进行X射线和H α联合研究的结果。我们发现,在10^13 < M_500 < 10^15 Msun的质量范围内,成组和成团的H α细丝的形态或检测频率没有差异。在52%的置信水平下,Halpha发射的检测频率仅弱依赖于系统的总质量。相比之下,我们发现Halpha细丝的存在与全球(89%置信水平)和核心(84%)ICM熵以及X射线冷却率(72%)密切相关。因此,Halpha细丝是冷却ICM的极好替代物。与BCG的射电性质相比,Halpha细丝与ICM的冷却性质的相关性更强;这进一步支持了这些细丝与热不稳定的快速冷却的ICM直接相关的场景,而不是无线电气泡。ICM的冷却效率,定义为每单位气体质量的X射线冷却速率,示出与总系统质量,表明组在冷却比集群更有效。这一结果意味着,在冷核心的系统中,活动星系核的反馈与系统的总质量成比例,与早期的建议一致。

英文摘要:

We present the results of a combined X-ray and Halpha study of 10 galaxy groups and 17 galaxy clusters using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Maryland Magellan Tunable Filter. We find no difference in the morphology or detection frequency of Halpha filaments in groups versus clusters, over the mass range 10^13 < M_500 < 10^15 Msun. The detection frequency of Halpha emission is shown to be only weakly dependent on the total mass of the system, at the 52% confidence level. In contrast, we find that the presence of Halpha filaments is strongly correlated with both the global (89% confidence level) and core (84%) ICM entropy, as well as the X-ray cooling rate (72%). The Halpha filaments are therefore an excellent proxy for the cooling ICM. The Halpha filaments are more strongly correlated with the cooling properties of the ICM than with the radio properties of the BCG; this further supports the scenario where these filaments are directly associated with a thermally-unstable, rapidly cooling ICM, rather than radio bubbles. The ICM cooling efficiency, defined as the X-ray cooling rate per unit gas mass, is shown to correlate with the total system mass, indicating that groups are more efficient at cooling than clusters. This result implies that, in systems with cool cores, AGN feedback scales with the total mass of the system, in agreement with earlier suggestions.

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