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合并中的星系团Abell 754中非平衡等离子体的寻找

Search for a Non-equilibrium Plasma in the Merging Galaxy Cluster Abell 754

Shota Inoue, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Shutaro Ueda, Ryo Nagino, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Katsuji Koyama

摘要:

阿贝尔754是一个星系团,在天空的平面上,从东南到西北,正在进行的合并是显而易见的。我们研究了朱雀观测到的X射线光谱沿合并方向的空间变化,以Fe Ly-alpha/Fe He-alpha线比为中心,寻找可能偏离电离平衡的情况。用单温碰撞非平衡等离子体模型进行拟合,发现电子温度从东南向西北逐渐升高。电离参数与平衡态一致(n_et> 10 ^{13} s cm ^{-3}),但有一个温度最高的区域(kT = 13.3 ^{+1.4}-1.1} keV,其中n_et = 10 ^{11.6 ^{+0.6}-1.7} s cm ^{-3})。从电离参数估计的等离子体加热经过的时间在90%置信水平下为0.36 - 76百万年。这个时间尺度相当短,但与冲击波通过该区域的传播时间一致。因此,我们解释了在Abell 754中观察到的非平衡电离等离子体是合并过程中激波加热的残余。然而,我们注意到,发现非平衡的特定区域的X射线谱也可以用具有两个温度的碰撞电离等离子体模型来拟合,低kT = 4.2 ^{+4.2}_1.5} keV和非常高kT> 19.3 keV。非常高的温度分量可替代地用幂律模型拟合。这些光谱模型中的任何一个都被解释为正在进行的合并过程的结果,在非平衡电离等离子体的情况下。

英文摘要:

Abell 754 is a galaxy cluster in which an ongoing merger is evident on the plane of the sky, from the southeast to the northwest. We study the spatial variation of the X-ray spectra observed with Suzaku along the merging direction, centering on the Fe Ly-alpha / Fe He-alpha line ratio to search for possible deviation from ionization equilibrium. Fitting with a single temperature collisional non-equilibrium plasma model shows that the electron temperature increases from the southeast to the northwest. The ionization parameter is consistent with that in equilibrium (n_et>10^{13} s cm^{-3}) except for a specific region with the highest temperature (kT=13.3^{+1.4}_{-1.1} keV) where n_et=10^{11.6^{+0.6}_{-1.7}} s cm^{-3}. The elapsed time from the plasma heating estimated from the ionization parameter is 0.36-76 Myr at the 90% confidence level. This time scale is quite short but consistent with the traveling time of a shock to pass through that region. We thus interpret that the non-equilibrium ionization plasma in Abell 754 observed is a remnant of the shock heating in the merger process. We, however, note that the X-ray spectrum of the specific region where the non-equilibrium is found can also be fitted with a collisional ionization plasma model with two temperatures, low kT=4.2^{+4.2}_{-1.5} keV and very high kT > 19.3 keV. The very high temperature component is alternatively fitted with a power law model. Either of these spectral models is interpreted as a consequence of the ongoing merger process as in the case of that with the non-equilibrium ionization plasma.

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