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Abell 3667射电遗迹区NW的深XMM-牛顿观测

Deep XMM-Newton Observations of the NW Radio Relic Region of Abell 3667

Craig L. Sarazin, Alexis Finoguenov, Daniel R. Wik, Tracy E. Clarke

摘要:

本文介绍了对Abell 3667的NW射电遗迹进行的XMM-牛顿X射线长观测结果。在射电遗迹的尖锐外缘,无论是在X射线表面亮度和温度剖面检测到的冲击。马赫数为M = 2.54^+0.80_-0.43。激波处的温度跃变大于密度跃变的预期值,这可能表明存在一个主要平行于激波前沿的动态重要磁场。在激波区内,气体温度在几弧分钟内逐渐升高。这可能表明冲击能量最初被耗散成热和非热的某种混合物(例如,湍流)成分,并且非热能在激波后区域衰减为热量。如果在冲击波中耗散的能量的~0.2%进入相对论性电子的(再)加速,则可以为观察到的无线电遗迹提供动力。我们发现,所观察到的陡峭的无线电频谱与距离后面的冲击是一致的辐射损失的无线电发射电子。然而,紧接在冲击波之后的无线电频谱比热电子的线性扩散冲击波加速所预期的要平坦。这表明冲击波重新加速了先前存在的相对论电子的数量。我们还检测到一个明亮的,凉爽的区域(“蘑菇”)南部的无线电遗迹,我们建议这是残余的冷核心合并的子集群,这个子集群的驱动程序所观察到的西北冲击。在这个模型中,Abell 3667的性质主要是偏置双星合并的结果,并且在第一次通过核心后约1 Gyr观察到该星系团。我们预测,更深的X射线或SZ观测的SE无线电遗迹将揭示第二个合并冲击的外缘。

英文摘要:

The results of long XMM-Newton X-ray observations of the NW radio relic of Abell 3667 are presented. A shock is detected at the sharp outer edge of the radio relic, both in the X-ray surface brightness and the temperature profiles. The Mach number is M = 2.54^+0.80_-0.43. The temperature jump at the shock is larger than expected from the density jump, which may indicate that a dynamically important magnetic field aligned primarily parallel to the shock front is present. The gas temperature rises gradually over several arc minutes within the shock region. This could indicate that the shock energy is initially dissipated into some mix of thermal and nonthermal (e.g., turbulence) components, and that the nonthermal energy decays into heat in the post-shock region. The observed radio relic can be powered if ~0.2% of the energy dissipated in the shock goes into the (re)acceleration of relativistic electrons. We show that the observed steepening of the radio spectrum with distance behind the shock is consistent with radiative losses by the radio-emitting electrons. However, the radio spectrum immediately behind the shock is flatter than expected for linear diffusive shock acceleration of thermal electrons. This suggests that the shock re-accelerates a pre-existing population of relativistic electrons. We also detect a bright, cool region (the "Mushroom") to the south of the radio relic, which we propose is the remnant cool core of a merging subcluster, and that this subcluster was the driver for the observed NW shock. In this model, the properties of Abell 3667 are mainly the result of an offset binary merger, and the cluster is being observed about 1 Gyr after first core passage. We predict that deeper X-ray or SZ observations of the SE radio relic will reveal a second merger shock at the outer edge.

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