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z~0.4处大质量星系团CL0238.3+2005的并合:刚经过近心点之后?

Merger of massive galaxy cluster CL0238.3+2005 at z~0.4: just after pericenter passage?

N. Lyskova, E. Churazov, I. Khabibullin, I. F. Bikmaev, R. A. Burenin, W. R. Forman, I. M. Khamitov, K. Rajpurohit, R. Sunyaev, C. Jones, R. Kraft, I. Zaznobin,… 展开作者

N. Lyskova, E. Churazov, I. Khabibullin, I. F. Bikmaev, R. A. Burenin, W. R. Forman, I. M. Khamitov, K. Rajpurohit, R. Sunyaev, C. Jones, R. Kraft, I. Zaznobin, M. A. Gorbachev, M. V. Suslikov, R. I. Gumerov, N. A. Sakhibullin

AI总结:

研究利用多波段X射线、光学成像与光谱证据,确认z≈0.42的大质量星系团CL0238.3+2005处于近心点通过后约0.1 Gyr内的罕见正面并合阶段。

摘要:

大质量星系团在可观测宇宙中非常罕见。更罕见的是在此类星系团接近近心点通过时观测到的并合。这里,我们报告一个这样的案例:位于z≈0.42的一个大质量(约10^15 M⊙)且炽热(kT约10 keV)的星系团CL0238.3+2005。对于该星系团,我们结合了来自SRG/eROSITA和Chandra的X射线数据、DESI的光学图像,以及BTA和RTT-150望远镜的光谱。X射线和光学形态表明存在一次正在进行的并合,其子晕的投影间距约为200 kpc。暂时归属于两个并合晕的星系的视线速度相差2000–3000 km/s。我们得出结论,最合理的情况是,并合轴既不接近视线方向,也不接近天空平面。我们将CL0238与两个著名星系团MACS0416和Bullet进行比较,并得出结论:CL0238对应于并合前的MACS0416星系团与并合后的Bullet星系团之间的中间阶段。也就是说,该星系团最近(仅在≲0.1 Gyr前)经历了一次近乎正面的并合。我们认为,这个“刚经过之后”的系统是一个非常罕见的案例,也是引力透镜、Sunyaev-Zeldovich效应和X射线研究的极佳目标,这些研究可以约束从并合动力学到自相互作用暗物质,以及星系团内介质中与冲击波相关的等离子体效应等性质,例如电子—离子平衡效率和相对论性粒子加速。

英文摘要:

Massive clusters of galaxies are very rare in the observable Universe. Even rarer are mergers of such clusters observed close to pericenter passage. Here, we report on one such case: a massive (~ $10^{15}\,M_\odot$) and hot (kT ~ 10 keV) cluster CL0238.3+2005 at $z\approx 0.42$. For this cluster, we combine X-ray data from SRG/eROSITA and Chandra, optical images from DESI, and spectroscopy from BTA and RTT-150 telescopes. The X-ray and optical morphologies suggest an ongoing merger with the projected separation of subhalos of $\sim 200$ kpc. The line-of-sight velocity of galaxies tentatively associated with the two merging halos differs by 2000-3000 km/s. We conclude that, most plausibly, the merger axis is neither close to the line of sight nor to the sky plane. We compare CL0238 with two well-known clusters MACS0416 and Bullet, and conclude that CL0238 corresponds to an intermediate phase between the pre-merging MACS0416 cluster and the post-merger Bullet cluster. Namely, this cluster has recently (only $\lesssim 0.1$ Gyr ago) experienced an almost head-on merger. We argue that this "just after" system is a very rare case and an excellent target for lensing, Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect, and X-ray studies that can constrain properties ranging from dynamics of mergers to self-interacting dark matter, and plasma effects in intracluster medium that are associated with shock waves, e.g., electron-ion equilibration efficiency and relativistic particle acceleration.

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