X-Ray Study of Temperature and Abundance Profiles of the Cluster of Galaxies Abell 1060 with Suzaku
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: We carried out observations of the central and 20$'$ east offset regions of the cluster of galaxies Abell 1060 with Suzaku. Spatially resolved X-ray spectral analysis has revealed temperature and abundance profiles of Abell 1060 out to 27$'\simeq 380\; h_{70}^{-1}$ kpc, which corresponds to $\sim$ 0.25 $r_{180}$. Temperature decrease of the intra-cluster medium from 3.4 keV at the center to 2.2 keV in the outskirt region was clearly observed. The abundances of Si, S, and Fe also decrease by more than 50% from the center to the outer region, while Mg shows a fairly constant abundance distribution at $\sim 0.7$ solar within $r \lesssim 17'$. O shows a lower abundance of $\sim 0.3$ solar in the central region ($r \lesssim 6'$), and indicates a similar feature with Mg; however, it is sensitive to the estimated contribution of the Galactic components of $kT_1 \sim$ 0.15 keV and $kT_2 \sim$ 0.7 keV in the outer annuli ($r \gtrsim 13'$). Systematic effects due to the point-spread function tails, contamination on the XIS filters, instrumental background, cosmic and/or Galactic X-ray background, and the assumed solar abundance tables were carefully examined. The results on the temperature and abundances of Si, S, and Fe are consistent with those derived by XMM-Newton at $r \lesssim$ 13$'$. The formation and metal-enrichment process of the cluster are discussed based on the present results.
Authors: Kosuke Sato, Noriko Y. Yamasaki, Manabu Ishida, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Takaya Ohashi, Hajime Kawahara, Takao Kitaguchi, Madoka Kawaharada, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuo Makishima, Naomi Ota, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Takayuki Tamura, Kyoko Matsushita, Naomi Kawano, Yasushi Fukazawa, John P. Hughes
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Award: G5758928462
OpenAlex ID: W2077393034