X-Ray Study of Temperature and Abundance Profiles of the Cluster of Galaxies Abell 1060 with Suzaku
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' ≃ 380 h70-1 kpc, which corresponds to ∼ 0.25 r180. 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 ∼ 0.7 solar within r ≲ 17'. O shows a lower abundance of ∼ 0.3 solar in the central region (r ≲ 6'), and indicates a similar feature with Mg; however, it is sensitive to the estimated contribution of the Galactic components of kT1 ∼ 0.15 keV and kT2 ∼ 0.7 keV in the outer annuli (r ≳ 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 ≲ 13'. The formation and metal-enrichment process of the cluster are discussed based on the present results.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
- Pub Date:
- April 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1093/pasj/59.2.299
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0701328
- Bibcode:
- 2007PASJ...59..299S
- Keywords:
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- galaxies: clusters: individual (Abell 1060);
- X-rays: galaxies;
- X-rays: ISM;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 20 pages, 19 figures, accepted for publication in PASJ