Revealing a Highly Dynamic Cluster Core in Abell 1664 with Chandra
© 2019. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. We present new, deep (245 ks) Chandra observations of the galaxy cluster Abell 1664 (z =0.1283). These images reveal rich structure, including elongation and accompanying compressions of the X-ray isophotes in the NE-SW direction, sugge...
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| author | Calzadilla, Michael S Russell, Helen R McDonald, Michael A Fabian, Andrew C Baum, Stefi A Combes, Françoise Donahue, Megan Edge, Alastair C McNamara, Brian R Nulsen, Paul EJ O’Dea, Christopher P Oonk, JB Raymond Tremblay, Grant R Vantyghem, Adrian N |
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| description | © 2019. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. We present new, deep (245 ks) Chandra observations of the galaxy cluster Abell 1664 (z =0.1283). These images reveal rich structure, including elongation and accompanying compressions of the X-ray isophotes in the NE-SW direction, suggesting that the hot gas is sloshing in the gravitational potential. This sloshing has resulted in cold fronts, at distances of 50, 110, and 325 kpc from the cluster center. Our results indicate that the core of A1664 is highly disturbed, as the global metallicity and cooling time flatten at small radii, implying mixing on a range of scales. The central active galactic nucleus (AGN) appears to have recently undergone a mechanical outburst, as evidenced by our detection of cavities. These cavities are the X-ray manifestations of radio bubbles inflated by the AGN and may explain the motion of cold molecular CO clouds previously observed with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA). The estimated mechanical power of the AGN, using the minimum energy required to inflate the cavities as a proxy, is erg s-1, which may be enough to drive the molecular gas flows, and offset the cooling luminosity of the intracluster medium, at erg s-1. This mechanical power is orders of magnitude higher than the measured upper limit on the X-ray luminosity of the central AGN, suggesting that its black hole may be extremely massive and/or radiatively inefficient. We map temperature variations on the same spatial scale as the molecular gas and find that the most rapidly cooling gas is mostly coincident with the molecular gas reservoir centered on the brightest cluster galaxy's systemic velocity observed with ALMA and may be fueling cold accretion onto the central black hole. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1324712021-09-21T03:29:46Z Revealing a Highly Dynamic Cluster Core in Abell 1664 with Chandra Calzadilla, Michael S Russell, Helen R McDonald, Michael A Fabian, Andrew C Baum, Stefi A Combes, Françoise Donahue, Megan Edge, Alastair C McNamara, Brian R Nulsen, Paul EJ O’Dea, Christopher P Oonk, JB Raymond Tremblay, Grant R Vantyghem, Adrian N © 2019. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. We present new, deep (245 ks) Chandra observations of the galaxy cluster Abell 1664 (z =0.1283). These images reveal rich structure, including elongation and accompanying compressions of the X-ray isophotes in the NE-SW direction, suggesting that the hot gas is sloshing in the gravitational potential. This sloshing has resulted in cold fronts, at distances of 50, 110, and 325 kpc from the cluster center. Our results indicate that the core of A1664 is highly disturbed, as the global metallicity and cooling time flatten at small radii, implying mixing on a range of scales. The central active galactic nucleus (AGN) appears to have recently undergone a mechanical outburst, as evidenced by our detection of cavities. These cavities are the X-ray manifestations of radio bubbles inflated by the AGN and may explain the motion of cold molecular CO clouds previously observed with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA). The estimated mechanical power of the AGN, using the minimum energy required to inflate the cavities as a proxy, is erg s-1, which may be enough to drive the molecular gas flows, and offset the cooling luminosity of the intracluster medium, at erg s-1. This mechanical power is orders of magnitude higher than the measured upper limit on the X-ray luminosity of the central AGN, suggesting that its black hole may be extremely massive and/or radiatively inefficient. We map temperature variations on the same spatial scale as the molecular gas and find that the most rapidly cooling gas is mostly coincident with the molecular gas reservoir centered on the brightest cluster galaxy's systemic velocity observed with ALMA and may be fueling cold accretion onto the central black hole. 2021-09-20T18:22:36Z 2021-09-20T18:22:36Z 2020-11-03T19:16:08Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/132471 en 10.3847/1538-4357/AB09F6 Astrophysical Journal Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Astronomical Society The American Astronomical Society |
| spellingShingle | Calzadilla, Michael S Russell, Helen R McDonald, Michael A Fabian, Andrew C Baum, Stefi A Combes, Françoise Donahue, Megan Edge, Alastair C McNamara, Brian R Nulsen, Paul EJ O’Dea, Christopher P Oonk, JB Raymond Tremblay, Grant R Vantyghem, Adrian N Revealing a Highly Dynamic Cluster Core in Abell 1664 with Chandra |
| title | Revealing a Highly Dynamic Cluster Core in Abell 1664 with Chandra |
| title_full | Revealing a Highly Dynamic Cluster Core in Abell 1664 with Chandra |
| title_fullStr | Revealing a Highly Dynamic Cluster Core in Abell 1664 with Chandra |
| title_full_unstemmed | Revealing a Highly Dynamic Cluster Core in Abell 1664 with Chandra |
| title_short | Revealing a Highly Dynamic Cluster Core in Abell 1664 with Chandra |
| title_sort | revealing a highly dynamic cluster core in abell 1664 with chandra |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/132471 |
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