X-ray surface brightness and gas density fluctuations in the Coma cluster

X-ray surface brightness fluctuations in the core (650 × 650 kpc) region of the Coma cluster observed with XMM-Newton and Chandra are analysed using a 2D power spectrum approach. The resulting 2D spectra are converted to 3D power spectra of gas density fluctuations. Our independent analyses of the X...

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Asıl Yazarlar: Churazov, E, Vikhlinin, A, Zhuravleva, I, Schekochihin, A, Parrish, I, Sunyaev, R, Forman, W, Böhringer, H, Randall, S
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Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: 2012
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author Churazov, E
Vikhlinin, A
Zhuravleva, I
Schekochihin, A
Parrish, I
Sunyaev, R
Forman, W
Böhringer, H
Randall, S
author_facet Churazov, E
Vikhlinin, A
Zhuravleva, I
Schekochihin, A
Parrish, I
Sunyaev, R
Forman, W
Böhringer, H
Randall, S
author_sort Churazov, E
collection OXFORD
description X-ray surface brightness fluctuations in the core (650 × 650 kpc) region of the Coma cluster observed with XMM-Newton and Chandra are analysed using a 2D power spectrum approach. The resulting 2D spectra are converted to 3D power spectra of gas density fluctuations. Our independent analyses of the XMM-Newton and Chandra observations are in excellent agreement and provide the most sensitive measurements of surface brightness and density fluctuations for a hot cluster. We find that the characteristic amplitude of the volume filling density fluctuations relative to the smooth underlying density distribution varies from 7-10 per cent on scales of ~500kpc down to ~5 per cent on scales of ~30kpc. On smaller spatial scales, projection effects smear the density fluctuations by a large factor, precluding strong limits on the fluctuations in 3D. On the largest scales probed (hundreds of kpc), the dominant contributions to the observed fluctuations most likely arise from perturbations of the gravitational potential by the two most massive galaxies in Coma, NGC4874 and NGC4889, and the low-entropy gas brought to the cluster by an infalling group. Other plausible sources of X-ray surface brightness fluctuations are discussed, including turbulence, metal abundance variations and unresolved sources. Despite a variety of possible origins for density fluctuations, the gas in the Coma cluster core is remarkably homogeneous on scales from ~500 to ~30kpc. © 2012 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society © 2012 RAS.
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spelling oxford-uuid:f9e39dd1-1a19-4b2d-8992-4ae1e5b61d632022-03-27T13:01:30ZX-ray surface brightness and gas density fluctuations in the Coma clusterJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:f9e39dd1-1a19-4b2d-8992-4ae1e5b61d63EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2012Churazov, EVikhlinin, AZhuravleva, ISchekochihin, AParrish, ISunyaev, RForman, WBöhringer, HRandall, SX-ray surface brightness fluctuations in the core (650 × 650 kpc) region of the Coma cluster observed with XMM-Newton and Chandra are analysed using a 2D power spectrum approach. The resulting 2D spectra are converted to 3D power spectra of gas density fluctuations. Our independent analyses of the XMM-Newton and Chandra observations are in excellent agreement and provide the most sensitive measurements of surface brightness and density fluctuations for a hot cluster. We find that the characteristic amplitude of the volume filling density fluctuations relative to the smooth underlying density distribution varies from 7-10 per cent on scales of ~500kpc down to ~5 per cent on scales of ~30kpc. On smaller spatial scales, projection effects smear the density fluctuations by a large factor, precluding strong limits on the fluctuations in 3D. On the largest scales probed (hundreds of kpc), the dominant contributions to the observed fluctuations most likely arise from perturbations of the gravitational potential by the two most massive galaxies in Coma, NGC4874 and NGC4889, and the low-entropy gas brought to the cluster by an infalling group. Other plausible sources of X-ray surface brightness fluctuations are discussed, including turbulence, metal abundance variations and unresolved sources. Despite a variety of possible origins for density fluctuations, the gas in the Coma cluster core is remarkably homogeneous on scales from ~500 to ~30kpc. © 2012 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society © 2012 RAS.
spellingShingle Churazov, E
Vikhlinin, A
Zhuravleva, I
Schekochihin, A
Parrish, I
Sunyaev, R
Forman, W
Böhringer, H
Randall, S
X-ray surface brightness and gas density fluctuations in the Coma cluster
title X-ray surface brightness and gas density fluctuations in the Coma cluster
title_full X-ray surface brightness and gas density fluctuations in the Coma cluster
title_fullStr X-ray surface brightness and gas density fluctuations in the Coma cluster
title_full_unstemmed X-ray surface brightness and gas density fluctuations in the Coma cluster
title_short X-ray surface brightness and gas density fluctuations in the Coma cluster
title_sort x ray surface brightness and gas density fluctuations in the coma cluster
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