Evidence for X-ray emission from superclusters of galaxies determined from UHURU

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Feb 1978

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor, vol. 219, Feb. 1, 1978, p. L89-L93.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

36

Bremsstrahlung, Galactic Clusters, Uhuru Satellite, X Ray Sources, Astronomical Catalogs, Cosmology, High Temperature Gases, Spaceborne Astronomy, Virial Theorem

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X-ray emission from three class 2 clusters of rich clusters of galaxies has been detected. A definition for these objects based in part on Abell's (1961) description is used, and 12 candidate superclusters of distance class 5 and six clusters are found within the area of sky covered by the 4U catalog. The probability that these three X-ray sources accidentally coincide with the superclusters is less than 0.003. Equally low probabilities are found that the X-ray emission is due to either a single luminous cluster or to the combined emission of all members of the supercluster. A possible explanation of these sources is thermal bremsstrahlung emission from a hot tenuous gas pervading the supercluster. The mass of the gas can be as much as 10 times the mass of the galaxies in the supercluster and comparable to the virial mass necessary to bind the supercluster gravitationally. Should such regions of enhanced gas density be found to be associated with all groups of clusters (multiplicity of at least 2), this gas may provide a significant fraction of the mass required to close the universe.

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