XMM-Newton Proposal 02055701

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Mar 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003xmm..prop..291d&link_type=abstract

XMM-Newton Proposal ID #02055701

Physics

2A 0335+096, Xmm-Newton Proposal 02055701

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The radial temperature profile of the X-ray emitting intra-cluster medium (ICM) is a key observable in determining the total mass of galaxy clusters. To date different studies (ROSAT, ASCA and BeppoSAX) have found conflicting results regarding temperature gradients in clusters and no firm results have been obtained from recent XMM-Newton analysis of a few pointed observations of clusters. We propose to observe the outer cluster regions (i.e. larger than 50%-60% of the virial radius), of three nearby relaxed clusters, to definitely asses whether a temperature decline is present in these regions and, in presence of a gradient, to determine the slope of the temperature profile, which carries important information on the thermodynamical status of the ICM.

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