Observation of the Coma cluster of galaxies with ROSAT during the all-sky survey

Details Observation of the Coma cluster of galaxies with ROSAT during the all-sky survey Observation of the Coma cluster of galaxies with ROSAT during the all-sky survey

Jun 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992a%26a...259l..31b&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 259, no. 2, p. L31-L34.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Cosmology, Galactic Clusters, Rosat Mission, Sky Surveys (Astronomy), X Ray Imagery, Galactic Mass, X Ray Astronomy, X Ray Sources

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The Coma cluster of galaxies was observed with the position sensitive proportional counter (PSPC) during the ROSAT all sky survey. We find evidence for substructure in this cluster. Diffuse X-ray emission is detected from the regions of the NGC 4839 and 4911 subgroups at 6 percent and 1 percent of the total cluster emission respectively. There may be emission associated with the NGC 4874 and 4889 subgroups as well. The NGC 4839 group appears to be in the process of merging with the cluster. These X-ray data show that at least some of the groups previously found in projection are in fact physical objects possessing potential wells deep enough to trap their own X-ray gas. Because of the unlimited field of view of the all sky survey and the low background of the PSPC, we were able to measure the azimuthally averaged surface brightness of Coma out to approximately 100 arcmin, twice as far as was previously possible. Given the validity of our mass models, these new X-ray data imply that within 5/h(50) Mpc the binding mass of the Coma cluster is 1.8 +/- 0.6 x 10 exp 15/h(50) solar mass, and the fraction of cluster mass contained in hot gas is 0.30 +/- 0.14h(50) exp -3/2. Furthermore, the binding mass is more centrally concentrated than is the X-ray gas.

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