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Mar 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994apj...423..143t&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 423, no. 1, p. 143-171
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Astronomical Models, Emission Spectra, Galactic Radiation, Intergalactic Media, Mass Spectra, X Ray Sources, Brightness Distribution, Density Distribution, Heao 2, Proportional Counters, Temperature Profiles, Thermal Conductivity
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We reanalyze the density and temperature profiles of the X-ray-emitting gas around M87, assuming a spherically symmetric, single-phase model. For given assumed density and temperature profiles, we predict Einstein High Resolution Imager (HRI) and Imaging Proportional Counter (IPC) surface brightness distribution as well as Focal Point Crystal Spectrometer (FPCS) line fluxes, which we compare with the data. We find that a good fit to these data can be obtained and that, with a suitable adjustment of the abundances, the equivalent width of the iron complex at 7 keV as observed by wide-beam instruments can also be explained. In contrast to this, the Einstein Solid State Spectrometer (SSS) spectrum and optically determined mass profiles cannot be accounted for simultaneously with the previous X-ray data. We show that the disagreement of the Solid State Spectrometer with our models is due to an inconsistency of the Solid State Spectrometer data with that of the other X-ray instruments. Because of this, we find no evidence for the existence of absorption above the Galactic value, contrary to an earlier claim based on Solid State Spectrometer data. The disagreement of our models with optical mass data is due either to the assumption of a single-phase model, thus rendering the model unacceptable, or possibly to maximal systematic errors in the FPCS data. We also show that thermal conduction at the Spitzer rate is important in our models, although this conclusion is of limited importance in view of the poor fit of our models to the data.
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