Polarization of resonance X-ray lines from clusters of galaxies

Details Polarization of resonance X-ray lines from clusters of galaxies Polarization of resonance X-ray lines from clusters of galaxies

2001-12-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0112382v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 333 (2002) 191

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 13 figures, submitted to MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05390.x

As is known, resonant scattering can distort the surface-brightness profiles of clusters of galaxies in X-ray lines. We demonstrate that the scattered line emission should be polarized and possibly detectable with near-future X-ray polarimeters. Spectrally-resolved mapping of a galaxy cluster in polarized X-rays could provide valuable independent information on the physical conditions, in particular element abundances and the characteristic velocity of small-scale turbulent motions, in the intracluster gas. The expected degree of polarization is of the order of 10% for richest regular clusters (e.g. Coma) and clusters whose X-ray emission is dominated by a central cooling flow (e.g. Perseus or M87/Virgo).

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