Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-02-19
Astron.Astrophys. 394 (2002) 77-88
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, 16 figures and 3 tables, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20021140
We present a study of the medium distant cluster of galaxies Abell 1835 based on XMM-Newton data. The high quality of XMM-Newton data enable us to perform spectro-imaging of the cluster up to large radii. We determine the gas and total mass profiles based on the hydrostatic approach using the beta-model and the temperature profile. For the determination of the temperature profile of the ICM, which is needed for the mass determination, we apply a double background subtraction, which accounts for the various kinds of background present (particle and astrophysical background). We find a basically flat temperature profile up to 0.75 r_200 with a temperature decrease towards the center linked to the cooling flow. We obtain a gas mass fraction of (20.7 +/- 3.7)%, which is a lower limit on the baryon fraction in this cluster. Using this value as baryon fraction for the entire universe, we obtain by combining our results with results based on primordial nucleosynthesis, an upper limit for Omega_m < 0.5h_{50}^{-1/2}, which is in good agreement with other recent studies.
Majerowicz Sebastien
Neumann Doris M.
Reiprich Thomas H.
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