A deep Chandra observation of the poor cluster AWM4 - II. The role of the radio jets in enriching the intra-cluster medium

Details A deep Chandra observation of the poor cluster AWM4 - II. The role of the radio jets in enriching the intra-cluster medium A deep Chandra observation of the poor cluster AWM4 - II. The role of the radio jets in enriching the intra-cluster medium

2010-10-04

arxiv.org/abs/1010.0610v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in MNRAS, 11 pages, 6 figures

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We use a Chandra observation of the poor cluster AWM4 to map the temperature and abundance of the intra-cluster medium, so as to examine the influence of the central radio galaxy on its environment. While the cluster core is generally enriched to near-solar abundances, we find evidence of super-solar abundances correlated with the radio jets, extending ~35 kpc from the core of the central dominant galaxy NGC 6051 along its minor axis. We conclude that the enriched gas has been transported out of the central galaxy through the action of the radio source. We estimate the excess mass of iron in the entrained gas to be ~1.4x10^6 Msol, and find that this can be produced in the core of NGC 6051 within the timescale of the AGN outburst. The energy required to transport this gas to its current location is ~4.5x10^57 erg, a significant fraction of the estimated total mechanical energy output of the AGN, though this estimate is dependent on the degree of enrichment of the uplifted gas. The larger near-solar abundance region is also compatible with enrichment by metals mixed outward from NGC 6051 over a much longer timescale.

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