Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-02-04
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.336:299,2002
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 12 figures. Accepted by MNRAS. Minor changes following referee's comments
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05743.x
We present results from an analysis of two Chandra observations of the rich, nearby galaxy cluster Abell 2199. We find evidence (having corrected for projection effects) for radial gradients in temperature and metallicity in the X-ray emitting gas: the temperature drops from kT~4.2 keV at R=200 kpc to 1.6 keV within R=5 kpc of the centre. The metallicity rises from ~0.3 solar at R=200 kpc to ~0.7 solar at R=30 kpc before dropping to 0.3 solar within the central 5 kpc. We find evidence for structure in the surface brightness distribution associated with the central radio source 3C338. No evidence is found for the gas having a large spread in temperature at any particular location despite the cooling time being short (<10**9yr) within the central ~15 kpc. Heating and mass cooling rates are calculated for various assumptions about the state of the gas.
Allen Steven W.
Fabian Andrea C.
Johnstone R. M.
Sanders Jeffrey S.
No associations
LandOfFree
Chandra observations of Abell 2199 does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.
If you have personal experience with Chandra observations of Abell 2199, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Chandra observations of Abell 2199 will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-346095