Chandra X-ray analysis of the massive high-redshift galaxy clusters ClJ1113.1-2615 and ClJ0152.7-1357

Details Chandra X-ray analysis of the massive high-redshift galaxy clusters ClJ1113.1-2615 and ClJ0152.7-1357 Chandra X-ray analysis of the massive high-redshift galaxy clusters ClJ1113.1-2615 and ClJ0152.7-1357

2003-01-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0301218v4

Astrophys.J. 587 (2003) 589-604

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

55 pages, 16 figures, Latex. Accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal. Author address corrected, reference added. Err

Scientific paper

10.1086/368151

We present an analysis of Chandra observations of two high-redshift clusters of galaxies, ClJ1113.1-2615 at z=0.725 and ClJ0152.7-1357 at z=0.833. We find ClJ1113 to be relaxed with kT=4.3^{+0.5}_{-0.4}keV and a mass (within the virial radius) of 4.3^{+0.8}_{-0.7}*10^{14}Msol. ClJ0152, by contrast, is resolved into a northern and southern subcluster, each massive and X-ray luminous, in the process of merging. The temperatures of the subclusters are found to be 5.5^{+0.9}_{-0.8}keV and 5.2^{+1.1}_{-0.9}keV respectively, and their respective masses are 6.1^{+1.7}_{-1.5}*10^{14}Msol and 5.2^{+1.8}_{-1.4}*10^{14}Msol within the virial radii. 2D modelling of the X-ray surface brightness reveals excess emission between the subclusters; suggestive, but not conclusive evidence of a shock front. We make a first attempt at measuring the cluster M-T relation at z~0.8, and find no evolution in its normalisation, supporting the previous assumption of an unevolving M-T relation. We also find little or no evolution in the L-T relation, the gas fraction-T relation, the beta-T relation or the metallicity. These results suggest that, in at least some massive clusters, the hot gas was in place, and containing its metals, at z~0.8. We also highlight the need to correct for the degradation of the Chandra ACIS low energy quantum efficiency in high-redshift cluster studies when the low energy absorption is often assumed to be the Galactic value, rather than measured.

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