Nonthermal hard X-ray excess in the cluster Abell 2256 from two epoch observations

Details Nonthermal hard X-ray excess in the cluster Abell 2256 from two epoch observations Nonthermal hard X-ray excess in the cluster Abell 2256 from two epoch observations

2005-04-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0504147v1

Astrophys.J. 624 (2005) L69-L72

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 3 figures, 1 table - ApJL, in press

Scientific paper

10.1086/430736

After confirmation of the presence of a nonthermal hard X-ray excess with respect to the thermal emission in the Coma cluster from two independent observations, obtained using the Phoswich Detection System onboard BeppoSAX, we present in this Letter also for Abell 2256 the results of two observations performed with a time interval of about 2.5 yr. In both spectra a nonthermal excess is present at a confidence level of ~3.3sigma and ~3.7sigma, respectively. The combined spectrum obtained by adding up the two spectra allows to measure an excess at the level of ~4.8sigma in the 20-80 keV energy range. The nonthermal X-ray flux is in agreement with the published value of the first observation (Fusco-Femiano et al. 2000) and with that measured by a Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer observation (Rephaeli & Gruber 2003).

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