Temperature Structure of Four Merging Clusters Obtained with Chandra

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2000-12-11

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0012215v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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3 pages, 6 color PS figures. To appear in Proc. "X-ray astronomy 2000" (Palermo, September 2000), Eds. R. Giacconi, L. Stella,

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We present preliminary Chandra results on z=0.2 clusters A665, A2163 and A2218, and a z=0.05 cluster A754. For A754, A665 and A2163, we have derived first high-resolution projected gas temperature maps. All three show strong spatial temperature variations in the inner r<0.5-1 Mpc regions, indicating ongoing mergers. The maps reveal a probable shock in front of a moving cluster core in A665, a rather complicated temperature distribution in the center of A2163, and possibly a merger of three subclusters in A754. At greater off-center distances, radial profiles for A2163 and A2218 show a temperature decline, in agreement with earlier ASCA results.

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