Re-observing the EUV emission from Abell 2199: in-situ measurement of background distribution by offset pointing

Details Re-observing the EUV emission from Abell 2199: in-situ measurement of background distribution by offset pointing Re-observing the EUV emission from Abell 2199: in-situ measurement of background distribution by offset pointing

1999-10-15

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9910298v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, 9 figures (1 color), ApJL in press; minor changes in the abstract

Scientific paper

10.1086/312401

The EUV excess emission from the clusters A2199 and A1795 remains an unexplained astrophysical phenomenon. There has been many unsuccessful attempts to `trivialize' the findings. In this Letter we present direct evidence to prove that the most recent of such attempts, which attributes the detected signals to a background non-uniformity effect, is likewise excluded. We address the issue by a re-observation of A2199 which features a new filter orientation, usage of a more sensitive part of the detector and, crucially, includes a background pointing at $\sim$ 2$^o$ offset - the first {\it in situ} measurement of its kind. We demonstrate quantitatively two facts: (a) the offset pointing provides an accurate background template for the cluster observation, while (b) data from other blank fields do not. We then performed point-to-point subtraction of the {\it in situ} background from the cluster field, with appropriate propagation of errors. The resulting cluster radial profile is consistent with that obtained by our original method of subtracting a flat asymptotic background. The emission now extends to a radius of 20 arcmin; it confirms the rising prominence of EUV excess beyond $\sim$ 5 arcmin as previously reported.

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