Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1996-12-31
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scheduled for the April 1997 Astronomical Journal; 35 pages including 5 figures; also available from http://ethel.as.arizona
Scientific paper
10.1086/118336
(Abridged) We report the detection of X-ray emission from the host cluster of the radio-quiet quasar H1821+643 with the ROSAT HRI, and the non-detection of the host cluster of the radio-loud quasar 3C206 using the EINSTEIN HRI. CL1821+643 has a rest-frame 0.1-2.4 keV luminosity of 3.74$\pm$0.57 h$_{50}^{-2}$ 10^45 ergs/sec, 38% from a barely resolved cooling flow component, which places it among the most X-ray luminous clusters known. The cluster emission complicates interpretation of previous X-ray spectra of this field; in particular, the observed FeK$\alpha$ emission can probably be attributed entirely to the cluster, and either the quasar is relatively X-ray quiet for its optical luminosity or the cluster has a relatively low temperature for its luminosity. We combine these data with the recent detection of X-ray emission from the host cluster of the `buried' radio-quiet quasar IRAS 09104+4109, our previous upper limits for the host clusters of two z$\sim$0.7 RLQs, and literature data on FR II radio galaxies and compare to the predictions of three models for the presence and evolution of powerful AGN in clusters: the low-velocity-dispersion model, the low-ICM-density model, and the cooling flow model. Neither of the latter two models can explain all the observations. We suggest that strong interactions with gas-containing galaxies may be the only mechanism needed to explain the presence and evolution of powerful AGN in clusters, consistent with the far-IR and optical properties of the host galaxies studied here. However, the cooling flow model cannot be ruled out for at least some objects, and it is likely that both processes are at work. Each scenario makes predictions for future X-ray and optical observations which can test their relative importance.
Ellingson Erica E.
Green Richard F.
Hall Patrick B.
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