Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-07-17
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.327:1057,2001
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
15 pages, 15 figures, accepted by MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04809.x
We present the analysis of 30 ksec of Chandra observations of the galaxy cluster Abell 1835. Overall, the X-ray image shows a relaxed morphology, although we detect substructure in in the inner 30 kpc radius. Spectral analysis shows a steep drop in the X-ray gas temperature from ~12 keV in the outer regions of the cluster to ~4 keV in the core. The Chandra data provide tight constraints on the gravitational potential of the cluster which can be parameterized by a Navarro, Frenk & White (1997) model. The X-ray data allow us to measure the X-ray gas mass fraction as a function of radius, leading to a determination of the cosmic matter density of \Omega_m=0.40+-0.09 h_50^-0.5. The projected mass within a radius of ~150 kpc implied by the presence of gravitationally lensed arcs in the cluster is in good agreement with the mass models preferred by the Chandra data. We find a radiative cooling time of the X-ray gas in the centre of Abell 1835 of about 3x10^8 yr. Cooling flow model fits to the Chandra spectrum and a deprojection analysis of the Chandra image both indicate the presence of a young cooling flow (~6x10^8 yr) with an integrated mass deposition rate of 230^+80_-50 M_o yr^-1 within a radius of 30 kpc. We discuss the implications of our results in the light of recent RGS observations of Abell 1835 with XMM-Newton.
Allen Steven W.
Fabian Andrea C.
Schmidt Robert W.
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