SUZAKU Observation of a New Merging Group of Galaxies at a Filamentary Junction

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2011-01-03

arxiv.org/abs/1101.0614v1

ApJ,727,L38 (2011)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

6 pages, 4 figures 1 table, Accepted by ApJ Letters

Scientific paper

10.1088/2041-8205/727/2/L38

We report on a new merging group of galaxies, Suzaku J1552+2739 at z ~ 0.08 revealed by a SUZAKU observation. The group was found by observing a junction of galaxy filaments optically identified in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectroscopic data. Suzaku J1552+2739 exhibits an irregular morphology and presents several peaks in its X-ray image. A bright elliptical galaxy, observable in the central peak, allows the localization of the group at z = 0.083. We found a significant hot spot visible in the X-ray hardness map, close to the second peak. The spectroscopic temperature is T = 1.6+0.4-0.1 keV within R500 = 0.6 Mpc and T = 3 - 5 keV in the hot spot. We interpret those results as Suzaku J1552+2739 being located in the center of a major merging process. The observation of a galaxy group showing multiple X-ray peaks and a hot spot at the same time is rare and we believe in particular that the study of Suzaku J1552+2739 potentially presents a significant interest to better understand the dynamical and thermal evolution of the intragroup and intracluster medium, as well as its relation with surrounding environment.

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