XMM Observations of Metal Abundances in Galaxy Clusters

Authors

  • L. Lovisari
  • S. Schindler
  • W. Kapferer

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14311/1328

Keywords:

galaxies, cluster, general – galaxies, abundances – X-ray, intergalactic Medium

Abstract

The hot gas that fills the space between galaxies in clusters is rich in metals. Due to their large potential well, galaxy clusters accumulate metals over the whole history of the cluster, and retain important information on cluster formation and evolution.We derive detailed metallicity maps for a sample of 5 clusters, observed with XMM-Newton, to study the distribution of metals in the Intra-Cluster Medium (ICM). We show that even in relaxed clusters the distribution of metals shows many inhomogeneities with several maxima separated by low metallicity regions. We also found a deviation from the expected temperature-metallicity relation.

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Author Biographies

  • L. Lovisari
  • S. Schindler
  • W. Kapferer

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Published

2011-01-01

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How to Cite

Lovisari, L., Schindler, S., & Kapferer, W. (2011). XMM Observations of Metal Abundances in Galaxy Clusters. Acta Polytechnica, 51(1). https://doi.org/10.14311/1328