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Title:
Non-thermal X-rays, a high-abundance ridge and fossil bubbles in the core of the Perseus cluster of galaxies
Authors:
Sanders, J. S.; Fabian, A. C.; Dunn, R. J. H.
Affiliation:
AA(), AB(Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA; ), AC(Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA; )
Publication:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 360, Issue 1, pp. 133-140. (MNRAS Homepage)
Publication Date:
06/2005
Origin:
MNRAS
MNRAS Keywords:
galaxies: clusters: individual: Perseus, intergalactic medium, X-rays: galaxies
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09016.x
Bibliographic Code:
2005MNRAS.360..133S

Abstract

Using a deep Chandra observation of the Perseus cluster of galaxies, we find a high-abundance shell 250 arcsec (93 kpc) from the central nucleus. This ridge lies at the edge of the Perseus radio mini-halo. In addition we identify two Hα filaments pointing towards this shell. We hypothesize that this ridge is the edge of a fossil radio bubble, formed by entrained enriched material lifted from the core of the cluster. There is a temperature jump outside the shell, but the pressure is continuous indicating a cold front. A non-thermal component is mapped over the core of the cluster with a morphology similar to the mini-halo. Its total luminosity is 4.8 × 1043 erg s-1, extending in radius to ~75 kpc. Assuming the non-thermal emission to be the result of inverse Compton scattering of the cosmic microwave background and infrared emission from NGC 1275, we map the magnetic field over the core of the cluster.

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