• The Evolution and Mass Dependence of Galaxy Cluster Pressure Profiles at 0.05 $\le z \le$ 0.60 and $4 \times 10^{14}$ M$_{\odot}$ $\le \textrm{M}_{500} \le 30 \times 10^{14}$ M$_{\odot}$

    分类: 天文学 >> 天文学 提交时间: 2023-02-19

    摘要: We have combined X-ray observations from Chandra with Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect data from Planck and Bolocam to measure intra-cluster medium pressure profiles from 0.03R$_{500}$ $\le$ R $\le$ 5R$_{500}$ for a sample of 21 low-$z$ galaxy clusters with a median redshift $\langle z \rangle = 0.08$ and a median mass $\langle \textrm{M}_{500} \rangle = 6.1 \times 10^{14}$ M$_{\odot}$ and a sample of 19 mid-$z$ galaxy clusters with $\langle z \rangle = 0.50$ and $\langle \textrm{M}_{500} \rangle = 10.6 \times 10^{14}$ M$_{\odot}$. The mean scaled pressure in the low-$z$ sample is lower at small radii and higher at large radii, a trend that is accurately reproduced in similarly selected samples from The300 simulations. This difference appears to be primarily due to dynamical state at small radii, evolution at intermediate radii, and a combination of evolution and mass dependence at large radii. Furthermore, the overall flattening of the mean scaled pressure profile in the low-$z$ sample compared to the mid-$z$ sample is consistent with expectations due to differences in mass accretion rate and the fractional impact of feedback mechanisms. In agreement with previous studies, the fractional scatter about the mean scaled pressure profile reaches a minimum of $\simeq 20$ per cent near 0.5R$_{500}$. This scatter is consistent between the low-$z$ and mid-$z$ samples at all radii, suggesting it is not strongly impacted by sample selection, and this general behavior is reproduced in The300 simulations. Finally, analytic functions that approximately describe the mass and redshift trends in mean pressure profile shape are provided.

  • A shock near the virial radius of the Perseus Cluster

    分类: 天文学 >> 天文学 提交时间: 2023-02-19

    摘要: Previous X-ray studies of the Perseus Cluster, consisting of 85 Suzaku pointings along eight azimuthal directions, revealed a particularly steep decrease in the projected temperature profile near the virial radius (~r200) towards the northwest (NW). To further explore this shock candidate, another 4 Suzaku observations on the NW edge of the Perseus Cluster have been obtained. These deeper data were designed to provide the best possible control of systematic uncertainties in the spectral analysis. Using the combined Suzaku observations, we have carefully investigated this interesting region by analyzing the spectra of various annuli and extracting projected thermodynamic profiles. We find that the projected temperature profile shows a break near r200, indicating a shock with M = 1.9+-0.3. Corresponding discontinuities are also found in the projected emission measure and the density profiles at the same location. This evidence of a shock front so far away from the cluster center is unprecedented, and may provide a first insight into the properties of large-scale virial shocks which shape the process of galaxy cluster growth.