Interaction in the bimodal galaxy cluster A3528
Author(s) -
S. Schindler
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-8711
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1093/mnras/280.1.309
Subject(s) - physics , astrophysics , intracluster medium , rosat , galaxy cluster , radio galaxy , ram pressure , supercluster (genetic) , astronomy , brightest cluster galaxy , cluster (spacecraft) , galaxy , star formation , biochemistry , chemistry , phylogenetics , computer science , gene , programming language
X-ray and radio continuum observations of the bimodal cluster A3528 in theShapley Supercluster are presented. From a ROSAT PSPC pointed observation wefind a marginal tendency of the intracluster gas to be hotter in the regionbetween the two subclusters. This effect can be interpreted as the signature ofinteraction of the subclusters. We infer that the centres of the subclusters inA3528 will meet within a few 10^8 years. In continuum observations at 20cm andat 90cm with the Very Large Array we find four galaxies having radio emission.One of these galaxies shows a head-tail structure suggesting a motion of thegalaxy through the intracluster medium. The radio tail shows an imbalancebetween the thermal pressure of the intra-cluster gas and the pressure of therelativistic electrons.Comment: 8 pages, postscript file including 7 figures, accepted for publication in M.N.R.A.
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