ABUNDANCE GRADIENTS IN COOLING FLOW CLUSTERS - GINGA LARGE-AREA COUNTERS AND EINSTEIN SOLID-STATE SPECTROMETER SPECTRA OF A496, A1795, A2142, AND A2199

Citation
Re. White et al., ABUNDANCE GRADIENTS IN COOLING FLOW CLUSTERS - GINGA LARGE-AREA COUNTERS AND EINSTEIN SOLID-STATE SPECTROMETER SPECTRA OF A496, A1795, A2142, AND A2199, The Astrophysical journal, 433(2), 1994, pp. 583-601
Citations number
69
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
ISSN journal
0004637X
Volume
433
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Part
1
Pages
583 - 601
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(1994)433:2<583:AGICFC>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We analyze the Ginga LAC and Einstein SSS spectra of four cooling flow clusters, A496, A1795, A2142, and A2199, each of which shows firm evi dence of a relatively cool component. The inclusion of such cool spect ral components in joint fits of SSS and LAC data leads to somewhat hig her global temperatures than are derived from the high-energy LAC data alone. We find little evidence of cool emission outside the SSS field of view. Metal abundances appear to be centrally enhanced in all four clusters, with varying degrees of model dependence and statistical si gnificance: the evidence is statistically strongest for A496 and A2142 , somewhat weaker for A2199 and weakest for A1795. We also explore the model dependence in the amount of cold, X-ray absorbing matter discov ered in these clusters by White et al.