Onuora, Lesley I, Kay, Scott T and Thomas, Peter A (2003) Simulated X-ray cluster temperature maps. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 341 (4). pp. 1246-1252. ISSN 0035-8711

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Abstract

Temperature maps are presented of the nine largest clusters in the mock catalogues of Muanwong et al. for both the Preheating and Radiative models. The maps show that clusters are not smooth, featureless systems, but contain a variety of substructure which should be observable. The surface brightness contours are generally elliptical and features that are seen include cold clumps, hot spiral features and cold fronts. Profiles of emission-weighted temperature, surface brightness, density and pressure across the surface brightness discontinuities seen in one of the bimodal clusters are consistent with the cold front in Abell 2142 observed by Markevitch et al.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User:	Lesley Onuora
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2012 19:55
Last Modified:	03 May 2018 11:00
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/22974

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