Chandra observation of a cold front in Abell 2554
arXiv:1907.00499 · doi:10.1093/mnras/stz1912
Abstract
We present the evidence for the existence of substructure in the cold front cluster A2554 based on a 20.14 ks Chandra observation. Using centroid shift and X-ray brightness concentration parameters, we confirm that A2554 is a dynamically disturbed system. We detect two dominant structures; a main cluster at z = 0.1108 and a foreground northern substructure at z = 0.1082. The analysis reveals an X-ray surface brightness edge at r \simeq 60 kpc from the cluster core. The thermodynamical profiles across the edge are ruling out the shock scenario. The temperature jump (from \sim 6 keV to \sim 10 keV), and pressure equilibrium (P0/P1 = 1.01 \pm 0.23) across the edge, are consistent with the definition of a cold front with a Mach number M=0.94^{+0.13}_{-0.17} also observed a weak bow-shock at \sim 100 kpc in front of the cold cloud, corresponding an upper limit to the Mach number M \sim 1.1. If the northern substructure was not related to the cold front, we conclude that the transonic motion of the cloud is caused by a merger, which was weak or occurred long ago.
arXiv comment9 pages, 7 figures
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