X-ray analysis of the Planck-detected triplet-cluster system PLCK G334.8-38

Abstract

We conducted an X-ray analysis of one of the two Planck-detected triplet-cluster systems, PLCK G334.8-38.0, with a $\sim 100$~ks deep XMM-Newton data. We find that the system has a redshift of $z=0.37\pm 0.01$ but the precision of the X-ray spectroscopy for two members is too low to rule out a projected triplet system, demanding optical spectroscopy for further investigation. In projection, the system looks almost like an equilateral triangle with an edge length of $\sim 2.0\mathrm{Mpc}$, but masses are very unevenly distributed ($M_{500}\sim [2.5,0.7,0.3]\times 10^{14}{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$ from bright to faint). The brightest member appears to be a relaxed cool-core cluster and is more than twice as massive as both other members combined. The second brightest member appears to be a disturbed non-cool-core cluster and the third member was too faint to make any classification. None of the clusters have an overlapping $R_{500}$ region and no signs of cluster interaction were found; however, the XMM-Newton data alone are probably not sensitive enough to detect such signs, and a joint analysis of X-ray and the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect (tSZ) is needed for further investigation, which may also reveal the presence of the warm-hot intergalactic medium (WHIM) within the system. The comparison with the other Planck-detected triplet-cluster-system (PLCK G214.6+36.9) shows that they have rather different configurations, suggesting rather different merger scenarios, under the assumption that they are both not simply projected triplet systems.

Accepted for publication by A&A. Comments welcome! (22 pages, 13 figures)

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