Investigating the outskirts of Abell 133 with Suzaku and Chandra observations
arXiv:2306.10110 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202347191
Abstract
Past observations and simulations predict an increasingly inhomogeneous gas distribution towards the outskirts of galaxy clusters, but the exact properties of such gas clumping are not yet well known. The outskirts of Abell 133 benefit from deep X-ray observations, with a 2.4 Ms ultra-deep Chandra exposure as well as eight archival Suzaku pointings, making it a unique laboratory to study the clumping of the intracluster medium. We searched for significant clump candidates, in particular aiming to identify those that could represent genuine ICM inhomogeneity. To further understand how clumping biases the thermodynamic profiles, we compared the measurements including and excluding the clump candidates. We jointly analyzed Chandra and Suzaku observations of Abell 133. We selected clump candidates with at least 2 significance based on the Chandra image and further discussed their origins using information from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys cluster catalogue, as well as the CFHT r-band image. We performed multiple rounds of Suzaku spectral analysis with different corrections for the underlying point sources and clump distribution, and compared the resulting thermodynamic profiles. We detected 16 clump candidates using Chandra, most of which are identified as background clusters or galaxies as opposed to intrinsic inhomogeneity. Even after the correction of the resolved clumps, the entropy profile approaching the outskirts still flattens, deviating from the power law model expected from self-similar evolution, which implies that unresolved clumping and other complex physics should contribute to the entropy flattening in the outskirts.
15 pages, 13 figures, submitted to A&A
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