ROSAT and BeppoSAX evidence of soft X-ray excess emission in the Shapley supercluster: A3571, A3558, A3560 and A3562
arXiv:astro-ph/0103331 · doi:10.1086/320259
Abstract
Excess soft X-ray emission in clusters of galaxies has so far been detected for sources that lie along lines-of-sight to very low Galactic HI column density (such as Coma, A1795, A2199 and Virgo, N_H 0.9-2.0 10^{20} cm-2). We show that the cluster soft excess emission can be investigated even at higher N_H, which provides an opportunity for investigating soft X-ray emission characteristics among a large number of clusters. The ROSAT PSPC analysis of some members of the Shapley concentration (A3571, A3558, A3560 and A3562, at N_H 4-4.5 10^{20} cm-2) bears evidence for excess emission in the 1/4 keV band. We were able to confirm the finding for the case of A3571 by a pointed SAX observation. Within the current sample the soft X-ray flux is again found to be consistently above the level expected from a hot virialized plasma. The data quality is however insufficient to enable a discrimination between alternative models of the excess low energy flux.
arXiv commentApJL in press, 5 figures
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