An X-ray absorption analysis of the high-velocity system in NGC 1275
arXiv:astro-ph/0310784 · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07336.x
Abstract
We present an X-ray absorption analysis of the high-velocity system (HVS) in NGC 1275 using results from a deep 200 ks Chandra observation. We are able to describe the morphology of the HVS in more detail than ever before. We present an HST image for comparison, and note close correspondence between the deepest X-ray absorption and the optical absorption. A column density map of the HVS shows an average column density NH of 1x10^21 cm^-2 with a range from ~5x10^20 to 5x10^21 cm^-2. From the NH map we calculate a total mass for the absorbing gas in the HVS of (1.32+-0.05)x10^9 solar masses at solar abundance. 75 per cent of the absorbing mass is contained in the four regions of deepest absorption. We examine temperature maps produced by spectral fitting and find no direct evidence for shocked gas in the HVS. Using deprojection methods and the depth of the observed absorption, we are able to put a lower limit on the distance of the HVS from the nucleus of 57 kpc, showing that the HVS is quite separate from the body of NGC 1275.
arXiv comment6 pages, 5 colour figures, accepted by MNRAS
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