Largely Extended X-ray Emission around the Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4636 Observed with ASCA

Abstract

ASCA observations of NGC 4636 and a southern region have revealed extended X-ray emission to a radius of about 300 kpc from the galaxy. The symmetric nature of the observed surface brightness around NGC 4636 indicates its association to this galaxy rather than to the Virgo cluster. Model independent estimation of the gravitational mass profile shows a flattening at a radius of $20\sim 35$ kpc, where the total mass reaches $\sim 6\times 10^{11}{M}_{\odot }$ and a mass-to-light ratio of 23. The mass still increases to larger radii, reaching $9\times 10^{12}{M}_{\odot }$ with a mass-to-light ratio of 300 at $\sim$ 300 kpc from NGC 4636. These features suggest presence of a galaxy group surrounding NGC 4636. If such optically dark groups are common among X-ray bright ellipticals, it would explain the very large scatter in their X-ray luminosities with similar optical luminosities.

14 pages with 3 figures, AAS Latex, accepted to ApJL

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