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Suzaku Observations of the Merging Cluster Abell 85: Temperature Map and Impact Direction (1006.4328v1)

Published 22 Jun 2010 in astro-ph.CO

Abstract: To investigate the present situation of the merging in the southern outer region of Abell 85, we carried out long (~100 ks) observations with Suzaku, and produced an X-ray hardness ratio map. We found a high hardness ratio peak in the east side of a subcluster located in the south of the cluster; an X-ray spectrum of the region including this peak indicates a high temperature of ~8.5 keV. This hot spot has not been reported so far. We consider that this hot spot is a postshock region produced by the infall of the subcluster from the southwest. By using the Rankine--Hugoniot jump conditions for shocks, the Mach number and the infall velocity of the subcluster are obtained as 1.5 +/- 0.2 and 1950{+290}_{-280} km s{-1}, respectively, in the case of merging with the subcluster from the southwest direction. By using the redshift difference between the A 85 and the subcluster obtained from optical observations, the angle between the line of sight and the direction of the motion of the subcluster is estimated to be 75{+7}_{-8} degrees. We estimate the kinetic energy of the subcluster and the energy used for intracluster medium (ICM) heating to be ~10{63} and \lesssim 8 \times 10{60} erg, respectively. This shows that the deceleration of the subcluster by ICM heating has been negligibly small.

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