XMM-Newton Large Programme Details



PROPOSAL OVERVIEW
Proposal Title Measuring velocity structures in the Abell 3266 cluster
Proposal Category Galaxies, Groups of Galaxies, Clusters of Galaxies and Superclusters
Proposal Type LARGE PROGRAM
Proposal Id 092188
Number of Observations 8
Total exposure time (ks) 784

PI DETAILS
PI Dr. Efrain Gatuzz
Institute Max-Planck-Institut fuer Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE)
Country GERMANY

CO-INVESTIGATORS
Name Country
J. Sanders GERMANY
A. Fabian UNITED KINGDOM
K. Dennerl GERMANY
H. Russell UNITED KINGDOM
D. Eckert SWITZERLAND
S. Walker UNITED STATES
C. Pinto ITALY
J. Zuhone UNITED STATES
A. Liu GERMANY

ABSTRACT
There are few direct measurements of the intracluster medium (ICM) velocity structure, despite its importance for understanding cluster physics. It has been shown that the EPIC-pn energy scale can be calibrated with the Cu Ka instrumental line to measure bulk flows of the ICM. Applying this technique, we have analyzed the velocity distribution of clusters involving AGN feedback (Virgo and Centaurus) and a relaxed system (Ophiuchus). We propose to observe the Galaxy cluster A3266 (total exposure time 784 ks), a well-known merging system made up of several subclusters, to produce high resolution maps of the velocity structure of the ICM. A3266 is an excellent target to investigate motions involving merging phenomena.

PAPERS
Authors marked in red are (co-)investigators in the proposal

Classification of papers are:
- CLASS 1:   papers that present specific XMM-Newton observations
- CLASS 2: papers that refer to published XMM-Newton results with complementary observations, follow-up analysis, or theoretical analysis
- CLASS 3: further deliveries which resulted from the program and which are made available to the community (e.g. source catalogues, processed images or spectra in public data base)
- CLASS 4: comments and suggestions from PI

CLASS 1 (1 references)
  1. " Measuring the intracluster medium velocity structure within the A3266 galaxy cluster "
    Gatuzz, E.; Sanders, J.; Liu, A.; Fabian, A.; Pinto, C.; Russell, H.; Eckert, D.; Walker, S.; ZuHone, J.; Mohapatra, R.;
    2024 - Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 692, id.A108, 10 pp.
    Number of Citations: 0
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2024A&A...692A.108G
    DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.02736