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2007ApJ...662..923G - Astrophys. J., 662, 923-926 (2007/June-3)

Serendipitous XMM-Newton discovery of a cluster of galaxies at z = 0.28.

GASTALDELLO F., BUOTE D.A., HUMPHREY P.J., ZAPPACOSTA L., SEIGAR M.S., BARTH A.J., BRIGHENTI F. and MATHEWS W.G.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the discovery of a galaxy cluster serendipitously detected as an extended X-ray source in an offset observation of the group NGC 5044. The cluster redshift, z=0.281, determined from the optical spectrum of the brightest cluster galaxy, agrees with that inferred from the X-ray spectrum using the Fe Kα complex of the hot ICM (z=0.27±0.01). Based on the 50 ks XMM-Newton observation, we find that within a radius of 383 kpc the cluster has an unabsorbed X-ray flux fX(0.5-2 keV)=(3.34+0.08–0.13)x10–13 ergs/cm2/s, a bolometric X-ray luminosity LX=(2.21+0.34–0.19)x1044 ergs/s, kT=3.57±0.12 keV, and metallicity 0.60±0.09 Z☉. The cluster obeys the scaling relations for LX and T observed at intermediate redshift. The mass derived from an isothermal NFW model fit is Mvir=3.89±0.35x1014 M☉, with a concentration parameter, c=6.7±0.4, consistent with the range of values expected in the concordance cosmological model for relaxed clusters. The optical properties suggest this could be a ``fossil cluster.''

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Journal keyword(s): Galaxies: Clusters: General - X-Rays: General

Simbad objects: 3

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