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2009A&A...493...13M - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 49313-21 (2009/1-1)

Non-thermal emission in the core of Perseus: results from a long XMM-Newton observation.

MOLENDI S. and GASTALDELLO F.

Abstract (from CDS):

We employ a long XMM-Newton observation of the core of the Perseus cluster to validate claims of a non-thermal component discovered with Chandra. From a meticulous analysis of our dataset, which includes a detailed treatment of systematic errors, we find the 2-10keV surface brightness of the non-thermal component to be less than about 5x10–16erg/cm2/s/arcsec2. The most likely explanation for the discrepancy between the XMM-Newton and Chandra estimates is a problem in the effective area calibration of the latter. Our EPIC-based magnetic field lower limits do not disagree with Faraday rotation measure estimates on a few cool cores and with a minimum energy estimate on Perseus. In the not too distant future Simbol-X may allow detection of non-thermal components with intensities more than 10 times lower than those that can be measured with EPIC; nonetheless even the exquisite sensitivity within reach for Simbol-X might be insufficient to detect the IC emission from Perseus.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: clusters: general - galaxies: clusters: individual: Perseus - X-rays: galaxies: clusters

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