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2024RNAAS...8..118B - Research Notes of the AAS, 8, 118 (2024/April-0)

X-Ray Observations of the Zwicky 3146 Galaxy Cluster Reveal a 3.5 keV Excess.

BHARGAVA S., GILES P., ROMER K., JELTEMA T., HOLLOWOOD D. and HILTON M.

Abstract (from CDS):

In this note, we present spectral fits of the well-documented sloshing cool-core cluster Zwicky 3146 (z = 0.291), to test the existence of the highly speculated 3.5 keV line. We report excesses at >3σ significance at E = 3.575 keV, yielding a flux $F={8.73}_{-2.22}^{+2.17}\times {10}^{-6}$ photons cm–2 s–1, in XMM-Newton, and E = 3.55 keV, with a flux $F={10.0}_{-2.96}^{+3.05}\times {10}^{-6}$ photons cm–2 s–1 in Chandra. We explore the possibility that the 3.5 keV excess is correlated to the presence of cold gas within the cluster, based on optical and sub-mm literature analyses. Following the launch of the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, high resolution spectroscopy (≤7 eV) will reveal in unprecedented detail, the origin of this unidentified feature, for which Zwicky 3146 should be considered a viable target, due to the strength of the feature in two independent X-ray telescopes, opening a new window into plasma or charge exchange studies in galaxy clusters.

Abstract Copyright: © 2024. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Galaxy clusters - Intracluster medium - Dark matter - X-ray surveys - X-ray telescopes - Cooling flows - Charge exchange ionization

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