studying galaxy clusters with astro-h silvano molendi iasf-milano/inaf
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Studying Galaxy Studying Galaxy Clusters Clusters
with Astro-Hwith Astro-H
Silvano MolendiSilvano Molendi
IASF-Milano/INAFIASF-Milano/INAF
Largest gravitationally bound structures in the
local universe.
Subject of intense research
a)as cosmological tools
b)interesting structures
a) and b) are of course connected as some
understanding of the structures is required
to use clusters as cosmological tools.
ICM in Galaxy ClustersICM in Galaxy Clusters
Setting the contextSetting the context
• The ICM is tenuous, typical densities 10-4 to a few 10-2 cm-3
• hot, temperatures from 107 to 108 K (1-10 keV)
• highly ionized: H, He completely ionized heavier elements partially ionized
• Chemically enriched, heavy elements such as O, Si and Fe are present in almost solar proportions
Basic properties of the ICM
X-ray emission
Thermal bremsstrhalung + line emission
Setting the contextSetting the context
Basic properties of the ICM
X-ray emission form clusters is extended
ASTRO-H ASTRO-H ASTRO-H will carry the first micro-calorimeter
We have had high resolution spectroscopy in X-ray for more than decade now, so is ASTRO-H
really going to be a major step forward?
The large improvement in collecting area at Fe K line will afford considerable insight for many
astrophysical sources.
However, for extended sources, for which high res. spectroscopy has been possible only in the
most limited sense, SXS will produce a true quantum leap
The importance of The importance of motion motion
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Disclaimer Disclaimer
• Many things can and will be done, in this presentation I will cover some of the most important.
• Not an exhaustive presentation.
Motions in the ICM Motions in the ICM
Indirect evidence of motions is now abundant
Shocks in the ICM
Markevitch & Vikhlinin (2007)
Bullet cluster
Best example of shock
Core of sub-structure already
gone through cluster
From RH conditions and density jump
Mach number ~ 3
Vshock ~ 4700 km/s
Motions in the ICM Motions in the ICM
Shocks now seen in a few systems point to mildly supersonic gas motions
These are rare systems, one of the reasons is
the shocks occur exactly in the plane of the sky
There are likely similar systems seen at different angles (e.g. A576 Dupke+07) these
will be accesible with SXS
Motions in cores Motions in cores
Indirect evidence of gas motions in the cores of many “relaxed” (Cool Core)
systems
Core of Perseus cluster
Highly structuredEnhanced emissionCavities
Fabian+03
Radio Bubbles
Cavities coincide with radio lobes associated to the AGN at the center
Fabian+03
Ripples and weak shocks
• Radio cavities expand and rise buoyantly, in doing so they set the ICM in motion, generating ripples and weak shocks
Fabian+03
Cold FrontsCold Fronts
• CF are contact discontinuities (SB jumps) discovered by Chandra (Markevitch & Vikhlinin 2007)
• Found in merging systems where they mark dense subcluster cores that have survived a merger
Ghizzardi, Rossetti &SM 2010
Cold FrontsCold Fronts
•Found in non merging systems were they result from the displacement of lowest entropy gas from the bottom of the potential well.•Small pressure jump across the CF point to subsonic motions•Search for cold fronts in a representative sample of nearby systems shows that ALL relaxed clusters host at least 1 CF
Ghizzardi, Rossetti &SM 2010
• Indirect evidence for ubiquitous subsonic gas motion in cluster cool cores
• Subsonic motions are quite likely one of the defining traits of these systems, (the reason this statement is seldom made is that we have, thus far, lacked direct observations of gas motions)
• Open questions are: what is the kinetic energy vs. thermal
energy? is the flow laminar or turbulent? what is the viscosity of the ICM?• Indirect evidence for mildly supersonic motion
in a few systems, typically those were shock is propagating in the plane of the sky.
Gas Motions in clusters Gas Motions in clusters
• A 6eV resol @ Fe Kα line corresponds to a velocity resolution of 300 km/s
SXS on ASTRO-H SXS on ASTRO-H
• The sound speed in the ICM is cs = (5/3·p/ρ)1/2 = 1460 km/s·(kT/8 keV) 1/2
ASTRO-H well suited to measure subsonic motions in ICM
• Most important line is the Fe Kα
• For most T He-like Fe Kα is the most prominent
Fe He-like KFe He-like Kαα
Different regions with Δv=200km/s
Laminar flow Laminar flow
Turbulent flow Turbulent flow
Region with vTurb=200km/s
• Some line broadening may be present even if turbulence is completely absent (limited angular resolution & line of sight effects)
• The combination of high spectral resolution and moderate angular resolution should allow us to distinguish between flows dominated by laminar and turbulent motions.
• Intermediate cases will be more difficult but not impossible to characterize.
Laminar vs Turbulent flow Laminar vs Turbulent flow
• XMM-Newton Grating (Peterson+01 ) and CCD data (SM & Pizzolato 01) falsified the cooling-flow model that predicted strong multi-phaseness of ICM in cluster cores (temperatures from a few keV down to 0.1 keV).
• Evidence, in some instances, of suppression of conduction, presence of multi-temperature structure:
ICM Thermo-dynamic ICM Thermo-dynamic structure structure
1. suppression of conduction across cold fronts e.g. A3667, Ettori & Fabian 2001
2. presence of blobs/filaments of cooler gas in the radio arms of M87 (SM 2002, etc.)
The limited spectral resolution of CCDs and spatial resolution of gratings does not allow us to address the issue of moderate multi-phaseness in the ICM at large
ICM Thermo-dynamic ICM Thermo-dynamic structure structure
SXS will change this
ICM Spectra at CCD ICM Spectra at CCD resolution resolution
―1 keV―2 keV―4 keV―8 keV
―1 keV―2 keV―4 keV―8 keV
ICM Spectra at SXS ICM Spectra at SXS resolution resolution
Fe L-shell emission Fe L-shell emission
T up to 3keV
Ar KAr Kαα line emission line emission
He-like H-like
Ratio of H to He-like
2keV <T < 8keV
Fe KFe Kαα line emission line emission
He-like H-like
Ratio of H to He-like
2keV <T < 10keV
•The relative intensity of Fe L-shell lines and the ratio of H-like Kalpha to He-like Kalpha lines for O,Mg,Si,S,Ar,Ca & Fe are all dependent upon temperature and can be used to provide independent estimates of T and assess presence of even modest multiphase-ness.•As for the study of line broadening some apparent multi-T will be present even if the gas is single phase (limited angular resolution & line of sight effects), however these effects can be accounted for
ICM Thermo-dynamic ICM Thermo-dynamic structure structure
The SXS will produce a quantum leap in our understanding of the ICM
It will:
Summary Summary
directly detect motions within the ICM for the first time
characterized the thermodynamic structure of the ICM
improve our understanding of metals in the ICM
•The relative intensity of Fe L-shell lines and the ratio of H-like Kalpha to He-like Kalpha lines for O,Mg,Si,S,Ar,Ca & Fe are all dependent upon temperature and can be used to provide independent estimates of T and assess presence of even modest multiphase-ness.•As for the study of line broadening some apparent multi-T be present even if turbulence is the gas is single phase (limited angular resolution & line of sight effects), however these effects can be accounted for
NuSTAR NuSTAR
10 arcsec (FWHM)
13 x 13 arcmin
1 keV @ 60 keV 0.5 keV @ 6 keV
< 48 h
•Launched on June 13th in LEO •First Light on June 28th
NuSTAR NuSTAR
• Thus far everything has gone well• Mast deployment successful• Instruments functioning within expectations