High resolution soft X-ray spectroscopy of M 87 with the reflection grating spectrometers on XMM - Newton

I. Sakelliou; J. R. Peterson; T. Tamura; F. B.S. Paerels; J. S. Kaastra; E. Belsole; H. Böhringer; G. Branduardi-Raymont; C. Ferrigno; J. W. Den Herder; J. Kennea; R. F. Mushotzky; W. T. Vestrand; D. M. Worrall

doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20020900

High resolution soft X-ray spectroscopy of M 87 with the reflection grating spectrometers on XMM - Newton

I. Sakelliou
, J. R. Peterson
, T. Tamura
, F. B.S. Paerels
, J. S. Kaastra
, E. Belsole
, H. Böhringer
, G. Branduardi-Raymont
, C. Ferrigno
, J. W. Den Herder
, J. Kennea
, R. F. Mushotzky
, W. T. Vestrand
, D. M. Worrall

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We present high-resolution X-ray spectroscopic observations of M 87 with the Reflection Grating Spectrometers on XMM-Newton. We detect strong K-shell line emission from N, O, Ne, Mg, some emission from He-like Si, a fully resolved set of Fe L-shell emission spectra, and some emission from C. The angular intensity distribution of the strong emission lines are detectably resolved on scales (15-160) inches. The gas in the inner arcmin of M 87 has a multi-phase structure, as indicated by the similarity of the emission line profiles of Fe L shell ions with widely separated ionization potentials. The global Fe L spectrum is approximately consistent with an isothermal plasma at kT_e ∼ 1.8 keV, in addition to a component with a temperature distribution appropriate to an isobaric cooling flow, but with a minimum temperature cutoff of kT_min ≈ 600 eV. The behavior of this cooling-flow component is qualitatively similar to what is seen in other cooling flow clusters. Finally, we do not find any strong evidence for a spatial variation in abundances due to resonance scattering redistribution in the inner arcminute of the core.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	903-909
Number of pages	7
Journal	Astronomy and Astrophysics
Volume	391
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020900
State	Published - Sep 2002

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Sakelliou, I., Peterson, J. R., Tamura, T., Paerels, F. B. S., Kaastra, J. S., Belsole, E., Böhringer, H., Branduardi-Raymont, G., Ferrigno, C., Den Herder, J. W., Kennea, J., Mushotzky, R. F., Vestrand, W. T., & Worrall, D. M. (2002). High resolution soft X-ray spectroscopy of M 87 with the reflection grating spectrometers on XMM - Newton. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 391(3), 903-909. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020900

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High resolution soft X-ray spectroscopy of M 87 with the reflection grating spectrometers on XMM - Newton

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