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Proposal ID 0620007
Obs ID 06200070001, 06200070002, 06200070003
Title Unveiling the Nature of the hard X-ray excess in the Coma cluster
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DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-ry91ijd
Author Eckert
Abstract The presence of excess emission from the Coma cluster above 10 keV has been claimed from BeppoSAX and RXTE observations. However, an independent analysis of the same BeppoSAX data by another group still casts doubts on this result. Confirmation of this result is of prime importance to study the population of relativistic electrons, to measure directly the magnetic field in the cluster and to understand the state of the gas in the cluster. Existing INTEGRAL data (1 Ms) allowed us to to identify a region South-West of the cluster core in excess compared to the 1-10 keV profile. We found that the position of the excess coincides with the 1.4 GHz radio peak, which strongly suggests that the emission from this region is non-thermal. However, it is not yet possible to exclude the possibility that the emission is due to very hot thermal gas. Therefore, we propose another 1 Ms INTEGRAL observation of the Coma cluster, that will allow usto detect the source up to 80 keV in order to reveal the nature of the excess. Moreover, we will be able to better characterize the morphology of the cluster above 18 keV, and study more extensively the high-energy emitting region discovered in existing INTEGRAL data, which is a unique use of INTEGRAL?s imaging capabilities.
Publications
Temporal Coverage 2009-05-05T07:41:08Z / 2009-07-13T18:28:54Z
Version 1.0
Mission Description The INTEGRAL (International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) mission, launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) on October 17, 2002, was designed to study high-energy phenomena in the universe. INTEGRAL was operating until february 2025 and it was equipped with three high-energy instruments: the Imager on Board the INTEGRAL Satellite (IBIS), the Spectrometer on INTEGRAL (SPI), and the JEM-X (Joint European Monitor for X-rays). Its Optical Monitoring Camera (OMC) provided optical V-band magnitude measurements, complementing the high-energy observations.
Creator Contact https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/integral/helpdesk
Date Published 2025-03-25T09:54:35Z
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Eckert, 2025, 'Unveiling the Nature of the hard X-ray excess in the Coma cluster', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-ry91ijd