| Proposal ID | 092083 |
| Title | The shocking features in the closest rich cluster A3627 |
| Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0920830101 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-qqblufs |
| Principal Investigator, PI | Prof Ming Sun |
| Abstract | Major cluster mergers are the most energetic events since the Big Bang. Asignificant portion of merger energy is dissipated into the ICM through shockheating. The high-pressure shocked and stirring ICM can affect the evolution ofcluster member galaxies dramatically. The post-shock flow can also sculpture thegaseous tails like the RPS tails of late-type galaxies and tails of radiogalaxies. We find a potential merger shock front in the closest rich clusterA3627. We propose new XMM observations in order to 1) constrain the merger shockand investigate its connection with some RPS tails and a dramatic radio tail; 2)understand the merger geometry of A3627 with the ICM thermodynamics; and 3)revisit the RPS galaxies and their ICM environment. |
| Publications | No publications found for current proposal! |
| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2024-02-24T09:56:01Z/2024-02-25T12:57:41Z |
| Version | 21.51_20241115_1113 |
| Mission Description | The European Space Agencys (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESAs second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earths atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis. |
| Creator Contact | https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk |
| Date Published | 2025-03-15T00:00:00Z |
| Last Update | 2026-07-09 |
| Keywords | XMM-Newton, OM, RGS, EPIC, X-ray, Multi-Mirror, SAS |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Prof Ming Sun, 2025, 'The shocking features in the closest rich cluster A3627', 21.51_20241115_1113, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-qqblufs |
| Rights | Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license. |