論文

査読有り
2015年10月

A UNIFORM CONTRIBUTION OF CORE-COLLAPSE AND TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE TO THE CHEMICAL ENRICHMENT PATTERN IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE VIRGO CLUSTER

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
  • A. Simionescu
  • ,
  • N. Werner
  • ,
  • O. Urban
  • ,
  • S. W. Allen
  • ,
  • Y. Ichinohe
  • ,
  • I. Zhuravleva

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開始ページ
L25
終了ページ
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1088/2041-8205/811/2/L25
出版者・発行元
IOP PUBLISHING LTD

We present the first measurements of the abundances of a-elements (Mg, Si, and S) extending out beyond the virial radius of a cluster of galaxies. Our results, based on Suzaku Key Project observations of the Virgo Cluster, show that the chemical composition of the intracluster medium is consistent with being constant on large scales, with a flat distribution of the Si/Fe, S/Fe, and Mg/Fe ratios as a function of radius and azimuth out to 1.4 Mpc (1.3 r(200)). Chemical enrichment of the intergalactic medium due solely to core-collapse supernovae (SNcc) is excluded with very high significance; instead, the measured metal abundance ratios are generally consistent with the solar value. The uniform metal abundance ratios observed today are likely the result of an early phase of enrichment and mixing, with both SNcc and SNe Ia contributing to the metal budget during the period of peak star formation activity at redshifts of 2-3. We estimate the ratio between the number of SNe Ia and the total number of supernovae enriching the intergalactic medium to be between 12% and 37%, broadly consistent with the metal abundance patterns in our own Galaxy or with the SN Ia contribution estimated for the cluster cores.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/811/2/L25
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000364478600011&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1088/2041-8205/811/2/L25
  • ISSN : 2041-8205
  • eISSN : 2041-8213
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000364478600011

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