2000/10/16 by H. Liang, L. Lemonon, I. Valtchanov +2
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph
published as A & A, 363, 440 (2000) · 13 pages, 10 postscript figures, use aa.sty, to appear in Astronomy and Astrophysics
arxiv created 2000/10/16 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
The cluster Abell 2104 is one of the lowest redshift clusters (z=0.153) known to have a gravitational lensing arc. We present detailed analysis of the cluster properties such as the gravitational potential using the X-ray data from ROSAT (HRI) and ASCA, as well as optical imaging and spectroscopic data from the CFHT. The cluster is highly luminous in the X-ray with a bolometric luminosity of Lx ~3x1045 ergs/s and a high gas temperature of ~10.4 keV. The X-ray emission extending out to at least a radius of 1.46 Mpc, displays significant substructure. The total mass deduced from the X-ray data under the assumption of hydrostatic equilibrium and isothermal gas, is found to be Mtot(r<1.46Mpc) ~(8.0 +/- 0.8)x1014 solar mass. The gas fraction within a radius of 1.46 Mpc is ~5-10%. The cluster galaxy velocity distribution has a dispersion of 1200 +/- 200 km/s with no obvious evidence for substructure. The total mass within 1.46 Mpc, deduced from Jean's equation using the observed galaxy number density distribution and velocity dispersion, is found to be \~6.8x1014 solar mass to ~2.6x1015 solar mass marginally consistent with the X-ray deduced total mass.