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Auteurs principaux: Li, Muzi, McNamara, B. R., Coil, Alison L., Gingras, Marie-Joelle, Brighenti, Fabrizio, Russell, H. R., Tamhaneh, Prathamesh D., Oh, S. Peng, Perrotta, Serena
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author Li, Muzi
McNamara, B. R.
Coil, Alison L.
Gingras, Marie-Joelle
Brighenti, Fabrizio
Russell, H. R.
Tamhaneh, Prathamesh D.
Oh, S. Peng
Perrotta, Serena
author_facet Li, Muzi
McNamara, B. R.
Coil, Alison L.
Gingras, Marie-Joelle
Brighenti, Fabrizio
Russell, H. R.
Tamhaneh, Prathamesh D.
Oh, S. Peng
Perrotta, Serena
contents We investigate the velocity structure of nebular gas in the central galaxies of four clusters: Abell 1835, PKS 0745-191, Abell 262, and RXJ0820.9+0752, using data from the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI). Velocity structure functions (VSFs) of the [OII] emission line are compared to VSFs of molecular clouds observed with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Apart from Abell 262 where the gas is located in a circumnuclear disk, the nebular gas in the remaining galaxies lies in off-nuclear filamentary structures with VSFs steeper than the Kolmogorov slope. This steepening may be plausibly attributed to gravity although other factors, such as magnetic stresses and bulk motion,} may be significant. The VSFs of CO and [OII] emission are similar in RXJ0820 and Abell 262, indicating close coupling of the nebular and molecular gases. In contrast, the nebular and molecular gases are differentiated on most scales in PKS 0745 and Abell 1835. This discrepancy is likely due to the radio-AGN churning the gas. We compare the scale-dependent velocity amplitudes of the hot atmospheres constrained by X-ray surface brightness fluctuation analysis using Chandra observations to the nebular VSFs. The large-scale consistency in Abell 1835 and RXJ0820 is consistent with condensation from the hot atmospheres. {We explore substantial systematic biases, including projection effects, windowing, and smoothing effects when comparing VSFs using different telescopes and instruments.
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spellingShingle Velocity Structure Correlations between the Nebular, Molecular, and Atmospheric Gases in the Cores of Four Cool Core Clusters
Li, Muzi
McNamara, B. R.
Coil, Alison L.
Gingras, Marie-Joelle
Brighenti, Fabrizio
Russell, H. R.
Tamhaneh, Prathamesh D.
Oh, S. Peng
Perrotta, Serena
Astrophysics of Galaxies
We investigate the velocity structure of nebular gas in the central galaxies of four clusters: Abell 1835, PKS 0745-191, Abell 262, and RXJ0820.9+0752, using data from the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI). Velocity structure functions (VSFs) of the [OII] emission line are compared to VSFs of molecular clouds observed with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Apart from Abell 262 where the gas is located in a circumnuclear disk, the nebular gas in the remaining galaxies lies in off-nuclear filamentary structures with VSFs steeper than the Kolmogorov slope. This steepening may be plausibly attributed to gravity although other factors, such as magnetic stresses and bulk motion,} may be significant. The VSFs of CO and [OII] emission are similar in RXJ0820 and Abell 262, indicating close coupling of the nebular and molecular gases. In contrast, the nebular and molecular gases are differentiated on most scales in PKS 0745 and Abell 1835. This discrepancy is likely due to the radio-AGN churning the gas. We compare the scale-dependent velocity amplitudes of the hot atmospheres constrained by X-ray surface brightness fluctuation analysis using Chandra observations to the nebular VSFs. The large-scale consistency in Abell 1835 and RXJ0820 is consistent with condensation from the hot atmospheres. {We explore substantial systematic biases, including projection effects, windowing, and smoothing effects when comparing VSFs using different telescopes and instruments.
title Velocity Structure Correlations between the Nebular, Molecular, and Atmospheric Gases in the Cores of Four Cool Core Clusters
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.14486