Evolution in the iron abundance of the ICM

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dc.creatorBalestra, I.
dc.creatorTozzi, P.
dc.creatorEttori, S.
dc.creatorRosati, P.
dc.creatorBorgani, S.
dc.creatorMainieri, V.
dc.creatorNorman, C.
dc.date2007-03-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:42:48Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:42:48Z
dc.descriptionWe present a Chandra analysis of the X-ray spectra of 56 clusters of galaxies at $z>0.3$, which cover a temperature range of $3> kT > 15$ keV. Our analysis is aimed at measuring the iron abundance in the ICM out to the highest redshift probed to date. We find that the emission-weighted iron abundance measured within $(0.15-0.3) R_{vir}$ in clusters below 5 keV is, on average, a factor of $\sim2$ higher than in hotter clusters, following $Z(T)\simeq 0.88 T^{-0.47} Z_\odot$, which confirms the trend seen in local samples. We made use of combined spectral analysis performed over five redshift bins at $0.3> z > 1.3$ to estimate the average emission weighted iron abundance. We find a constant average iron abundance $Z_{Fe}\simeq 0.25 Z_\odot$ as a function of redshift, but only for clusters at $z>0.5$. The emission-weighted iron abundance is significantly higher ($Z_{Fe}\simeq0.4 Z_\odot$) in the redshift range $z\simeq0.3-0.5$, approaching the value measured locally in the inner $0.15 R_{vir}$ radii for a mix of cool-core and non cool-core clusters in the redshift range $0.1<z<0.3$. The decrease in $Z_{Fe}$ with $z$ can be parametrized by a power law of the form $\sim(1+z)^{-1.25}$. The observed evolution implies that the average iron content of the ICM at the present epoch is a factor of $\sim2$ larger than at $z\simeq 1.2$. We confirm that the ICM is already significantly enriched ($Z_{Fe}\simeq0.25 Z_\odot$) at a look-back time of 9 Gyr. Our data provide significant constraints on the time scales and physical processes that drive the chemical enrichment of the ICM.
dc.description4 pages, 4 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of "The Extreme Universe in the Suzaku Era", Dicember 2006, Kyoto (Japan)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703261
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703261
dc.identifierProg.Theor.Phys.Suppl.169:49-52,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1143/PTPS.169.49
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/201019
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleEvolution in the iron abundance of the ICM
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