Chandra Analysis of Abell 496

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We present preliminary results of imaging and spectral analysis of the cluster A496 with the S3 chip on-board the Chandra satellite. We confirm the presence of a cooling flow and radial gradients in elemental abundances. The cluster's core has clear signs of substructures (sharp edges, cavities), similar to those recently found in other cooling flow clusters. The O/Fe ratio distribution indicates that the gas in the core of the cluster is significantly enriched by SN Ia ejecta.
4 LaTeX pages (newpasp.sty) with six embedded EPS figures; to appear in "The X-ray Universe at Sharp Focus", eds. S. Vrtilek, E. Schlegel and L. Kuhi, ASP Conference Series References

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