SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL 61183

DR. TAKAYA OHASHI
OHASHI@PHYS.METRO-U.AC.JP

TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
TOKYO JAPAN 192-03
HACHIOJI
1-1, MINAMI-OHSAWA
Tel: +81-426-77-2492 Fax: +81-426-77-2483
Medium: 4GBDAT
Subject: CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES AND SUPERCLUSTERS

MAPPING OF THE VIRGO CLUSTER: INTERACTION BETWEEN M87 CLUSTER AND M49 SUBCLUSTER


ABSTRACT

The hot-gas structure and temprature variation in the southern region of the Virgo Cluster will be mapped. We look for an evidence of shock front caused by the infall of M49 subcluster into M87 cluster. Virgo is the only cluster which enables us a close-up look of the heating front with the ASCA's angular resolution. Since the gas and darkmatter should act differently during a dynamical motion, the mass structure in the infalling M49 subcluster will give us new knowledge on the darkmatter properties. The large scale distribution of temperature and abundance in the Virgo will tell us origin and history of the hot gas in this complex system.

CO-INVESTIGATORS
CO-I NAME INSTITUTE COUNTRY
KEN'ICHI KIKUCHITOKYO METROPOLITAN UJAPAN
KYOKO MATSUSHITATOKYO METROPOLITAN UJAPAN
NORIKO YAMASAKITOKYO METROPOLITAN UJAPAN
YOSHITAKA ISHISAKITOKYO METROPOLITAN UJAPAN
AKIHIRO KUSHINOTOKYO METROPOLITAN UJAPAN
SHIN SASAKITOKYO METROPOLITAN UJAPAN
KAZUO MAKISHIMAUNIV. OF TOKYOJAPAN
YASUSHI FUKAZAWAUNIV. OF TOKYOJAPAN
TAKAYUKI TAMURAUNIV. OF TOKYOJAPAN
HITOSHI OBAYASHIUNIV. OF TOKYOJAPAN

TARGETS

TARGET NAMEPRIRADECTIMETCOFFGISSIS CNTOBS
1)VIRGO_SOURTH_1
1
187.2704 11.3976 10 ksN
Y
P
0.30000
1
2)VIRGO_SOURTH_2
1
187.7467 11.1226 15 ksN
Y
P
0.20000
1
3)VIRGO_SOURTH_3
1
187.2321 10.8489 15 ksN
Y
P
0.15000
1
4)VIRGO_SOURTH_4
1
187.1937 10.3002 20 ksN
Y
P
0.10000
1
5)VIRGO_SOURTH_5
1
187.6700 10.0252 20 ksN
Y
P
0.10000
1
6)VIRGO_SOURTH_6
1
187.1554 9.7516 20 ksN
Y
P
0.10000
1
7)VIRGO_SOURTH_7
1
187.6317 9.4766 20 ksN
Y
P
0.10000
1
8)VIRGO_SOURTH_8
1
187.1171 9.1800 20 ksN
Y
P
0.10000
1
9)VIRGO_SOURTH_9
1
187.5933 8.9279 20 ksN
Y
P
0.10000
1
10)VIRGO_SOURTH_10
1
187.0783 8.5500 20 ksN
Y
P
0.10000
1
11)VIRGO_SOURTH_11
1
187.6500 8.4000 20 ksN
Y
P
0.10000
1
12)VIRGO_SOURTH_12
1
186.8500 8.0500 20 ksN
Y
P
0.10000
1
13)VIRGO_SOURTH_13
1
187.9000 7.8500 20 ksN
Y
P
0.10000
1
14)VIRGO_SOURTH_14
1
186.9500 7.4500 20 ksN
Y
P
0.10000
1
15)VIRGO_SOURTH_15
1
187.5500 7.3500 20 ksN
Y
P
0.10000
1

TARGET 1

VIRGO_SOURTH_1

TARGET 2

VIRGO_SOURTH_2

TARGET 3

VIRGO_SOURTH_3

TARGET 4

VIRGO_SOURTH_4

TARGET 5

VIRGO_SOURTH_5

TARGET 6

VIRGO_SOURTH_6

TARGET 7

VIRGO_SOURTH_7

TARGET 8

VIRGO_SOURTH_8

TARGET 9

VIRGO_SOURTH_9

TARGET 10

VIRGO_SOURTH_10

TARGET 11

VIRGO_SOURTH_11

TARGET 12

VIRGO_SOURTH_12

TARGET 13

VIRGO_SOURTH_13

TARGET 14

VIRGO_SOURTH_14

TARGET 15

VIRGO_SOURTH_15