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Keigo Tanaka

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Broad-band High-Energy Resolution Hard X-ray Spectroscopy using Transition Edge Sensors at SPring-8

We have succeeded in operating a transition-edge sensor (TES) spectrometer and evaluating its performance at the SPring-8 synchrotron X-ray light source. The TES spectrometer consists of a 240 pixel National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) TES system, and 220 pixels are operated simultaneously with an energy resolution of $4$~eV at 6~keV at a rate of about 1~c/s/pixel. The tolerance for high count rates is evaluated in terms of energy resolution and live time fraction, leading to an empirical compromise of about 2 x 10^3 c/s/all pixels with an energy resolution of 5 eV at 6 keV. By utilizing the TES's wide-band spectroscopic capability, simultaneous multi-element analysis is demonstrated for a standard sample. We conducted X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) analysis in fluorescence mode using the TES spectrometer. The excellent energy resolution of the TES enabled us to detect weak fluorescence lines from dilute samples and trace elements that have previously been difficult to resolve due to the nearly overlapping emission lines of other dominant elements. The neighboring lines of As K alpha and Pb L alpha2 of the standard sample were clearly resolved and the XANES of Pb L alpha2 was obtained. Moreover, the X-ray spectrum from the small amount of Fe in aerosols was distinguished from the spectrum of a blank target, which helps us to understand the targets and the environment. These results are the first important step for the application of high resolution TES-based spectroscopy at hard X-ray synchrotron facilities.

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Signatures of large-scale cold fronts in the optically-selected merging cluster HSC J085024+001536

We represent a joint X-ray, weak-lensing, and optical analysis of the optically-selected merging cluster, HSC J085024+001536, from the Subaru HSC-SSP survey. Both the member galaxy density and the weak-lensing mass map show that the cluster is composed of southeast and northwest components. The two-dimensional weak-lensing analysis shows that the southeast component is the main cluster, and the sub- and main-cluster mass ratio is $0.32^{+0.75}_{-0.23}$. The northwest subcluster is offset by $\sim700$ kpc from the main cluster center, and their relative line-of-sight velocity is $\sim1300\,{\rm km s^{-1}}$ from spectroscopic redshifts of member galaxies. The X-ray emission is concentrated around the main cluster, while the gas mass fraction within a sphere of $1'$ radius of the subcluster is only $f_{\mathrm{gas}}=4.0^{+2.3}_{-3.3}\%$, indicating that the subcluster gas was stripped by ram pressure. X-ray residual image shows three arc-like excess patterns, of which two are symmetrically located at $\sim550$ kpc from the X-ray morphological center, and the other is close to the X-ray core. The excess close to the subcluster has a cold-front feature where dense-cold gas and thin-hot gas contact. The two outer excesses are tangentially elongated about $\sim 450-650$ kpc, suggesting that the cluster is merged with a non-zero impact parameter. Overall features revealed by the multi-wavelength datasets indicate that the cluster is at the second impact or later. Since the optically-defined merger catalog is unbiased for merger boost of the intracluster medium, X-ray follow-up observations will pave the way to understand merger physics at various phases.

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Active gas features in three HSC-SSP CAMIRA clusters revealed by high angular resolution analysis of MUSTANG-2 SZE and XXL X-ray observations

We present results from simultaneous modeling of high angular resolution GBT/MUSTANG-2 90 GHz Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZE) measurements and XMM-XXL X-ray images of three rich galaxy clusters selected from the HSC-SSP Survey. The combination of high angular resolution SZE and X-ray imaging enables a spatially resolved multi-component analysis, which is crucial to understand complex distributions of cluster gas properties. The targeted clusters have similar optical richnesses and redshifts, but exhibit different dynamical states in their member galaxy distributions: a single-peaked cluster, a double-peaked cluster, and a cluster belonging to a supercluster. A large-scale residual pattern in both regular Compton-parameter $y$ and X-ray surface brightness distributions is found in the single-peaked cluster, indicating a sloshing mode. The double-peaked cluster shows an X-ray remnant cool core between two SZE peaks associated with galaxy concentrations. The temperatures of the two peaks reach $\sim20-30$ keV in contrast to the cool core component of $\sim2$ keV, indicating a violent merger. The main SZE signal for the supercluster is elongated along a direction perpendicular to the major axis of the X-ray core, suggesting a minor merger before core passage. The $S_X$ and $y$ distributions are thus perturbed at some level, regardless of the optical properties. We find that the integrated Compton $y$ parameter and the temperature for the major merger are boosted from those expected by the weak-lensing mass and those for the other two clusters show no significant deviations, which is consistent with predictions of numerical simulations.

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X-ray study of the double source plane gravitational lens system Eye of Horus observed with XMM-Newton

A double source plane (DSP) system is a precious probe for the density profile of distant galaxies and cosmological parameters. However, these measurements could be affected by the surrounding environment of the lens galaxy. Thus, it is important to evaluate the cluster-scale mass for detailed mass modeling. We observed the {\it Eye of Horus}, a DSP system discovered by the Subaru HSC--SSP, with XMM--Newton. We detected two X-ray extended emissions, originating from two clusters, one centered at the {\it Eye of Horus}, and the other located $\sim100$ arcsec northeast to the {\it Eye of Horus}. We determined the dynamical mass assuming hydrostatic equilibrium, and evaluated their contributions to the lens mass interior of the Einstein radius. The contribution of the former cluster is $1.1^{+1.2}_{-0.5}\times10^{12}~M_{\odot}$, which is $21-76\%$ of the total mass within the Einstein radius. The discrepancy is likely due to the complex gravitational structure along the line of sight. On the other hand, the contribution of the latter cluster is only $\sim2\%$ on the {\it Eye of Horus}. Therefore, the influence associated with this cluster can be ignored.

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X-ray properties of high-richness CAMIRA clusters in the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program field

We present the first results of a pilot X-ray study of 37 rich galaxy clusters at $0.1<z<1.1$ in the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program (HSC-SSP) field. Diffuse X-ray emissions from these clusters were serendipitously detected in the XMM-Newton fields of view. We systematically analyze X-ray images of 37 clusters and emission spectra of a subsample of 17 clusters with high photon statistics by using the XMM-Newton archive data. The frequency distribution of the offset between the X-ray centroid or peak and the position of the brightest cluster galaxy was derived for the optical cluster sample. The fraction of relaxed clusters estimated from the X-ray peak offsets in 17 clusters is $29\pm11(\pm13)$\%, which is smaller than that of the X-ray cluster samples such as HIFLUGCS. Since the optical cluster search is immune to the physical state of X-ray-emitting gas, it is likely to cover a larger range of the cluster morphology. We also derived the luminosity-temperature relation and found that the slope is marginally shallower than those of X-ray-selected samples and consistent with the self-similar model prediction of 2. Accordingly, our results show that the X-ray properties of the optical clusters are marginally different from those observed in the X-ray samples. The implication of the results and future prospects are briefly discussed.

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X-ray study of extended emission around M86 observed with Suzaku

We analyzed the Suzaku data of M86 and its adjacent regions to study the extended emission around it. The M86 core, the plume, and the tail extending toward the northwest were clearly detected, as well as the extended halo around them. From the position angle $\sim45°$ to $\sim275°$, the surface brightness distribution of the core and the extended halo was represented relatively well with a single $β$-model of $β\sim0.5$ up to 15'-20'. The X-ray spectra of the core was represented with a two-temperature model of $kT\sim 0.9$ keV and $\sim0.6$ keV. The temperatures of the core and the halo have a positive gradient in the center, and reach the maximum of $kT\sim1.0$ keV at $r\sim7'$, indicating that the halo gas is located in a larger scale potential structure than that of the galaxy. The temperatures of the plume and the tail were $0.86\pm0.01$ keV and $1.00\pm0.01$ keV. We succeeded in determining the abundances of $α$-element separately, for the core, the plume, the tail, and the halo for the first time. Abundance ratios with respect to Fe were consistent with the solar ratios everywhere, except for Ne. The abundance of Fe was $\sim0.7$ in the core and in the plume, while that in the tail was $\sim1.0$, but the difference was not significant considering the uncertainties of the ICM. The abundance of the halo was almost the same up to $r\sim10'$, and then it becomes significantly smaller (0.2-0.3) at $r\gtrsim10'$, indicating the gas with low metal abundance still remains in the outer halo. From the surface brightness distribution, we estimated the gas mass ($\sim3\times10^{10}M_\odot$) and the dynamical mass ($\sim3\times10^{12}M_\odot$) in $r<100$~kpc. The gas mass to the dynamical mass ratio was $10^{-3}$-$10^{-2}$, suggesting a significant fraction of the halo gas has been stripped.

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