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2002ApJ...565...86F - Astrophys. J., 565, 86-95 (2002/January-3)

A Chandra high-energy transition grating spectrometer observation of the quasar H1821+643 and its surrounding cluster.

FANG T., DAVIS D.S., LEE J.C., MARSHALL H.L., BRYAN G.L. and CANIZARES C.R.

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We present the high-resolution X-ray spectrum of the low-redshift quasar H1821+643 and its surrounding hot cluster observed with the Chandra High-Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer. An iron emission line attributed to the quasar at ∼6.43 keV (rest frame) is clearly resolved, with an equivalent width of ∼100 eV. Although we cannot rule out contributions to the line from a putative torus, the DISKLINE model provides an acceptable fit to this iron line. We also detect a weak emission feature at ∼6.9 keV (rest frame). We suggest that both lines could originate in an accretion disk composed of a highly ionized optically thin atmosphere sitting atop a mostly neutral disk. We search for absorption features from a warm/hot component of the intergalactic medium (IGM) along the ∼1.5h–1 Gpc line of sight to the quasar. No absorption features are detected at or above the 3 σ level, while a total of six O VI intervening absorption systems have been detected with the Hubble Space Telescope and Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer. Based on the lack of O VII and O VIII absorption lines and by assuming collisionally ionization, we constrain the gas temperature of a typical O VI absorber to 105K<T<106 K, which is consistent with the results from hydrodynamic simulations of the IGM. The zeroth-order image reveals the extended emission from the surrounding cluster. We have been able to separate the moderate CCD X-ray spectrum of the surrounding cluster from the central quasar and find that this is a hot cluster with a temperature of ∼10 keV and a metal abundance of ∼0.3 Z. We also independently obtain the redshift of the cluster, which is consistent with the optical results. We estimate that the cluster makes negligible contributions to the 6.9 keV iron K-line flux.

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Journal keyword(s): Cosmology: Observations - Galaxies: Intergalactic Medium - Galaxies: Quasars: Absorption Lines - Galaxies: Quasars: Emission Lines - quasars: individual (H1821+643) - X-Rays: Galaxies: Clusters

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