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arxiv: astro-ph/0401312 · v1 · submitted 2004-01-15 · 🌌 astro-ph

Spectral Analysis of RXTE Observations of A3667

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X-ray emission from the cluster of galaxies A3667 was measured by the PCA and HEXTE experiments aboard the RXTE satellite during the period December 2001 - July 2002. Analysis of the ~141 ks RXTE observation and lower energy ASCA/GIS data, yields only marginalevidence for a secondary power-law emission component in the spectrum. The 90% confidence upper limit on nonthermal emission in the 15-35 keV band is determined to be 2.6x10^{-12} erg/(cm^{2}s). When combined with the measured radio flux and spectral index of the dominant region of extended radio emission, this upper limit implies a lower limit of ~0.4 microgauss on the mean, volume-averaged intracluster magnetic field in A3667.

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