Session Poster: Experimental Physics Research
5:30 PM–5:30 PM, Friday, October 13, 2006
Holy Cross College Room: Ballroom
Chair: Paul Oxley, Holy Cross College
Abstract ID: BAPS.2006.NEF.Poster.3
Abstract: Poster.00003 : Fitting Mock X-ray Observations of Simulated Galaxy Clusters
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Author:
Andrew Pawl
(Naval Academy Preparatory School)
We investigate statistically whether fitting the actual X-ray spectrum of a galaxy cluster to a single component, unbroadened X-ray spectrum gives a reliable idea of the temperature and metallicity of the cluster. Eighteen different fitting schemes are performed using Xspec on 198 simulated galaxy clusters and their results compared to the emission-measure weighted temperature and metallicity profiles recovered from the simulations.
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