Chandra and XMM-Newton Observations of the Group of Galaxies HCG 62

Summary

We present results from Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of the bright group of galaxies HCG 62. The two cavities in the central region show no significant change of temperature compared with that in the surrounding region. We studied radial distributions of temperature and metal abundance. Two temperatures are required in the inner γ <2’ (35 kpc) region, and a sharp drop of temperature is seen at γ ∼ 5’ where the gas may not be in hydrostatic equilibrium. The metal distribution suggests that iron and silicon are produced by type Ia supernova in the central galaxy, while galactic winds by type II supernova have caused a wider distribution of oxygen. The pressure due to electrons and magnetic fields is too low to displace the group hot gas, and other pressure contributions from high energy protons or by galaxy-scale dynamical motions are nearly 700 times higher. Detailed accounts are given in [5].