ABELL3667_CF_IN
Cluster mergers are the most energetic events in the Universe since the Big Bang. A large fraction of the merger energy is dissipated in the ICM, a process that depends on a number of unknown microphysical properties of the ICM. Resolve will provide the first opportunity to detect and map the bulk and turbulent velocities in the ICM of nearby merging systems. We propose to observe a textbook example of a cold front in Abell 3667, a striking phenomenon caused by a merger. Resolve observations of this cold front would yield the bulk and turbulent velocities as a function of the distance from the interface, determining the origin of the front and providing a basis for the derivation of microphysical constraints from cold fronts, and answer a host of other interesting questions.
obsid = 201050010 / Unique Observation/Sequence Number
object = ABELL3667_CF_IN / Object name
pi_name = ICHINOHE YUTO / Proposal Principal Investigator Name
ra = 303.265250290011 / Right Ascension (Pointing Position) (deg)
dec = -56.886160163939 / Declination (Pointing Position) (deg)
roll_angle = 250.001110527839 / Roll Angle (deg)
start_time = 2024-10-31T17:54:04 / Start Time of the Observation
stop_time = 2024-11-04T19:01:04 / Stop Time of the Observation
exposure = 298902.8154708 / Effective Total Observation Exposure (s)
public_date= 2025-11-13 / Public Date