Spectroscopy of the Perseus Cluster

The proximity, Xray luminosity, and presence of both a central cooling flow andsubcluster mergers allow many fundamental questions concerning clusters to beaddressed by XMM observations of the Perseus cluster. Although Perseus, as thebrightest Xray cluster, has been studied by virtually all Xray missions sinceUhuru, and will be observed by Chandra as well, XMM.s large area offers uniqueopportunities to investigate mass deposition in the cooling region, the mutualinfluence of the radio halo and hot cluster gas, the distribution of heavyelements in the ICM, and the amount of cold gasaccumulated in the cooling flowregion in the form of molecular clouds. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]