Metal Transport and Heating in the Core of the Antlia Cluster

Understanding the transport of energy and metals from central dominant galaxiesin clusters into the intracluster medium (ICM) is vital to any model for theevolution of structure in the Universe. We propose to use a 50ks EPIC MOS+pnobservation of the core (inner 12.) of the Antlia Cluster to study the role ofgas motions and turbulent diffusion in the chemical enrichment and heating ofthe ICM in a cluster with a sharply rising abundance profile, but without a coolcore. We will map temperature, density and abundances throughout the Antliacluster core, construct pressure and entropy maps to track gas motions and heatflows, and test models of metal enrichment due to turbulent motions powered byepisodic outbursts from the central galaxy.s AGN. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]