Abstract
We report masses of 5 relaxed galaxy clusters (Abell 2204, Abell 478, RXJ 1532.9+3021, Zwicky 2089, and Abell 2597) obtained from analysis of Chandra X-ray satellite ACIS data. Assuming that the clusters are in hydrostatic equilibrium, masses can be estimated from temperature and density profiles of the clusters. In order to produce temperature and density profiles we performed data reduction, spectrum extraction, fitting of multiple observational spectra, and deprojection procedures. Density and temperature profiles were fitted with a single beta model and an exponential model respectively. We determined masses of the clusters enclosed by R2500, which is the radius where the density equals to 2500 times the critical density of the universe. We compare our results with other mass determinations employing different methods, i.e. Sunyaev Zeldovich Effect (SZE) and lensing, where available and found that within uncertainties they are in a good agreement.
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