X-ray study of temperature and abundance profiles of the cluster of galaxies Abell 1060 with Suzaku

We carried out observations of the central and 20' east offset regions of the cluster of galaxies Abell 1060 with Suzaku. Spatially resolved X-ray spectral analysis has revealed temperature and abundance profiles of Abell 1060 out to 27' similar or equal to 380 h(70)(-1) kpc, which corresponds to similar to 0.25 r(180). Temperature decrease of the intra-cluster medium 70 from 3.4 keV at the center to 2.2 keV in the outskirt region was clearly observed. The abundances of Si, S, and Fe also decrease by more than 50% from the center to the outer region, while Mg shows a fairly constant abundance distribution at similar to 0.7 solar within r less than or similar to 17'. O shows a lower abundance of similar to 0.3 solar in the central region (r less than or similar to 6'), and indicates a similar feature with Mg; however, it is sensitive to the estimated contribution of the Galactic components of kT(1) similar to 0.15 keV and kT(2) similar to 0.7 keV in the outer annuli (r greater than or similar to 13'). Systematic effects due to the point-spread function tails, contamination on the XIS filters, instrumental background, cosmic and/or Galactic X-ray background, and the assumed solar abundance tables were carefully examined. The results on the temperature and abundances of Si, S, and Fe are consistent with those derived by XMM-Newton at r less than or similar to 13'. The formation and metal-enrichment process of the cluster are discussed based on the present results.