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SC1327-312 & SC1329-313: two galaxy groups in-between a major merging event observed with Beppo-SAX

We present the results of two Beppo-SAX observations of the poor clusters SC1327-312 and SC1329-313. These objects are located in a huge structure, formed by three ACO clusters, which is probably the remnant of one of the largest and best studied major mergings known. Given the fact that these poor clusters are in between two interacting ACO clusters, the aim of this work is to study the physics of the intracluster medium and to look for the possible presence of shocks. We derived the gas distribution profiles, the global (i.e. within 0.3 Mpc) temperatures and abundances and the temperature profiles and maps for SC1327-312 and SC1329-313. Also the presence of soft excess in LECS and hard excess in PDS have been checked. We do not find evidence of regions where the gas is shocked or significantly heated. The image of SC1327-312 seems rather symmetric, while the gas profile of SC1329-313 shows disturbed, comet-like shaped isophotes, with the tail pointing toward A3562 and a compression toward SC1327-312. The presence of multiphase gas in SC1329-313, as claimed by Hanami et al. (1999) on ASCA data, has been found only at the 2 sigma confidence level. The lack of heating supports the hypothesis that the merging is at a late stage, after the first core--core encounter, when the main shock front had the time to travel to the external regions of the main clusters.