X-ray analysis of the Planck-detected triplet-cluster system PLCK
  G334.8-38
  We conducted an X-ray analysis of one of the two Planck-detected
triplet-cluster systems, PLCK G334.8-38.0, with a $\sim100$~ks deep XMM-Newton
data. We find that the system has a redshift of $z=0.37\pm{0.01}$ but the
precision of the X-ray spectroscopy for two members is too low to rule out a
projected triplet system, demanding optical spectroscopy for further
investigation. In projection, the system looks almost like an equilateral
triangle with an edge length of $\sim2.0\,\mathrm{Mpc}$, but masses are very
unevenly distributed ($M_{500} \sim [2.5,0.7,0.3] \times
10^{14}\,\mathrm{M_{\odot}}$ from bright to faint). The brightest member
appears to be a relaxed cool-core cluster and is more than twice as massive as
both other members combined. The second brightest member appears to be a
disturbed non-cool-core cluster and the third member was too faint to make any
classification. None of the clusters have an overlapping $R_{500}$ region and
no signs of cluster interaction were found; however, the XMM-Newton data alone
are probably not sensitive enough to detect such signs, and a joint analysis of
X-ray and the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect (tSZ) is needed for further
investigation, which may also reveal the presence of the warm-hot intergalactic
medium (WHIM) within the system. The comparison with the other Planck-detected
triplet-cluster-system (PLCK G214.6+36.9) shows that they have rather different
configurations, suggesting rather different merger scenarios, under the
assumption that they are both not simply projected triplet systems.
