Keiichi Umetsu
The Projected Dark and Baryonic Ellipsoidal Structure of 20 CLASH Galaxy Clusters
Umetsu, Keiichi; Sereno, Mauro; Tam, Sut-Ieng; Chiu, I-Non; Fan, Zuhui; Ettori, Stefano; Gruen, Daniel; Okumura, Teppei; Medezinski, Elinor; Donahue, Megan; Meneghetti, Massimo; Frye, Brenda; Koekemoer, Anton; Broadhurst, Tom; Zitrin, Adi; Balestra, Italo; Benítez, Narciso; Higuchi, Yuichi; Melchior, Peter; Mercurio, Amata; Merten, Julian; Molino, Alberto; Nonino, Mario; Postman, Marc; Rosati, Piero; Sayers, Jack; Seitz, Stella
Authors
Mauro Sereno
Sut-Ieng Tam sut-ieng.tam@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy
I-Non Chiu
Zuhui Fan
Stefano Ettori
Daniel Gruen
Teppei Okumura
Elinor Medezinski
Megan Donahue
Massimo Meneghetti
Brenda Frye
Anton Koekemoer
Tom Broadhurst
Adi Zitrin
Italo Balestra
Narciso Benítez
Yuichi Higuchi
Peter Melchior
Amata Mercurio
Julian Merten
Alberto Molino
Mario Nonino
Marc Postman
Piero Rosati
Jack Sayers
Stella Seitz
Abstract
We reconstruct the two-dimensional (2D) matter distributions in 20 high-mass galaxy clusters selected from the CLASH survey by using the new approach of performing a joint weak gravitational lensing analysis of 2D shear and azimuthally averaged magnification measurements. This combination allows for a complete analysis of the field, effectively breaking the mass-sheet degeneracy. In a Bayesian framework, we simultaneously constrain the mass profile and morphology of each individual cluster, assuming an elliptical Navarro–Frenk–White halo characterized by the mass, concentration, projected axis ratio, and position angle (PA) of the projected major axis. We find that spherical mass estimates of the clusters from azimuthally averaged weak-lensing measurements in previous work are in excellent agreement with our results from a full 2D analysis. Combining all 20 clusters in our sample, we detect the elliptical shape of weak-lensing halos at the 5σ significance level within a scale of 2 $\mathrm{Mpc}\,{h}^{-1}$. The median projected axis ratio is 0.67 ± 0.07 at a virial mass of ${M}_{\mathrm{vir}}=(15.2\pm 2.8)\times {10}^{14}\,{M}_{\odot }$, which is in agreement with theoretical predictions from recent numerical simulations of the standard collisionless cold dark matter model. We also study misalignment statistics of the brightest cluster galaxy, X-ray, thermal Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect, and strong-lensing morphologies with respect to the weak-lensing signal. Among the three baryonic tracers studied here, we find that the X-ray morphology is best aligned with the weak-lensing mass distribution, with a median misalignment angle of $| {\rm{\Delta }}\mathrm{PA}| =21^\circ \pm 7^\circ $. We also conduct a stacked quadrupole shear analysis of the 20 clusters assuming that the X-ray major axis is aligned with that of the projected mass distribution. This yields a consistent axis ratio of 0.67 ± 0.10, suggesting again a tight alignment between the intracluster gas and dark matter.
Citation
Umetsu, K., Sereno, M., Tam, S., Chiu, I., Fan, Z., Ettori, S., …Seitz, S. (2018). The Projected Dark and Baryonic Ellipsoidal Structure of 20 CLASH Galaxy Clusters. Astrophysical Journal, 860(2), Article 104. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aac3d9
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 8, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 18, 2018 |
Publication Date | Jun 18, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Jul 12, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 12, 2018 |
Journal | Astrophysical Journal |
Print ISSN | 0004-637X |
Publisher | American Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 860 |
Issue | 2 |
Article Number | 104 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aac3d9 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1354326 |
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