Professor Baojiu Li baojiu.li@durham.ac.uk
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Cluster gas fraction as a test of gravity
Li, B.; He, J.; Gao, L.
Authors
J. He
L. Gao
Abstract
We propose a new cosmological test of gravity, by using the observed mass fraction of X-ray-emitting gas in massive galaxy clusters. The cluster gas fraction, believed to be a fair sample of the average baryon fraction in the Universe, is a well-understood observable, which has previously mainly been used to constrain background cosmology. In some modified gravity models, such as f(R) gravity, gas temperature in a massive cluster is determined by the effective mass (the mass that would have produced the same gravitational effect assuming standard gravity as the cluster actually does in f(R) gravity) of that cluster, which can be larger than its true mass. On the other hand, X-ray luminosity is determined by the true gas density, which in both modified gravity and Λ-cold-dark-matter models depends mainly on Ωb/Ωm and hence the true total cluster mass. As a result, the standard practice of combining gas temperatures and X-ray surface brightnesses of clusters to infer their gas fractions can, in modified gravity models, lead to a larger – in f(R) gravity this can be 1/3 larger – value of Ωb/Ωm than that inferred from other observations such as the cosmic microwave background. Our quick calculation shows that the Hu–Sawicki n = 1 f(R) model with |f¯R0|=5×10−5|f¯R0|=5×10−5 is in tension with the gas fraction data of the 42 clusters analysed by Allen et al. We also discuss the implications for other modified gravity models.
Citation
Li, B., He, J., & Gao, L. (2016). Cluster gas fraction as a test of gravity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(1), 146-155. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2650
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 7, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 11, 2015 |
Publication Date | Feb 11, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Feb 18, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 18, 2016 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Electronic ISSN | 1365-2966 |
Publisher | Royal Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 456 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 146-155 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2650 |
Keywords | Methods: analytical, Methods: statistical, Galaxies: haloes, Cosmological parameters, Dark matter, Large-scale structure of Universe. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1411753 |
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This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: 2015 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
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