CLASH: Precise New Constraints on the Mass Profile of Abell 2261
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We precisely constrain the inner mass profile of Abell 2261 (z=0.225) for the first time and determine this cluster is not "over-concentrated" as found previously, implying a formation time in agreement with {\Lambda}CDM expectations. These results are based on strong lensing analyses of new 16-band HST imaging obtained as part of the Cluster Lensing and Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH). Combining this with revised weak lensing analyses of Subaru wide field imaging with 5-band Subaru + KPNO photometry, we place tight new constraints on the halo virial mass M_vir = 2.2\pm0.2\times10^15 M\odot/h70 (within r \approx 3 Mpc/h70) and concentration c = 6.2 \pm 0.3 when assuming a spherical halo. This agrees broadly with average c(M,z) predictions from recent {\Lambda}CDM simulations which span 5 <~ Note:
- Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal. 19 pages, 14 figures
- dark energy
- dark matter
- galaxies: clusters: individual
- galaxies: evolution
- gravitational lensing: strong
- gravitational lensing: weak
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