A test of galaxy cluster fundamental plane for the X-COP sample

Dec 20, 2021
9 pages
Published in:
  • JCAP 01 (2022) 01, 058,
  • JCAP 01 (2022) 058
  • Published: Jan 26, 2022
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Abstract: (IOP)
We test the galaxy cluster fundamental plane using the X-COP sample of 12 clusters. The fundamental plane is given by the relation TX_{X} ∝ Ms_{s} α^{α} rs_{s} β^{β}, where TX_{X}, Ms_{s}, and rs_{s} correspond to the gas temperature, NFW halo mass, and scale radius, respectively. We did this analysis using two different temperatures: the error-weighted temperature in (50–500)h1^{-1} kpc as well as the mass-weighted temperature in the same range. With both these temperatures, we find a very tight fundamental plane with dispersion of about 0.02 dex. The best-fit values for α and β are in-between those expected from virial equilibrium and self-similarity solution for secondary infall and collapse, with α being closer to the virial expectation. Our best-fit values are also consistent with a recent re-analyses of the fundamental plane for the CLASH sample, after excluding the hottest clusters.
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  • 9 pages, 3 figures. Changed the radial range for calculating temperatures. Accepted for publication in JCAP
  • galaxy clusters
  • X-ray telescopes