Do blue galaxy-clusters have hot intracluster gas?
Abstract
We present herein a systematic X-ray analysis of blue galaxy-clusters at discovered by the Subaru telescope. The sample consisted of 43 clusters identified by combining red-sequence and blue-cloud surveys, covering a wide range of emitter fractions (i.e., 0.3--0.8). The spatial extent of the over-density region of emitter galaxies was approximately 1~Mpc in radius. The average cluster mass was estimated as from the stacked weak-lensing measurement. We analyzed the XMM-Newton archival data, and measured the X-ray luminosity of the hot intracluster medium. As a result, diffuse X-ray emission was marginally detected in 14 clusters, yielding an average luminosity of . On the contrary, it was not significant in 29 clusters. The blue clusters were significantly fainter than the red-dominated clusters, and the X-ray luminosity did not show any meaningful correlation either with emitter fraction or richness. The X-ray surface brightness was low, but the amount of gas mass was estimated to be comparable to that observed in the cluster. Based on the results, we suggest that the blue clusters are at the early formation stage, and the gas is yet to be compressed and heated up to produce appreciable X-rays. Follow-up spectroscopic measurements are essential to clarify the dynamical status and co-evolution of galaxies and hot gas in the blue clusters.
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@article{arxiv.2201.00597,
title = {Do blue galaxy-clusters have hot intracluster gas?},
author = {Rana Misato and Yoshiki Toba and Naomi Ota and Naoaki Yamamoto and Tadayuki Kodama and Nobuhiro Okabe and Masamune Oguri and Ikuyuki Mitsuishi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.00597},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
9 pages, 7 figures, PASJ accepted