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Do blue galaxy-clusters have hot intracluster gas?

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2022-03-09 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

We present herein a systematic X-ray analysis of blue galaxy-clusters at z=0.84z=0.84 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 0.6(<1.5)×1014 M0.6 (<1.5)\times10^{14}~{\rm M_\odot} 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 5×1042 ergs15\times 10^{42}~{\rm erg\,s^{-1}}. 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 101314 M10^{13-14}~{\rm M_{\odot}} 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