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Exploiting the high-resolution NIKA2 data to study the intracluster medium and dynamical state of ACT-CL J0240.0+0116

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2025-05-28 v1

Abstract

Having a detailed knowledge of the intracluster medium (ICM) to infer the exact cluster physics such as the cluster dynamical state is crucial for cluster-based cosmological studies. This knowledge limits the accuracy and precision of mass estimation, a key parameter for such studies. In this paper, we conduct an in-depth analysis of cluster ACT-CL J0240.0+0116 using a multi-wavelength approach, with a primary focus on high angular resolution Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) thermal component observations obtained under the NIKA2 Sunyaev-Zeldovich Large Programme (LPSZ). We create composite images using NIKA2, X-ray, and optical galaxy number density maps. The results reveal distinct signs of disturbance within the cluster with the distributions of gas and member galaxies that do not overlap. We also find suggestions of an inflow of matter onto the cluster from the southwestern direction. Ultimately, we classify the cluster as disturbed, using morphological indicators derived from its SZ, X-ray, and optical image. The cluster SZ signal is also contaminated by a strong central point source. We adopt different approaches to handling this contaminant and find the estimates of our pressure and hydrostatic mass profiles robust to the point source mitigation model. The cluster hydrostatic mass is estimated at 4.250.45+0.50×1014M4.25^{+0.50}_{-0.45\, } \times 10^{14} \,\mathrm{M}_{\odot} for the case where the point source was masked. These values are consistent with the mass estimated using only X-ray data and with those from previous SZ studies of the Atacama cosmology telescope (ACT) survey, with improved precision on the mass estimate. Our findings strongly suggest that ACT-CL J0240.0+0116 is a disturbed cluster system, and the detailed observations and derived values serve as a compelling case study for the capabilities of the LPSZ in mapping the cluster ICM with high precision.

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@article{arxiv.2410.11668,
  title  = {Exploiting the high-resolution NIKA2 data to study the intracluster medium and dynamical state of ACT-CL J0240.0+0116},
  author = {A. Paliwal and M. De Petris and A. Ferragamo and R. Adam and P. Ade and H. Ajeddig and P. André and E. Artis and H. Aussel and I. Bartalucci and A. Beelen and A. Benoît and S. Berta and L. Bing and O. Bourrion and M. Calvo and A. Catalano and F. De Luca and F. -X. Désert and S. Doyle and E. F. C. Driessen and G. Ejlali and A. Gomez and J. Goupy and C. Hanser and S. Katsioli and F. Kéruzoré and C. Kramer and B. Ladjelate and G. Lagache and S. Leclercq and J. -F. Lestrade and J. F. Macías-Pérez and S. C. Madden and A. Maury and P. Mauskopf and F. Mayet and J. -B. Melin and A. Monfardini and A. Moyer-Anin and M. Muñoz-Echeverría and L. Perotto and G. Pisano and E. Pointecouteau and N. Ponthieu and G. W. Pratt and V. Revéret and A. J. Rigby and A. Ritacco and C. Romero and H. Roussel and F. Ruppin and K. Schuster and A. Sievers and C. Tucker and R. Wicker and R. Zylka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.11668},
  year   = {2025}
}

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13 pages, 7 figures, submitted to A&A