Galaxy clusters morphology with Zernike polynomials: the first application on $\textit{Planck}$ Compton parameter maps
Abstract
The study of the morphology of 2D projected maps of galaxy clusters is a suitable approach to infer, from real data, the dynamical state of those systems. We recently developed a new method to recover the morphological features in galaxy cluster maps which consists of an analytical modelling through the Zernike polynomials. After the first validation of this approach on a set of high-resolution mock maps of the Compton parameter, , from hydrodynamically simulated galaxy clusters in THE THREE HUNDRED project, we apply the Zernike modelling on -maps of local () galaxy clusters observed by the satellite. With a single parameter collecting the main information of the Zernike modelling, we classify their morphology. A set of mock -like -maps, generated from THE THREE HUNDRED clusters, is also used to validate our indicator with a proper dynamical state classification. This approach allows us to test the efficiency of the Zernike morphological modelling in evaluating the dynamical population in the real sample.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2310.07759,
title = {Galaxy clusters morphology with Zernike polynomials: the first application on $\textit{Planck}$ Compton parameter maps},
author = {Valentina Capalbo and Marco De Petris and Weiguang Cui and Antonio Ferragamo and Florian Ruppin and Gustavo Yepes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.07759},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
To appear in Proc. of the mm Universe 2023 conference, Grenoble (France), June 2023, published by F. Mayet et al. (Eds), EPJ Web of conferences, EDP Sciences