Internal dark matter structure of the most massive galaxy clusters since redshift 1
Abstract
We investigate the evolution of the dark matter density profiles of the most massive galaxy clusters in the Universe. Using a `zoom-in' procedure on a large suite of cosmological simulations of total comoving volume of , we study the 25 most massive clusters in four redshift slices from to the present. The minimum mass is M at . Each system has more than two million particles within . Once scaled to the critical density at each redshift, the dark matter profiles within are strikingly similar from to the present day, exhibiting a low dispersion of 0.15 dex, and showing little evolution with redshift in the radial logarithmic slope and scatter. They have the running power law shape typical of the NFW-type profiles, and their inner structure, resolved to comoving kpc at , shows no signs of converging to an asymptotic slope. Our results suggest that this type of profile is already in place at in the highest-mass haloes in the Universe, and that it remains exceptionally robust to merging activity.
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@article{arxiv.2201.07482,
title = {Internal dark matter structure of the most massive galaxy clusters since redshift 1},
author = {Amandine M. C. Le Brun and Romain Teyssier},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.07482},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
Published in Proceedings of mmUniverse at NIKA2 - Observing the mm Universe with the NIKA2 camera, Rome (Italy), June 2021 7 pages, 3 figures This proceeding is entirely based upon arXiv:1709.07457 by the same first author