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Internal dark matter structure of the most massive galaxy clusters since redshift 1

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2022-01-20 v1

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 3(h1Gpc)33\,(h^{-1}\,\rm Gpc)^3, we study the 25 most massive clusters in four redshift slices from z1z\sim 1 to the present. The minimum mass is M500>5.5×1014M_{500} > 5.5 \times 10^{14} M_{\odot} at z=1z=1. Each system has more than two million particles within r500r_{500}. Once scaled to the critical density at each redshift, the dark matter profiles within r500r_{500} are strikingly similar from z1z\sim1 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 3.8h13.8\,h^{-1} comoving kpc at z=1z=1, shows no signs of converging to an asymptotic slope. Our results suggest that this type of profile is already in place at z>1z>1 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