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Probing Saraswati's heart: evaluating the dynamical state of the massive galaxy cluster A2631 through a comprehensive weak-lensing and dynamical analysis

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2020-12-10 v2

Abstract

In this work, we investigate the dynamical state of the galaxy cluster Abell 2631, a massive structure located at the core of the Saraswati supercluster. To do this, we first solve a tension found in the literature regarding the weak-lensing mass determination of the cluster. We do this through a comprehensive weak-lensing analysis, exploring the power of the combination of shear and magnification data sets. We find M200wl=8.72.9+2.5×1014M_{200}^{\rm wl} = 8.7_{-2.9}^{+2.5} \times 10^{14} M_\odot. We also determined the mass based on the dynamics of spectroscopic members, corresponding to M200dy=12.2±3.0×1014M_{200}^{\rm dy} = 12.2\pm3.0 \times 10^{14} M_\odot, consistent within a 68 per cent CL with the weak-lensing estimate. The scenarios provided by the mass distribution and dynamics of galaxies are reconciled with those provided by X-ray observations in a scenario where A2631 is observed at a late stage of merging.

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@article{arxiv.2011.07996,
  title  = {Probing Saraswati's heart: evaluating the dynamical state of the massive galaxy cluster A2631 through a comprehensive weak-lensing and dynamical analysis},
  author = {R. Monteiro-Oliveira and A. C. Soja and A. L. B. Ribeiro and J. Bagchi and S. Sankhyayan and T. O. Candido and R. R. Flores},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.07996},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

14 pages, 10 figures, 6 tables. Accepted on Nov, 13 for publication in MNRAS