English

The mass-concentration relation in massive galaxy clusters at redshift ~1

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2015-06-16 v1

Abstract

Mass and concentration of clusters of galaxies are related and evolving with redshift. We study the properties of a sample of 31 massive galaxy clusters at high redshift, 0.8 < z < 1.5, using weak and strong lensing observations. Concentration is a steep function of mass, c_{200} ~M_{200}^{-0.83 +-0.39}, with higher-redshift clusters being less concentrated. Mass and concentration from the stacked analysis, M_{200}=(4.1+-0.4)x10^{14}M_Sun/h and c_{200}=2.3+-0.2, are in line with theoretical results extrapolated from the local universe. Clusters with signs of dynamical activity preferentially feature high concentrations. We discuss the possibility that the whole sample is a mix of two different kinds of haloes. Over-concentrated clusters might be accreting haloes out of equilibrium in a transient phase of compression, whereas less concentrated ones might be more relaxed.

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@article{arxiv.1306.6096,
  title  = {The mass-concentration relation in massive galaxy clusters at redshift ~1},
  author = {Mauro Sereno and Giovanni Covone},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.6096},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

10 pages, 3 figures; in press on MNRAS

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