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The use of large, X-ray selected galaxy cluster catalogues for cosmological analyses requires a thorough understanding of the X-ray mass estimates. Weak gravitational lensing is an ideal method to shed light on such issues, due to its…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-05 Melanie Simet , Nicholas Battaglia , Rachel Mandelbaum , Uroš Seljak

We present the first measurement of the mass function of galaxy clusters based directly on cluster masses derived from observations of weak gravitational lensing. To investigate the degree of sample incompleteness resulting from the X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-06 H. Dahle

The total mass of clusters of galaxies is a key parameter to study massive halos. It relates to numerous gravitational and baryonic processes at play in the framework of large scale structure formation, thus rendering its determination…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 G. Foëx , G. Soucail , E. Pointecouteau , M. Arnaud , M. Limousin , G. W. Pratt

We present measurements of the masses of a sample of 25 moderate X-ray luminosity clusters of galaxies from the 160 square degree ROSAT survey. The masses were obtained from a weak lensing analysis of deep F814W images obtained using the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Henk Hoekstra , Megan Donahue , Christopher J. Conselice , Brian R. McNamara , G. Mark Voit

We use SDSS data to investigate the scaling relations of 127 NoSOCS and 56 CIRS galaxy clusters at low redshift ($z \le 0.10$). We show that richness and both optical and X-ray luminosities are reliable mass proxies. The scatter in mass at…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-04 P. A. A. Lopes , R. R. de Carvalho , J. L. Kohl-Moreira , C. Jones

The properties of clusters of galaxies offer key insights into the assembly process of structure in the universe. Numerical simulations of cosmic structure formation in a hierarchical, dark matter dominated universe suggest that galaxy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Julia M. Comerford , Priyamvada Natarajan

We use a sample of 115 galaxy clusters at 0.1<z<1.3 observed with Chandra ACIS-I to investigate the relation between luminosity and Yx (the product of gas mass and temperature). The scatter in the relation is dominated by cluster cores, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 B. J. Maughan

We present a survey of mass profiles and mass-to-light ratios of eight typical galaxy clusters at a common redshift (z ~ 0.2). We use weak gravitational lensing as a probe because it is unique in avoiding any assumptions about the dynamical…

We present a statistical analysis of a sample of 20 strong lensing clusters drawn from the Local Cluster Substructure Survey (LoCuSS), based on high resolution Hubble Space Telescope imaging of the cluster cores and follow-up spectroscopic…

We present a joint weak lensing and X-ray analysis of 4 deg$^2$ from the CFHTLS and XMM-LSS surveys. Our weak lensing analysis is the first analysis of a real survey using shapelets, a new generation weak lensing analysis method. We create…

We present the mass-X-ray observable scaling relationships for clusters of galaxies using the XMM-Newton cluster catalog of Snowden et al. Our results are roughly consistent with previous observational and theoretical work, with one major…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 Adrienne M. Juett , David S. Davis , Richard Mushotzky

We present a weak-lensing analysis of X-ray galaxy groups and clusters selected from the XMM-XXL survey using the first-year data from the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) Subaru Strategic Program. Our joint weak-lensing and X-ray analysis focuses…

We test the assumption of hydrostatic equilibrium in an X-ray luminosity selected sample of 50 galaxy clusters at $0.15<z<0.3$ from the Local Cluster Substructure Survey (LoCuSS). Our weak-lensing measurements of $M_{500}$ control…

(Abridged) We examine the X-ray luminosity scaling relations of 31 nearby galaxy clusters from the Representative XMM-Newton Cluster Structure Survey (REXCESS). The objects are selected in X-ray luminosity only, optimally sampling the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-19 G. W. Pratt , J. H. Croston , M. Arnaud , H. Boehringer

Galaxy groups and low-mass clusters provide important laboratories in which to study X-ray gas physics and the interplay between galaxy evolution and environmental effects. The X-ray Multi-Mirror (XMM) Large Scale Structure (LSS) survey has…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. P. Willis , F. Pacaud , M. Pierre

(Abridged) This is the second in a series of papers in which we derive simultaneous constraints on cosmology and X-ray scaling relations using observations of massive, X-ray flux-selected galaxy clusters. The data set consists of 238…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Adam Mantz , Steven W. Allen , Harald Ebeling , David Rapetti , Alex Drlica-Wagner

Solid observational evidences indicate a strong dependence of the galaxy formation and evolution on the environment. In order to study in particular the interaction between the intracluster medium and the evolution of cluster galaxies, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Popesso , H. Boehringer , W. Voges

We present a detailed comparison of mass measurements for clusters of galaxies using ASCA and ROSAT X-ray data and constraints from strong and weak gravitational lensing. Our results for a sample of 13 clusters provide a consistent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 S. W. Allen

This is the fourth in a series of papers studying the astrophysics and cosmology of massive, dynamically relaxed galaxy clusters. Here, we use measurements of weak gravitational lensing from the Weighing the Giants project to calibrate…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 D. E. Applegate , A. Mantz , S. W. Allen , A. von der Linden , R. G. Morris , S. Hilbert , P. L. Kelly , D. L. Burke , H. Ebeling , D. A. Rapetti , R. W. Schmidt

(Abridged) We quantify the bias and scatter in galaxy cluster masses and concentrations derived from an idealised mock weak gravitational lensing (WL) survey, and their effect on the cluster mass-concentration relation. For this, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-05-14 Yannick M. Bahé , Ian G. McCarthy , Lindsay J. King