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We consider the possibility that the Eddington-Born-Infeld (EBI) modified gravity provides an alternative explanation for the mass discrepancy in clusters of galaxies. For this purpose we derive the modified Einstein field equations,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-12-07 Noelia S. Santos , Janilo Santos

The gas mass fraction in galaxy clusters is a convenient probe to use in cosmological studies, as it can help derive constraints on a collection of cosmological parameters. It is however subject to various effects from the baryonic physics…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-31 R. Wicker , M. Douspis , L. Salvati , N. Aghanim

We examine the validity of the hydrostatic equilibrium (HSE) assumption for galaxy clusters using one of the highest-resolution cosmological hydrodynamical simulations. We define and evaluate several effective mass terms corresponding to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Daichi Suto , Hajime Kawahara , Tetsu Kitayama , Shin Sasaki , Yasushi Suto , Renyue Cen

The gas mass fraction in galaxy clusters is a convenient tool to use in the context of cosmological studies. Indeed this quantity allows to constrain the universal baryon fraction $\Omega_b/\Omega_m$, as well as other parameters like the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-09 Raphaël Wicker , Marian Douspis , Laura Salvati , Nabila Aghanim

The use of galaxy clusters as cosmological probes hinges on our ability to measure their masses accurately and with high precision. Hydrostatic mass is one of the most common methods for estimating the masses of individual galaxy clusters,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-12 Kaylea Nelson , Erwin T. Lau , Daisuke Nagai , Douglas H. Rudd , Liang Yu

We calculate the relativistic corrections to hydrostatic X-ray masses for galaxy clusters in Kottler spacetime, which is the spherically symmetric solution to Einstein's equations in General relativity endowed with a cosmological constant.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-20 Shantanu Desai

Mass estimates of galaxy clusters from X-ray and Sunyeav-Zel'dovich observations assume the intracluster gas is in hydrostatic equilibrium with their gravitational potential. However, since galaxy clusters are dynamically active objects…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Erwin T. Lau , Daisuke Nagai , Kaylea Nelson

We present a comprehensive joint analysis of two distinct methodologies for measuring the mass of galaxy clusters: hydrostatic measurements and caustic techniques. We show that by including cluster-specific assumptions obtained from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-13 Minahil Adil Butt , Sandeep Haridasu , Yacer Boumechta , Francesco Benetti , Lorenzo Pizzuti , Carlo Baccigalupi , Andrea Lapi

In this work, we examine the effects of mergers on the hydrostatic mass estimate of galaxy clusters using high-resolution Eulerian cosmological simulations. We utilize merger trees to isolate the last merger for each cluster in our sample…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Kaylea Nelson , Douglas H. Rudd , Laurie Shaw , Daisuke Nagai

In the post-Newtonian era, the Eddington-inspired Born-Infeld (EiBI) theory, considered as an improved modification of the Einsteinian general relativity formalism in the weak field regime (non-relativistic), has enabled us to study the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-04 Souvik Das , Pralay Kumar Karmakar

The masses of galaxy clusters are commonly measured from X-ray observations under the assumption of hydrostatic equilibrium (HSE). This technique is known to underestimate the true mass systematically. The fiducial FLAMINGO cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-19 Joey Braspenning , Joop Schaye , Matthieu Schaller , Roi Kugel , Scott T. Kay

We propose and perform a joint analysis of the two different mass estimates of galaxy clusters, namely the hydrostatic and caustic techniques. Firstly, we show comprehensively that the mass bias between these two techniques can be possibly…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-12 Minahil Adil Butt , Balakrishna S. Haridasu , Yacer Boumechta , Francesco Benetti , Lorenzo Pizzuti , Carlo Baccigalupi , Andrea Lapi

Motivated by previous studies in literature about the potential importance of relativistic corrections to galaxy cluster hydrostatic masses, we calculate the masses of 12 relaxed clusters (with Chandra X-ray data) using the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-18 Sajal Gupta , Shantanu Desai

Galaxy clusters are the largest virialized structures in the Universe and are predominantly dominated by dark matter. The hydrostatic mass and the mass obtained from gravitational lensing measurements generally differ, a discrepancy known…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-12 M. Lawrence Pattersons , Feri Apryandi , Freddy P. Zen

Galaxy cluster mass determinations achieved using X-ray and Sunyaev-Zel'dovich data combined with the assumption of hydrostatic equilibrium are generally biased. The bias exists for two main reasons: non-thermal pressure forces are expected…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-02 Davide Martizzi , Harrison Agrusa

We present a detailed study of the integrated total hydrostatic mass profiles of the five most massive ($M^{\mathrm{SZ}}_{500} > 5 \times 10^{14}$ M$_{\odot}$) galaxy clusters selected at $z\sim1$ via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect. These…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-19 Iacopo Bartalucci , Monique Arnaud , Gabriel W. Pratt , Amandine M. C. Le Brun

We study the mass distribution of galaxy clusters in Milgromian dynamics, or modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND). We focus on five galaxy clusters from the X-COP sample, for which high-quality data are available on both the baryonic mass…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-17 Ruth Kelleher , Federico Lelli

To assume hydrostatic equilibrium between the intracluster medium and the gravitational potential of galaxy clusters is an extensively used method to investigate their total masses. We want to test hydrostatic masses obtained with an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-08 Dominik Scheck , Jeremy S. Sanders , Veronica Biffi , Klaus Dolag , Esra Bulbul , Ang Liu

We compare the measurement of the gravitational mass of 38 high-redshift galaxy clusters observed by Chandra using Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) and standard Newtonian gravity. Our analysis confirms earlier findings that MOND cannot…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-14 Carl Blaksley , Massimiliano Bonamente

Context. Biases in mass measurements of galaxy clusters are one of the major limiting systematics in constraining cosmology with clusters. Aims. We aim to demonstrate that the systematics associated with cluster gravitational potentials are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-04 C. Tchernin , E. T. Lau , S. Stapelberg , D. Hug , M. Bartelmann
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