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The magnification of distant sources by mass clumps at lower ($z \leq 1$) redshifts is calculated analytically. The clumps are initially assumed to be galaxy group isothermal spheres with properties inferred from an extensive survey. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Richard Lieu , Jonathan P. D. Mittaz

We present a new test of gravitational interactions at the r\sim(0.2-20)Mpc scale, around the virial radius of dark matter halos measured through cluster-galaxy lensing of maxBCG clusters from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We employ…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-05-30 Lucas Lombriser , Fabian Schmidt , Tobias Baldauf , Rachel Mandelbaum , Uros Seljak , Robert E. Smith

The weak gravitational lensing distortion of distant galaxy images (defined as sources) probes the projected large-scale matter distribution in the Universe. To improve quality in the 3D mass mapping using 3D-lensing, we combine the lensing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Patrick Simon

Robust galaxy cluster mass estimates are fundamental for constraining cosmological parameters from counts. For this reason, it is essential to search for tracers that, independent of the cluster's dynamical state, have a small intrinsic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-19 Lia Doubrawa , Eduardo S. Cypriano , Alexis Finoguenov , Paulo A. A. Lopes , Matteo Maturi , Anthony H. Gonzalez , Renato Dupke

We present galaxy cluster mass-richness relations found in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Stripe 82 co-add using clusters found using a Voronoi tessellation cluster finder. These relations were found using stacked weak lensing shear observed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-14 Matthew P. Wiesner , Huan Lin , Marcelle Soares-Santos

We present X-ray and optical properties of the optically confirmed galaxy cluster sample from the 3XMM/SDSS Stripe 82 cluster survey. The sample includes 54 galaxy clusters in the redshift range of 0.05-1.2, with a median redshift of 0.36.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-18 Ali Takey , Florence Durret , Isabel Márquez , Amael Ellien , Mona Molham , Adèle Plat

We study the bias and scatter in mass measurements of galaxy clusters resulting from fitting a spherically-symmetric Navarro, Frenk & White model to the reduced tangential shear profile measured in weak lensing observations. The reduced…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-23 Matthew R. Becker , Andrey V. Kravtsov

Using numerical simulations of cluster formation in the standard CDM model (SCDM) and in a low-density, flat CDM model with a cosmological constant (LCDM), we investigate the gravitational lensing explanation for the reported associations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Xiang-Ping Wu , Xiao-Hong Zhu , Yi-Peng Jing , Li-Zhi Fang

Future weak lensing surveys will directly probe the density fluctuation in the universe. Recent studies have shown how the statistics of the weak lensing convergence field is related to the statistics of collapsed objects. Extending earlier…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Dipak Munshi

We estimate total mass ($M_{500}$), intracluster medium (ICM) mass ($M_{\mathrm{ICM}}$) and stellar mass ($M_{\star}$) in a Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZE) selected sample of 91 galaxy clusters with masses…

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

This paper presents 52 X-ray bright galaxy clusters selected within the 11 deg$^2$ XMM-LSS survey. 51 of them have spectroscopic redshifts ($0.05<z<1.06$), one is identified at $z_{\rm phot}=1.9$, and all together make the high-purity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 N. Clerc , C. Adami , M. Lieu , B. Maughan , F. Pacaud , M. Pierre , T. Sadibekova , G. P. Smith , P. Valageas , B. Altieri , C. Benoist , S. Maurogordato , J. P. Willis

The galaxy size-luminosity and size-stellar mass relations are important constraints on the galactic baryon cycle of gas accretion, star formation, and feedback. There are conflicting claims in the literature regarding how environment…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-14 Li-Wen Liao , Andrew Cooper

In the era of large surveys, yielding thousands of galaxy clusters, efficient mass proxies at all scales are necessary in order to fully utilize clusters as cosmological probes. At the cores of strong lensing clusters, the Einstein radius…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-21 J. D. Remolina González , K. Sharon , B. Reed , N. Li , G. Mahler , L. E. Bleem , M. Gladders , A. Niemiec , A. Acebron , H. Child

We consider the possibility that masses and gravitational potentials of galaxy cluster, estimated at X-ray wavelengths, could be explained without assuming huge amounts of dark matter, but in the context of $f(R)$-gravity. Specifically, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-15 S. Capozziello , E. De Filippis , V. Salzano

We present MMT spectroscopic observations of two massive galaxy cluster candidates at redshift $z\sim0.07$ that show extended and diffuse X-ray emission in the ROSAT All Sky Survey (RASS) images. The targets were selected from a previous…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-30 Kaiyuan Chen , Weiwei Xu , Linhua Jiang

Whilst X-rays and Sunyaev-Zel'dovich observations allow to study the properties of the intra-cluster medium (ICM) of galaxy clusters, their gravitational potential may be constrained using strong gravitational lensing. Although being…

Connecting galaxies with their descendants (or progenitors) at different redshifts can yield strong constraints on galaxy evolution. Observational studies have historically selected samples of galaxies using a physical quantity, such as…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Carl J. Mundy , Christopher J. Conselice , Jamie R. Ownsworth

Aims. We investigate the gravitational redshift in clusters of galaxies in the symmetron and Hu-Sawicky $f(R)$ models. The characteristic feature of both models is the screening mechanism that hides the fifth force in dense environments…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-05 Max B. Gronke , Claudio Llinares , David F. Mota