Large-scale inhomogeneities of the intracluster medium: improving mass estimates using the observed azimuthal scatter
Large-scale inhomogeneities of the intracluster medium: improving mass estimates using the observed azimuthal scatter
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簇内介质的大规模不均匀性:使用观察到的方位角散射改进质量估计
DOI:
10.1093/mnras/stt654
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
L. Moscardini
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作者:
M. Roncarelli;S. Ettori;S. Borgani;K. Dolag;D. Fabjan;L. Moscardini
Achieving a robust determination of the gas density profile i n cluster outskirts is a crucial point in order to measure their baryonic content and to use them as cosmological probes. The difficulty in obtaining this measurement lies not only in the low surface brightness of the ICM, but also in the inhomogeneities of the gas associated to clumps, asymmetries and accretion patterns. Using a set of hydrodynamical simulations of 62 galaxy clusters and groups we study this kind of inhomogeneities, focusing on the ones on the large scale that, unlike clumps, are the most difficult to identify. To this purpose we introduce the concept of residual clumpiness, CR, that quantifies the large-scale inhomogeneity of the ICM. A fter showing that this quantity can be robustly defined for relaxed systems, we characterize how it varies with radius, mass and dynamical state of the halo. Most importantly, we observe that it introduces an overestimate in the determination of the density profile f rom the X-ray emission, which translates into a systematic overestimate of 6 (12) per cent in the measurement of Mgas at R200 for our relaxed (perturbed) cluster sample. At the same time, the increase of CR with radius introduces also a �2 per cent systematic underestimate in the measurement of the hydrostatic-equilibrium mass (Mhe), which adds to the previous one generating a systematic �8.5 per cent overestimate in fgas in our relaxed sample. Since the residual clumpiness of the ICM is not directly observable, we study its correlation with the azimuthal scatter in the X-ray surface brightness of the halo, a quantity that is well -constrained by current measurements, and in the y-parameter profiles that is at reach of the forthcoming SZ exp eriments. We find that their correlation is highly significant ( rS = 0.6 0.7), allowing to define the azimuthal scatter measured in the X-ray surface brightness profile and in the y-parameter as robust proxies of CR. After providing a function that connects the two quantitie s, we obtain that correcting the observed gas density profiles using the a zimuthal scatter eliminates the bias in the measurement of Mgas for relaxed objects, which becomes 0 ± 2 per cent up to 2R200, and reduces it by a factor of 3 for perturbed ones. This method allows also to eliminate the systematics on the measurements of Mhe and fgas, although a significant halo to halo scatter remains.
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19523.x
发表时间:
2011-07
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
A. Bonafede;K. Dolag;F. Stasyszyn;G. Murante;S. Borgani
通讯作者:
A. Bonafede;K. Dolag;F. Stasyszyn;G. Murante;S. Borgani
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
Eckert;Simionescu;Brüggen;Ettori
通讯作者:
Ettori
影响因子:
6.5
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