Investigating the Complex Interaction of Dark Matter and Gas in Cluster of Galaxies

研究星系团中暗物质和气体的复杂相互作用

• 批准号: 1210973
• 负责人: Elena Rasia
• 金额: $ 36.13万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-15 至 2017-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1210973&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Investigating; Complex; Interaction; Dark; Matter

Astrophysicists have discovered that about 96% our Universe appears to consist of two unknown constituents called dark matter and dark energy. This project aims to establish the properties of the interaction between these dark constituents and the luminous matter within clusters of galaxies, with particular emphasis on the influence on mass distribution. The mass of these objects is a fundamental quantity to derive cosmological parameters, i.e., to quantify the importance and evolution of the Universe's dark and luminous components.This project will provide current large astronomical collaborations and future astronomical survey teams with detailed mass theoretical models built at four levels of increasing spatial complexity. Easily observable global quantities (zero dimension) will be related to the total mass through scaling relations. The project will extend previous results to an observationally-oriented analysis. Beyond the search for dependence of results on gas physics and dark energy, this part of the project will provide a clear indication on best sample selection and observation strategies to be adopted in X-ray and optical observations. The second part of the project is based on the concentration-mass relation (one dimension). While discordant observational results and theoretical predictions have recently created an increasing tension, this analysis aims to test X-ray, weak lensing, and strong lensing techniques to address this tension. Theoretical models produced by different gas physics and various dark energy models will be compared. Finally, the last two parts of this project aim to advance our theoretical understanding and modeling of cluster cosmology. The cluster mass derived from either X-ray or gravitational lensing is strongly influenced by the existence of sub-structures and geometry of the system. The next part of the project will identify the gas physical process that best characterizes the morphology of real clusters, and two observational techniques will be applied and tested using our synthetic catalogue. The final part of the project will provide observers with a complete three-dimensional (3D) model of galaxy clusters. New observational techniques recently introduced to derive the 3D shape of clusters will finally be tested.The principal investigator (PI) will directly train an undergraduate student, who will learn how to connect theory with observations and to collaborate with international scientists. The PI also believes strongly in mentoring underrepresented students, and diversity will be encouraged in the research group. All the products of this project will be made available to the public through Deep Blue, a service offered by the University of Michigan Library.

天体物理学家发现，大约96%的宇宙似乎由两个未知的成分组成，即暗物质和暗能量。该项目旨在确定这些暗成分与星系团内发光物质之间相互作用的性质，特别是对质量分布的影响。这些天体的质量是得出宇宙学参数的一个基本量，即量化宇宙暗和亮成分的重要性和演化。该项目将为当前的大型天文合作和未来的天文探测团队提供详细的质量理论模型，这些模型建立在四个不断增加的空间复杂性水平上。容易观测到的全局量(零维)将通过标度关系与总质量联系起来。该项目将把先前的结果扩展到以观测为导向的分析。除了寻找结果对气体物理和暗能量的依赖之外，该项目的这一部分将就X射线和光学观测中将采用的最佳样品选择和观测策略提供明确的指示。项目的第二部分是基于浓度-质量关系(一维)。虽然不一致的观测结果和理论预测最近造成了越来越大的紧张，但这项分析旨在测试X射线、弱透镜和强透镜技术来解决这种紧张。对不同气体物理产生的理论模型和各种暗能量模型进行比较。最后，本项目的最后两部分旨在增进我们对星团宇宙学的理论理解和建模。X射线或引力透镜产生的团簇质量受子结构和几何结构的影响很大。该项目的下一部分将确定最能表征真实星系团形态的气体物理过程，并将使用我们的合成星表应用和测试两种观测技术。该项目的最后部分将为观测者提供完整的星系团三维(3D)模型。最近引入的用于推导星系团3D形状的新观测技术将最终得到测试。首席研究员(PI)将直接培训一名本科生，他们将学习如何将理论与观测联系起来，并与国际科学家合作。国际学生联合会还强烈认为，应该对代表性不足的学生进行辅导，并将鼓励研究小组的多样性。该项目的所有产品都将通过密歇根大学图书馆提供的服务深蓝向公众开放。