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Abell 1703中的强透镜:对内部暗物质分布斜率的限制

Strong Lensing in Abell 1703: Constraints on the Slope of the Inner Dark Matter Distribution

M. Limousin, J. Richard, J. -P. Kneib, H. Brink, R. Pello, E. Jullo, H. Tu, J. Sommer-Larsen, E. Egami, M. J. Michalowski, R. Cabanac, D. P. Stark

摘要:

在这篇文章中,我们应用强透镜技术在阿贝尔1703,一个巨大的X射线发光星系团在z=0.28。我们的分析是基于8个波段的空间和地面成像数据,并辅以光谱调查。Abell 1703从其多重成像系统的总体形状来看看起来相当圆,并在其中心呈现出一个占主导地位的巨型椭圆cD星系。这个星系团在距离cD星系非常近的地方,呈现出一个由4张z_{spec} =0.888的明亮图像形成的非常明亮的“中心环”,这提供了对探测中心质量分布可能非常有趣的观测约束。在我们的参数质量模型中考虑了cD星系(7”内约为1.25 × 10^{12} M_{sun})的恒星贡献,并使用中心对数斜率α参数化的广义NFW轮廓描述了底层光滑暗物质组分分布。我们发现在观测约束的范围内(~5”~~50”),Abell 1703的暗物质分布的斜率为1.09^{+0.05}_{-0.11}(3σ置信水平)。浓度参数等于c_{200} ~ 3.5,尺度半径被约束为大于观测约束可用的区域。在该半径内,2D质量等于M(50”)=2.4 10^{14} M_{\sun}。在这一点上,我们不能得出任何关于宇宙学模型的结论,因为我们缺乏包含重子的现实数值模拟的结果来进行适当的比较。我们主张需要一个样本的观察和模拟单峰放松星系团,以便进行可靠的比较,并可能提供一个宇宙学模型的测试。

英文摘要:

In this article, we apply strong lensing techniques in Abell 1703, a massive X-ray luminous galaxy cluster at z=0.28. Our analysis is based on imaging data both from space and ground in 8 bands, complemented with a spectroscopic survey. Abell 1703 looks rather circular from the general shape of its multiply imaged systems and present a dominant giant elliptical cD galaxy in its centre. This cluster exhibits a remarkable bright 'central ring' formed by 4 bright images at z_{spec}=0.888 located very close to the cD galaxy, providing observational constraints that are potentially very interesting to probe the central mass distribution. The stellar contribution from the cD galaxy (~1.25 10^{12} M_{sun} within 7") is accounted for in our parametric mass modelling, and the underlying smooth dark matter component distribution is described using a generalized NFW profile parametrized with a central logarithmic slope α. We find that within the range where observational constraints are present (from ~5" to ~50"), the slope of the dark matter distribution in Abell1703 is equal to 1.09^{+0.05}_{-0.11} (3σconfidence level). The concentration parameter is equal to c_{200} ~ 3.5, and the scale radius is constrained to be larger than the region where observational constraints are available. Within this radius, the 2D mass is equal to M(50")=2.4 10^{14} M_{\sun}. We cannot draw any conclusions on cosmological models at this point since we lack results from realistic numerical simulations containing baryons to make a proper comparison. We advocate the need for a sample of observed and simulated unimodal relaxed galaxy clusters in order to make reliable comparisons, and potentially provide a test of cosmological models.

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