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1 E 0657-56中的并购冲击

The Cluster-Merger Shock in 1E 0657-56

Jun Koda, Milos Milosavljevic, Paul R. Shapiro, Daisuke Nagai, Ehud Nakar

摘要:

合并中的星系团1 E 0657-56,被称为“子弹星系团”,是已知最热的星系团之一。X射线发射等离子体表现出弓形激波般的温度和密度跳跃。这种等离子体与由引力透镜确定的质量分布峰值的分离被解释为无碰撞暗物质的直接证据。然而,如果从激波跳跃条件推断出的高激波速度等于合并CDM晕的相对速度,那么这种合并被预测为LCDM宇宙中如此罕见的事件,以至于观察它可能与LCDM模型相冲突。我们研究了这个问题,使用高分辨率,2D模拟气体动力学在集群碰撞分析集群的相对运动,弓形激波,和接触不连续性,并将这些与X射线数据的子弹集群。我们发现,流体冲击的速度不需要等于CDM组件的相对速度。模拟结果表明,CDM晕的相对速度比激波的相对速度低16%。虽然这一结论对碰撞星团的初始质量和气体密度分布的细节很敏感,但推断出的晕相对速度的降低将显著增加在LCDM宇宙中发现1 E 0657-56的可能性。(会议记录基于2007年Bash研讨会的海报)

英文摘要:

The merging galaxy cluster 1E 0657-56, known as the "bullet cluster," is one of the hottest clusters known. The X-ray emitting plasma exhibits bow-shock-like temperature and density jumps. The segregation of this plasma from the peaks of the mass distribution determined by gravitational lensing has been interpreted as a direct proof of collisionless dark matter. If the high shock speed inferred from the shock jump conditions equals the relative speed of the merging CDM halos, however, this merger is predicted to be such a rare event in a LCDM universe that observing it presents a possible conflict with the LCDM model. We examined this question using high resolution, 2D simulations of gas dynamics in cluster collisions to analyze the relative motion of the clusters, the bow shock, and the contact discontinuity, and relate these to the X-ray data for the bullet cluster. We find that the velocity of the fluid shock need not equal the relative velocity of the CDM components. An illustrative simulation finds that the present relative velocity of the CDM halos is 16% lower than that of the shock. While this conclusion is sensitive to the detailed initial mass and gas density profiles of the colliding clusters, such a decrease of the inferred halo relative velocity would significantly increase the likelihood of finding 1E 0657-56 in a LCDM universe. (Conference proceedings based on a poster at Bash Symposium 2007)

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