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星系团质量分布的详细统计分析

A detailed statistical analysis of the mass profiles of galaxy clusters

Ole Host, Steen H. Hansen

摘要:

星系和星系团晕中的质量分布已经从观测、理论和数值模拟方面得到了探索。然而,仍然有混乱的几个建议的参数化模型是更好的表示,以及这些模型是否是通用的。我们使用的温度和密度分布的11个放松的星系团的X射线观测测量的集群内介质调查质量模型的晕使用一个彻底的贝叶斯统计分析。我们仔细比较两个和三个参数的模型,包括一个通用的第三个参数的问题。我们发现,两个参数的模型,NFW是最好的代表,但我们也发现适度的统计证据表明,一个广义的三参数NFW模型与自由变化的内部斜率是首选,尽管惩罚对额外的自由度。有一个强烈的迹象表明,需要为每个集群单独确定这个内斜率,即一些集群具有中央核心,其他集群具有陡峭的尖点。我们的样品的质量浓度关系与基于数值模拟的预测是合理的协议。

英文摘要:

The distribution of mass in the halos of galaxies and galaxy clusters has been probed observationally, theoretically, and in numerical simulations. Yet there is still confusion about which of several suggested parameterized models is the better representation, and whether these models are universal. We use the temperature and density profiles of the intracluster medium as measured by X-ray observations of 11 relaxed galaxy clusters to investigate mass models for the halo using a thorough Bayesian statistical analysis. We make careful comparisons between two- and three-parameter models, including the issue of a universal third parameter. We find that, of the two-parameter models, the NFW is the best representation, but we also find moderate statistical evidence that a generalized three-parameter NFW model with a freely varying inner slope is preferred, despite penalizing against the extra degree of freedom. There is a strong indication that this inner slope needs to be determined for each cluster individually, i.e. some clusters have central cores and others have steep cusps. The mass-concentration relation of our sample is in reasonable agreement with predictions based on numerical simulations.

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