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从暗能量巡天科学验证数据看四个大质量星系团的质量和星系分布

Mass and galaxy distributions of four massive galaxy clusters from Dark Energy Survey Science Verification data

P. Melchior, E. Suchyta, E. Huff, M. Hirsch, T. Kacprzak, E. Rykoff, D. Gruen, R. Armstrong, D. Bacon, K. Bechtol, G. M. Bernstein, S. Bridle, J. Clampitt, K. H… 展开作者

P. Melchior, E. Suchyta, E. Huff, M. Hirsch, T. Kacprzak, E. Rykoff, D. Gruen, R. Armstrong, D. Bacon, K. Bechtol, G. M. Bernstein, S. Bridle, J. Clampitt, K. Honscheid, B. Jain, S. Jouvel, E. Krause, H. Lin, N. MacCrann, K. Patton, A. Plazas, B. Rowe, V. Vikram, H. Wilcox, J. Young, J. Zuntz, T. Abbott, F. B. Abdalla, S. S. Allam, M. Banerji, J. P. Bernstein, R. A. Bernstein, E. Bertin, E. Buckley-Geer, D. L. Burke, F. J. Castander, L. N. da Costa, C. E. Cunha, D. L. Depoy, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, P. Doel, J. Estrada, A. E. Evrard, A. Fausti Neto, E. Fernandez, D. A. Finley, B. Flaugher, J. A. Frieman, E. Gaztanaga, D. Gerdes, R. A. Gruendl, G. R. Gutierrez, M. Jarvis, I. Karliner, S. Kent, K. Kuehn, N. Kuropatkin, O. Lahav, M. A. G. Maia, M. Makler, J. Marriner, J. L. Marshall, K. W. Merritt, C. J. Miller, R. Miquel, J. Mohr, E. Neilsen, R. C. Nichol, B. D. Nord, K. Reil, N. A. Roe, A. Roodman, M. Sako, E. Sanchez, B. X. Santiago, R. Schindler, M. Schubnell, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, E. Sheldon, C. Smith, M. Soares-Santos, M. E. C. Swanson, A. J. Sypniewski, G. Tarle, J. Thaler, D. Thomas, D. L. Tucker, A. Walker, R. Wechsler, J. Weller, W. Wester

摘要:

我们测量了在暗能量巡天科学验证阶段观测到的四个大质量星系团的弱透镜质量和星系分布。这项开拓者研究的目的是:1)验证DECam成像仪测量弱透镜形状的任务,2)利用DECam的大视场绘制超过90弧分的星团及其环境。我们对天体测量、测光、图像质量、PSF建模和剪切测量精度进行了一系列严格的测试,以找出数据中的缺陷,并确定最佳的数据处理步骤和参数。我们发现DECam的科学验证数据适用于本文所述的透镜分析。PSF通常表现良好,但由于PSF的宽度和椭圆率依赖于通量,建模变得困难。我们采用光度红移来区分前景和背景星系,和一个红色序列集群发现者提供集群丰富度估计和集群星系分布。在这项研究中,通过拟合NFW配置文件的集群,我们确定弱透镜的群众是与以前的工作。对于Abell 3261,我们提供了红移,弱透镜质量和丰富度的第一个估计。此外,星团-星系分布表明,1 E 0657-56和RXC J2248.7-4431上存在着延伸至1度(约20 Mpc)的附属结构,展示了DECam和DES对天空度尺度特征进行详细研究的潜力。

英文摘要:

We measure the weak-lensing masses and galaxy distributions of four massive galaxy clusters observed during the Science Verification phase of the Dark Energy Survey. This pathfinder study is meant to 1) validate the DECam imager for the task of measuring weak-lensing shapes, and 2) utilize DECam's large field of view to map out the clusters and their environments over 90 arcmin. We conduct a series of rigorous tests on astrometry, photometry, image quality, PSF modeling, and shear measurement accuracy to single out flaws in the data and also to identify the optimal data processing steps and parameters. We find Science Verification data from DECam to be suitable for the lensing analysis described in this paper. The PSF is generally well-behaved, but the modeling is rendered difficult by a flux-dependent PSF width and ellipticity. We employ photometric redshifts to distinguish between foreground and background galaxies, and a red-sequence cluster finder to provide cluster richness estimates and cluster-galaxy distributions. By fitting NFW profiles to the clusters in this study, we determine weak-lensing masses that are in agreement with previous work. For Abell 3261, we provide the first estimates of redshift, weak-lensing mass, and richness. In addition, the cluster-galaxy distributions indicate the presence of filamentary structures attached to 1E 0657-56 and RXC J2248.7-4431, stretching out as far as 1 degree (approximately 20 Mpc), showcasing the potential of DECam and DES for detailed studies of degree-scale features on the sky.

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