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用X射线和透镜模拟和观测约束合并星系团:Abell 2146的情况

Constraining Merging Galaxy Clusters with X-ray and Lensing Simulations and Observations: The case of Abell 2146

Urmila Chadayammuri, John ZuHone, Paul Nulsen, Daisuke Nagai, Sharon Felix, Felipe Andrade-Santos, Lindsay King, Helen Russell

摘要:

星系团合并是检验宇宙学和天体物理学模型的有力实验室。然而,解释个别合并集群关键取决于他们的合并配置,由质量,速度,碰撞参量,并合并轴相对于天空平面的方向定义。在这项工作中,我们调查合并参数的影响上的X射线发射集群内介质和引力透镜地图使用一套理想化的模拟二进制集群合并使用的GAMER-2代码。作为一个测试案例,我们专注于模拟子弹头般的合并系统阿贝尔2146,其中深\textit{Chandra} X射线和透镜观测揭示了突出的合并冲击以及质量分布和子结构与此合并集群。我们确定了最有趣的参数组合,并评估各种参数对深\textit{Chandra}和透镜观测所观察到的合并冲击的性质的影响。我们发现,由于引力压缩的集群晕合并过程中,以前的质量估计从弱透镜太高。合并的平面比先前估计的更远离天空平面倾斜,直到距离天空平面$30^\circ$。我们讨论了我们的研究结果的适用性合并星系团的多波长观测和它们的宇宙学和等离子体物理的探针使用。

英文摘要:

Galaxy cluster mergers are a powerful laboratory for testing cosmological and astrophysical models. However, interpreting individual merging clusters depends crucially on their merger configuration, defined by the masses, velocities, impact parameters, and orientation of the merger axis with respect to the plane of the sky. In this work, we investigate the impact of merger parameters on the X-ray emitting intracluster medium and gravitational lensing maps using a suite of idealised simulations of binary cluster mergers performed using the GAMER-2 code. As a test case, we focus on modeling the Bullet Cluster-like merging system Abell 2146, in which deep \textit{Chandra} X-ray and lensing observations revealed prominent merger shocks as well as the mass distribution and substructures associated with this merging cluster. We identify the most interesting parameter combinations, and evaluate the effects of various parameters on the properties of merger shocks observed by deep \textit{Chandra} and lensing observations. We show that due gravitational compression of the cluster halos during the merger, previous mass estimates from weak lensing are too high. The plane of the merger is tilted further from the plane of the sky than estimated previously, up to $30^\circ$ from the plane of the sky. We discuss the applicability of our results to multi-wavelength observations of merging galaxy clusters and their use as probes of cosmology and plasma physics.

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