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量化星系团的形态和动力学演化。I.述的方法

Quantifying the Morphologies and Dynamical Evolution of Galaxy Clusters. I. The Method

David A. Buote, John C. Tsai

摘要:

我们描述和测试的方法来定量分类星系团根据其投影形态。这种方法将随后被用来放置宇宙学参数($Ω$和原始波动的功率谱尺度或略小于集群)的约束和测试理论的团簇形成。我们专门处理在投影中很容易识别并且对集群动态重要的结构。该方法源自投影引力势的二维多极展开,并产生无因次{ \it功率比}作为形态统计数据。如果使用投影质量分布来表征团簇形态,则功率比与团簇势直接相关。然而,由于详细的质量配置文件目前只存在几个集群,我们使用的X射线发射气体作为替代示踪剂的集群形态。在这种情况下,功率比与电势的关系被定性地保持。我们证明了该方法的可行性,通过分析模拟观测的简单模型的X射线团簇使用的仪器参数的ROSAT PSPC。为了说明的目的,我们将该方法应用于ROSAT PSPC图像的A85,A514,A1750和A2029。这些团簇在X射线形态上有很大的不同,很容易通过它们各自的功率比来区分。我们讨论了这种方法的适用性,以解决集群形态和宇宙学之间的联系,并评估是否一个单独的集群是足够放松的分析其内在的形状,使用流体静力学方法。用PSPC对Abell星系团进行了大约50次X射线观测,并将用本文的方法进行形态分析。

英文摘要:

We describe and test a method to quantitatively classify clusters of galaxies according to their projected morphologies. This method will be subsequently used to place constraints on cosmological parameters ($Ω$ and the power spectrum of primordial fluctuations on scales at or slightly smaller than that of clusters) and to test theories of cluster formation. We specifically address structure that is easily discernible in projection and dynamically important to the cluster. The method is derived from the two-dimensional multipole expansion of the projected gravitational potential and yields dimensionless {\it power ratios} as morphological statistics. If the projected mass profile is used to characterize the cluster morphology, the power ratios are directly related to the cluster potential. However, since detailed mass profiles currently exist for only a few clusters, we use the X-ray--emitting gas as an alternative tracer of cluster morphology. In this case, the relation of the power ratios to the potential is qualitatively preserved. We demonstrate the feasibility of the method by analyzing simulated observations of simple models of X-ray clusters using the instrument parameters of the ROSAT PSPC. For illustrative purposes, we apply the method to ROSAT PSPC images of A85, A514, A1750, and A2029. These clusters, which differ substantially in their X-ray morphologies, are easily distinguished by their respective power ratios. We discuss the suitability of this method to address the connection between cluster morphology and cosmology and to assess whether an individual cluster is sufficiently relaxed for analysis of its intrinsic shape using hydrostatic methods. Approximately 50 X-ray observations of Abell clusters with the PSPC will be amenable to morphological analysis using the method of this paper.

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