Weak lensing mass reconstruction of MS1008.1-1224

Details Weak lensing mass reconstruction of MS1008.1-1224 Weak lensing mass reconstruction of MS1008.1-1224

2000-09-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0010002v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

15 pages, 23 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

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We present an in-depth weak lensing analysis of the cluster MS1008 based on deep multicolor imaging obtained during the Science Verification of FORS1 at the VLT. The image quality (half arcsec seeing) and depth of the VLT images allow the shear signal to be mapped with high signal-to-noise and to be traced out to 1.2 h_50^-1 Mpc, near the edge of the 6'.8x6'.8 field of view. Using BVRI color information, as well as 81 redshifts in the field from the CNOC survey, background galaxies can be effectively separated from cluster and foreground objects. PSF distorsions are found to be moderate across the FORS images and thus easily removed. Due to the small statistical errors in the mass reconstruction, this dataset provides a testing ground where several systematic effects (e.g. mass-sheet degeneracy, redshift distribution of the background sources, cluster galaxy contamination) can be quantified. Several methods are used to remove the mass-sheet degeneracy which is found to dominate the systematic error budget. We measure a lower limit to the mass of 2.6 10^14 h_50^-1 M_sun within 1 h_50^-1 Mpc and a ``total'' mass of 5.3 10^14 h_50^-1 M_sun by fitting a softened isothermal sphere. The availability of the CNOC redshift data and X-ray observations on this cluster allow a comparison of different determinations of the mass radial profile. We find the lensing and X-ray measurements in excellent agreement, while the mass derived from the virial analysis is marginally (1-2 sigma) in agreement at radii where both methods are reliable.

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