The Evolution of Cluster Substructure with Redshift

Details The Evolution of Cluster Substructure with Redshift The Evolution of Cluster Substructure with Redshift

2003-10-05

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0310124v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 1 figure, corrected a reference, to appear in the proceeding of Multiwavelength Cosmology, ed. M. Plionis

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Using Chandra archival data, we quantify the evolution of cluster morphology with redshift. To quantify cluster morphology, we use the power ratio method developed by Buote and Tsai (1995). Power ratios are constructed from moments of the two-dimensional gravitational potential and are, therefore, related to a cluster's dynamical state. Our sample will include 40 clusters from the Chandra archive with redshifts between 0.11 and 0.89. These clusters were selected from two fairly complete flux-limited X-ray surveys (the ROSAT Bright Cluster Sample and the Einstein Medium Sensitivity Survey), and additional high-redshift clusters were selected from recent ROSAT flux-limited surveys. Here we present preliminary results from the first 28 clusters in this sample. Of these, 16 have redshifts below 0.5, and 12 have redshifts above 0.5.

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