Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-08-02
Astrophys.J. 591 (2003) 662-676
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
14 pages, 10 figures, version accepted by ApJ. See http://www.nordita.dk/~dahle/paper3.ps.gz for a version with high-resolutio
Scientific paper
10.1086/375485
In the course of a weak gravitational lensing survey of 39 clusters of galaxies,covering a total sky area of ~1 square degree, we have serendipitously discovered mass concentrations in the fields of A1705 and A1722 which are most probably not associated with the main cluster target. By combining weak lensing information with two-color galaxy photometry in fields centered on our sample clusters, we identify a new cluster candidate at z~0.5 in the field of A1705. This cluster candidate also displays strong lensing in the form of a giant luminous arc. The new mass concentration in the field of A1722 also seems to be associated with an optically luminous cluster of galaxies at z~0.5, but in this case there is some evidence for additional structures along the line of sight that may contribute to the lensing signal. A third cluster, A959, has a dark sub-clump which shows interesting morphological evidence in the mass map for being associated with the main cluster. This is the first case where there is any significant evidence for a physical association between a dark sub-clump (discovered from weak lensing) and a normal cluster. Analysis of archival X-ray data shows that the three new mass concentrations are not firmly detected in X-rays and that they are X-ray underluminous.
Dahle Haakon
Kaiser Nicholas
Lilje Per B.
Maddox Steve J.
Pedersen Karsten
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