HST large field weak lensing analysis of MS 2053-04: study of the mass distribution and mass-to-light ratio of X-ray selected clusters at 0.22<z<0.83

Details HST large field weak lensing analysis of MS 2053-04: study of the mass distribution and mass-to-light ratio of X-ray selected clusters at 0.22<z<0.83 HST large field weak lensing analysis of MS 2053-04: study of the mass distribution and mass-to-light ratio of X-ray selected clusters at 0.22<z<0.83

2001-09-25

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0109445v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 333 (2002) 911

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

submitted to MNRAS 12 pages, 13 figures

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05479.x

We have detected the weak lensing signal induced by the cluster of galaxies MS 2053-04 (z=0.58) from a two-colour mosaic of 6 HST WFPC2 images. The best fit singular isothermal sphere model to the observed tangential distortion yields an Einstein radius r_E=6.2"+-1.8", which corresponds to a velocity dispersion of 886^{+121}_{-139} km/s. This result is in good agreement with the observed velocity dispersion of 817+-80 km/s from cluster members. MS 2053 is the third cluster we studied using mosaics of deep WFPC2 images. For all three clusters we find good agreement between dynamical and weak lensing velocity dispersions, in contrast to weak lensing studies based on single WFPC2 pointings on cluster cores. This result demonstrates the importance of wide field data. We have compared the ensemble averaged cluster profile to the predicted NFW profile, and find that a NFW profile can fit the observed lensing signal well. The best fit concentration parameter is found to be 0.79^{+0.44}_{-0.15} (68% confidence) times the predicted value from an open CDM model. The observed mass-to-light ratios of the clusters in our sample evolve with redshift, and are inconsistent with a constant, non-evolving, mass-to-light ratio at the 99% confidence level. The evolution is consistent with the results derived from the evolution of the fundamental plane of early type galaxies. The resulting average mass-to-light ratio for massive clusters at z=0 is found to be 239+-18+-9 M/L_B. (abridged)

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