Diffuse Baryons in Groups and Clusters of Galaxies

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1998-02-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9802185v2

Astrophys.J. 501 (1998) 493

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

19 Latex pages, 12 Postscript figures. Submitted to Astrophys. Journ. Part 1; added typos and references

Scientific paper

10.1086/305839

To predict the X-ray observables associated to the diffuse baryons in clusters of galaxies, we develop a new physical approach to model such a hot intra-cluster plasma. Such approach is based on punctuated equilibria. and comprises the following blocks: Monte Carlo ``merging histories'' of dark matter potential wells; the central hydrostatic disposition for the ICP, reset to a new equilibrium after each merging episode; conditions of shock, or of closely adiabatic compression at the boundary with the external gas, preheated by stellar energy feedbacks. We predict the L-T relation, consistent with the data as for shape and scatter. This we combine with the mass distribution provided by the hierarchical clustering for different COBE-normalized CDM models, to predict the z-resolved luminosity functions, the source counts, the redshift distributions and contribution of the unresolved groups and clusters to the soft X-ray background. When compared with the recent ROSAT surveys, our results confirm that the critical cosmology with Standard CDM is ruled out by its overproduction of local clusters. On account of underproduction, instead, we rule out open cosmologies except for a narrow range around \Omega_o=0.5; even there, we find the consistency with the full data base to be hardly marginal. For \Omega_o=0.3 in flat geometry, we obtain acceptable fits. For the tilted CDM perturbation spectrum with high baryonic content in the critical universe, we obtain marginal consistency. Finally, we discuss the effective limitations of X-ray clusters and groups as cosmological signposts, and their brighter prospects toward the astrophysics of the ICP and the cosmogony of large, high-contrast structures.

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