Cluster physics from joint weak gravitational lensing and Sunyaev-Zel'dovich data

Details Cluster physics from joint weak gravitational lensing and Sunyaev-Zel'dovich data Cluster physics from joint weak gravitational lensing and Sunyaev-Zel'dovich data

2001-02-09

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0102165v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages. 15 figures. Submitted to A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20010759

We present a self consistent method to perfom a joint analysis of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich and weak gravitational lensing observation of galaxy clusters. The spatial distribution of the cluster main constituents is described by a perturbative approach. Assuming the hydrostatic equilibrium and the equation of state, we are able to deduce, from observations, maps of projected gas density and gas temperature. The method then naturally entails a X-ray emissivity prediction which can be compared to observed X-ray emissivity maps. When tested on simulated clusters (noise free), this prediction turns out to be in very good agreement with the simulated surface brightness. The simulated and predicted surface brightness images have a correlation coefficient higher than 0.9 and the total flux differ by 0.9 % or 9 % in the two simulated clusters we studied. The method should be easily used on real data in order to provide a physical description of the cluster physics and of its constituents. The tests performed show that we can recover the amount and the spatial distributions of both the baryonic and non-baryonic material with an accuracy better than 10 %. So, in principle, in it might indeed help to alleviate some well known bias affecting, eg baryon fraction measurements.

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