The WARPS survey - II: The Log(N)-Log(S) relation and the X-ray evolution of low luminosity Clusters of Galaxies

Details The WARPS survey - II: The Log(N)-Log(S) relation and the X-ray evolution of low luminosity Clusters of Galaxies The WARPS survey - II: The Log(N)-Log(S) relation and the X-ray evolution of low luminosity Clusters of Galaxies

1997-09-18

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9709189v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

ApJ accepted; 29 pages, Latex, 7 figures, 1 table

Scientific paper

10.1086/305283

X-ray selected surveys of clusters of galaxies can distinguish between hierarchical models of the growth of structure in the Universe. Here we present the first results from an X-ray selected, flux and surface brightness limited deep survey for high redshift clusters and groups of galaxies based on ROSAT PSPC pointed data. The log(N)-log(S) relation of all clusters in this survey is consistent with that from most previous surveys but occupies a flux range not previously covered. At high redshifts (z>0.3) the cluster luminosities are in the range 4e43 to 2e44 erg/s, the luminosities of poor clusters. The number of high redshift, low luminosity clusters is consistent with no evolution of the X-ray luminosity function between redshifts of z=0.4 and z=0, and places a limit of a factor of <1.7 (at 90% confidence) on the amplitude of any pure negative density evolution of clusters of these luminosities, in contrast with the factor of approx 3 (corresponding to number density evolution proportional to (1+z)^{-2.5}) found in the EMSS survey at similar redshifts but higher luminosities. Taken together, these results support hierarchical models in which there is mild negative evolution of the most luminous clusters at high redshift but little or no evolution of the less luminous but more common, optically poor clusters. Models involving preheating of the X-ray gas at an early epoch fit the observations, at least for Omega_0=1.

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