Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-06-23
Astrophys.J.701:1283-1299,2009
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
18 pages, 15 figures. ApJ accepted
Scientific paper
10.1088/0004-637X/701/2/1283
We present a new mass estimate of a well-studied gravitational lensing cluster, Abell 1689, from deep Chandra observations with a total exposure of 200 ks. Within r=200 h-1 kpc, the X-ray mass estimate is systematically lower than that of lensing by 30-50%. At r>200 h-1 kpc, the mass density profiles from X-ray and weak lensing methods give consistent results. The most recent weak lensing work suggest a steeper profile than what is found from the X-ray analysis, while still in agreement with the mass at large radii. Previous studies have suggested that cooler small-scale structures can bias X-ray temperature measurements or that the northern part of the cluster is disturbed. We find these scenarios unlikely to resolve the central mass discrepancy since the former requires 70-90% of the space to be occupied by these cool structures and excluding the northern substructure does not significantly affect the total mass profiles. A more plausible explanation is a projection effect. We also find that the previously reported high hard-band to broad-band temperature ratio in A1689, and many other clusters observed with Chandra, may be resulting from the instrumental absorption that decreases 10-15% of the effective area at ~1.75 keV.
Andersson Kaj
Bautz Mark W.
Garmire Gordon P.
Peng En-Hsin
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