Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-12-20
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 3 figures, accepted to the Astrophysical Journal Letters
Scientific paper
10.1086/312630
We examine the gravitational redshift of radiation emitted from within the potential of a cluster. Spectral lines from the intracluster medium (ICM) are redshifted in proportion to the emission-weighted mean potential along the line of sight, amounting to approximately 50 km/s at a radius of 100 kpc/h, for a cluster dispersion of 1200 km/s. We show that the relative redshifts of different ionization states of metals in the ICM provide a unique probe of the three-dimensional matter distribution. An examination of the reported peculiar velocities of cD galaxies in well studied Abell clusters reveals they are typically redshifted by an average of $\sim +200$ km/s. This can be achieved by gravity with the addition of a steep central potential associated with the cD galaxy. Note that in general gravitational redshifts cause a small overestimate of the recessional velocities of clusters by an average of $\sim$ 20 km/s.
Broadhurst Tom
Scannapieco Evan
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