Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-03-14
Astrophys.J.663:150-163,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
18 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables, accepted by ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/518229
Using K-band imaging for 15 of the Canadian Network for Observational Cosmology (CNOC1) clusters we examine the near-infrared properties of moderate-redshift (0.19 < z < 0.55) galaxy clusters. We find that the number of K-band selected cluster galaxies within R_{500} (the Halo Occupation Number, HON) is well-correlated with the the cluster dynamical mass (M_{500}) and X-ray Temperature (T_{x}); however, the intrinsic scatter in these scaling relations is 37% and 46% respectively. Comparison with clusters in the local universe shows that the HON-M_{500} relation does not evolve significantly between z = 0 and z ~ 0.3. This suggests that if dark matter halos are disrupted or undergo significant tidal-stripping in high-density regions as seen in numerical simulations, the stellar mass within the halos is tightly bound, and not removed during the process. The total K-band cluster light (L_{200,K}) and K-band selected richness (parameterized by B_{gc,K}) are also correlated with both the cluster T_{x} and M_{200}. The total (intrinsic) scatter in the L_{200,K}-M_{200} and B_{gc,K}-M_{200} relations are 43%(31%) and 35%(18%) respectively and indicates that for massive clusters both L_{200,K} and B_{gc,K} can predict M_{200} with similar accuracy as T_{x}, L_{x} or optical richness (B_{gc}). Examination of the mass-to-light ratios of the clusters shows that similar to local clusters, the K-band mass-to-light ratio is an increasing function of halo mass. Using the K-band mass-to-light ratios of the clusters, we apply the Oort technique and find Omega_{m,0} = 0.22 pm 0.02, which agrees well with recent combined concordance cosmology parameters, but, similar to previous cluster studies, is on the low-density end of preferred values.
Hall Patrick B.
Lin Hainan
Muzzin Adam
Yee Howard K. C.
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