Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-06-26
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
29 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Nov 20, 2000 ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/317084
Evolution of the cluster temperature function is extremely sensitive to the mean matter density of the universe. Current measurements based on cluster temperature surveys indicate that Omega_M ~ 0.3 with a 1-sigma statistical error ~0.1, but the systematic errors in this method are of comparable size. Many more high-z cluster temperatures will be arriving from Chandra and XMM in the near future. In preparation for future cluster temperature surveys, this paper analyses the cluster mass-temperature relation, with the intention of identifying and reducing the systematic errors it introduces into measurements of cosmological parameters. We show that the usual derivation of this relation from spherical top-hat collapse is physically inconsistent and propose a more realistic derivation based on a hierarchical merging model that more faithfully reflects the gradual ceasing of cluster evolution in a low-Omega_M universe. We also analyze the effects of current systematic uncertainties in the M-T relation and show that they introduce a systematic uncertainty of ~0.1 in the best-fitting Omega_M. Future improvements in the accuracy of the M-T relation will most likely come from comparisons of predicted cluster temperature functions with temperature functions derived directly from large-scale structure simulations.
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