Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2012-04-25
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
12 pages, 9 figures, 2 tables. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
Theoretical studies of structure formation find an inverse proportionality between the concentration of dark matter haloes and virial mass. This trend has been recently confirmed for virial masses Mvir > ~6e12 Msun by the observation of the X-ray emission from the hot halo gas. We present an alternative approach to this problem, exploring the concentration of dark matter haloes over galaxy scales on a sample of 18 early-type systems. Our c-Mvir relation is consistent with the X-ray analysis, extending towards lower virial masses, covering the range from ~4e11 Msun up to 5e12 Msun. A combination of the lensing analysis along with photometric data allows us to constrain the baryon fraction within a few effective radii, which is compared with prescriptions for adiabatic contraction (AC) of the dark matter haloes. We find that the standard methods for AC are strongly disfavored, requiring additional mechanisms -- such as mass loss during the contraction process -- to play a role during the phases following the collapse of the haloes.
Ferreras Ignacio
Leier Dominik
Saha Prasenjit
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