Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-05-02
Astrophys.J. 564 (2002) 669-682
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
43 pages, 13 figures, One figure is added and minor changes are made. Accepted for Publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/324282
Combining conservation of energy throughout nearly-spherical collapse of galaxy clusters with the virial theorem, we derive the mass-temperature relation for X-ray clusters of galaxies $T=CM^{2/3}$. The normalization factor $C$ and the scatter of the relation are determined from first principles with the additional assumption of initial Gaussian random field. We are also able to reproduce the recently observed break in the M-T relation at $T \sim 3 \keV$, based on the scatter in the underlying density field for a low density $\Lambda$CDM cosmology. Finally, by combining observational data of high redshift clusters with our theoretical formalism, we find a semi-empirical temperature-mass relation which is expected to hold at redshifts up to unity with less than 20% error.
Afshordi Niayesh
Cen Renyue
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