Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-05-25
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for the publication in Astrophysical Journal Letters
Scientific paper
10.1086/312772
We have determined the mass profiles of dark halos in 83 objects observed by ASCA. The point spread function of X-ray telescope was deconvoled by the Richardson-Lucy algorithm and the temperature profiles were calculated to obtain the mass profiles. The derived mass profiles are consistent with the NFW model in 0.01-1.0 r_virial. We found a good correlation between the scale radius r_s and the characteristic mass density \delta_c, which indicates the self-similarity of dark halos. The spectrum index of primordial density fluctuation, P(k) \propto k^n, was determined from the slope of r_s - delta_c relation. For M_200=10^12-10^15 M_solar, our analysis gives n=-1.2 +/- 0.3 with a confidence level of 90%. The mass density of dark halos is a good indicator of the mean mass density of the universe at the time when the halos were assembled, z=z_f. Assuming delta_c \propto (1+z_f)^3, we have determined the epoch when each dark halo was assembled. Our analysis indicates that the field elliptical galaxies and groups of galaxies formed approximately at 1+z_f ~ 15 and at 1+z_f ~ 7-10 respectively.
Akimoto Fumie
Furuzawa Akihiro
Kumai Yasuki
Sato Shinji
Tawara Yuzuru
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