Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-11-30
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
37 pages, LaTex
Scientific paper
10.1086/305471
We present an analysis of the properties of the lensing cluster MS0440+0204 at z=0.1965. MS0440+0204 has been observed with a variety of telescopes at diverse wavelengths: from the ground with CFHT, MMT and KECK and from Earth orbit with HST, ROSAT and ASCA. Mass determinations are separately obtained from galaxy virial motions and X-ray profile fitting. A simple beta-model fit to the X-ray data yields a mass of (1.3+/-0.2) x10^{14} M_sun within 583 kpc of the cluster center, but more general models fit all of our data better and allow a wider range of masses that are consistent with the lensing data. In addition, the X-ray data yield a mass distribution profile that is well described by a beta model with a core radius of 26.7 kpc. The velocity dispersion of galaxies yields a mass of 4.8^{+1.5}_{-0.94} x 10^{14} M_sun within 900 kpc. In the inner 24.5arcsec there are 24 arcs that appear to be strong gravitationally lensed images of background sources. Models of the cluster mass distribution and its lensing properties reveal 5 background sources at various redshifts each forming 2 or more arcs. At 100 kpc, the lower limit mass from lensing is about a factor of 2 greater than the X-ray determined mass. lens model than the X-ray determination. To reconcile the mass estimates from the X-rays and the lensing and to try to understand the steep slope of the gravitational lens mass, we tentatively explore a model with a supercluster surrounding the cluster and with a mass profile that increases more rapidly than a beta model at large radii.
Falco Emilio E.
Gioia Isabella Maria
Hammer Francçois
Le Fèvre Oliver
Luppino Gerald A.
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