Mass and Light in the Supercluster of galaxies : MS0302+17

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2004-01-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0401403v2

Astron.Astrophys. 422 (2004) 407-422

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Final version accepted for publication by A&A gzipped postscript version with higher resolution figures also available at ft

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10.1051/0004-6361:20047109

We investigate the supercluster MS0302+17 (z~0.42) using weak lensing analysis and deep wide field CFH12k BVR photometry. Using (B-V) - (V-R) evolution tracks we identify supercluster early-types members. We derive a R band weak lensing background galaxies sample. We compute the correlations functions of light and mass and show that "light traces mass on supercluster scales". The zeta-statistics applied in cluster centers and global correlation analyses over the whole field converge toward the simple relation M/L_B=300+/-30. This independently confirms the earlier results obtained by Kaiser et al.(1998). We model dark matter halos around each galaxy by truncated isothermal spheres and find the linear relation M L still holds. However, their averaged halo truncation radius is s* ~< 200 kpc close to clusters cores, whereas it reaches a lower limit of ~ 300 kpc at the periphery. This change of s_* as function of radial distance gives indications on tidal stripping but the lack of informations on the late-type galaxies sample prevents us to separate contributions. Though all the data at hands are consistent with "mass is traced by light from early-type galaxies", we are not able to describe in details the contributions of late type galaxies. We however found it to be small.

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