Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-11-18
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
13 pages, 1 figure, two tables. Accepted for publication in ApJL
Scientific paper
10.1086/312451
Numerical simulations of structure formation have suggested that there exists a good correlation between the halo concentration c (or the characteristic density delta_c) and the virial mass Mvir for any virialized dark halo described by the Navarro, Frenk & White (1995) density profile. In this Letter, we present an observational determination of the c-Mvir (or delta_c-Mvir) relation in the mass range of 10^14< Mvir <10^16 (solar mass) using a sample of 63 X-ray luminous clusters. The best-fit power law relation, which is roughly independent of the values of Omega_M and Lambda, is c propto Mvir^(-0.5) or delta_c propto Mvir^(-1.2), indicating n=-0.7 for a scale-free power spectrum of the primordial density fluctuations. We discuss the possible reasons for the conflict with the predictions by typical CDM models such as SCDM, LCDM and OCDM.
Wu Xiang-Ping
Xue Yan-Jie
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