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The distribution of dark matter and gas spanning 6 Mpc around the post-merger galaxy cluster MS 0451-03

Tam, S.-I.; Jauzac, M.; Massey, R.; Harvey, D.; Eckert, D.; Ebeling, H.; Ellis, R.S.; Ghirardini, V.; Klein, B.; Kneib, J.-P.; Lagattuta, D.; Natarajan, P.; Robertson, A.; Smith, G.P.

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Sut-Ieng Tam sut-ieng.tam@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy

D. Harvey

D. Eckert

H. Ebeling

R.S. Ellis

V. Ghirardini

B. Klein

J.-P. Kneib

D. Lagattuta

P. Natarajan

A. Robertson

G.P. Smith



Abstract

Using the largest mosaic of Hubble Space Telescope images around a galaxy cluster, we map the distribution of dark matter throughout an ∼6 × 6 Mpc2 area centred on the cluster MS 0451−03 (z = 0.54, M200=1.65×1015M⊙⁠). Our joint strong- and weak-lensing analysis shows three possible filaments extending from the cluster, encompassing six group-scale substructures. The dark matter distribution in the cluster core is elongated, consists of two distinct components, and is characterized by a concentration parameter of c200 = 3.79 ± 0.36. By contrast, XMM–Newton observations show the gas distribution to be more spherical, with excess entropy near the core, and a lower concentration of c200=2.35+0.89−0.70 (assuming hydrostatic equilibrium). Such a configuration is predicted in simulations of major mergers 2–7 Gyr after the first core passage, when the two dark matter haloes approach second turnaround, and before their gas has relaxed. This post-merger scenario finds further support in optical spectroscopy of the cluster’s member galaxies, which shows that star formation was abruptly quenched 5 Gyr ago. MS 0451−03 will be an ideal target for future studies of the growth of structure along filaments, star formation processes after a major merger, and the late-stage evolution of cluster collisions.

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Tam, S., Jauzac, M., Massey, R., Harvey, D., Eckert, D., Ebeling, H., …Smith, G. (2020). The distribution of dark matter and gas spanning 6 Mpc around the post-merger galaxy cluster MS 0451-03. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 496(3), 4032-4050. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1828

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 15, 2020
Online Publication Date Jun 26, 2020
Publication Date 2020-08
Deposit Date Oct 20, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Print ISSN 0035-8711
Electronic ISSN 1365-2966
Publisher Royal Astronomical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 496
Issue 3
Pages 4032-4050
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1828

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This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. ©: 2020 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.





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