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Title: Splashback in galaxy clusters as a probe of cosmic expansion and gravity

Journal Article · · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
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  1. Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology; Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
  2. Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
  3. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON (Canada)
  4. Durham Univ. (United Kingdom)

The splashback radius is a physical scale in dark matter halos that is set by the gravitational dynamics of recently accreted shells. We use analytical models and N-body simulations to study the dependence of splashback on dark energy and screened modified gravity theories. In modified gravity models, the transition from screened to unscreened regions typically occurs in the cluster outskirts, suggesting potentially observable signatures in the splashback feature. We investigate the location of splashback in both chameleon and Vainshtein screened models and find significant differences compared with ΛCDM predictions. We also observe an interesting interplay between dynamical friction and modified gravity, providing a distinctive signature for modified gravity models in the behavior of the splashback feature as a function of galaxy luminosity.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0007901
OSTI ID:
1610993
Journal Information:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2018, Issue 11; ISSN 1475-7516
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 43 works
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