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Title: MC2: Multiwavelength and Dynamical Analysis of the Merging Galaxy Cluster ZwCl 0008.8+5215: An Older and Less Massive Bullet Cluster

Abstract

Here we present and analyze a rich data set including Subaru/SuprimeCam, HST/Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera 3, Keck/DEIMOS, Chandra/ACIS-I, and JVLA/C and D array for the merging cluster of galaxies ZwCl 0008.8+5215. With a joint Subaru+HST weak gravitational lensing analysis, we identify two dominant subclusters and estimate the masses to be $${M}_{200}={5.7}_{-1.8}^{+2.8}\times {10}^{14}\,{M}_{\odot }$$ and $${1.2}_{-0.6}^{+1.4}\times {10}^{14}\,{M}_{\odot }$$. We estimate the projected separation between the two subclusters to be $${924}_{-206}^{+243}\,\mathrm{kpc}$$. We perform a clustering analysis of spectroscopically confirmed cluster member galaxies and estimate the line-of-sight velocity difference between the two subclusters to be $$92\pm 164\,\mathrm{km}\,{{\rm{s}}}^{-1}$$. We further motivate, discuss, and analyze the merger scenario through an analysis of the 42 ks of Chandra/ACIS-I and JVLA/C and D array polarization data. The X-ray surface brightness profile reveals a merging gas-core reminiscent of the Bullet Cluster. The global X-ray luminosity in the 0.5–7.0 keV band is $$1.7\pm 0.1\times {10}^{44}\,\mathrm{erg}\,{{\rm{s}}}^{-1}$$ and the global X-ray temperature is 4.90 ± 0.13 keV. The radio relics are polarized up to $$40 \% $$, and along with the masses, velocities, and positions of the two subclusters, we input these quantities into a Monte Carlo dynamical analysis and estimate the merger velocity at pericenter to be $${1800}_{-300}^{+400}\,\mathrm{km}\,{{\rm{s}}}^{-1}$$. This is a lower-mass version of the Bullet Cluster and therefore may prove useful in testing alternative models of dark matter (DM). We do not find significant offsets between DM and galaxies, but the uncertainties are large with the current lensing data. Furthermore, in the east, the BCG is offset from other luminous cluster galaxies, which poses a puzzle for defining DM–galaxy offsets.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3];  [4]; ORCiD logo [5]
  1. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
  2. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (United States)
  3. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  4. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States); Yonsei Univ., Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
  5. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States); Univ. de Lisboa, Lisbon (Portugal)
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
OSTI Identifier:
1660517
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-774223
Journal ID: ISSN 1538-4357; 966886; TRN: US2203523
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344; 1518246; HST-GO-13343.001-A; GO5-14130X; NAS8-03060
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
The Astrophysical Journal (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal (Online); Journal Volume: 838; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; galaxies: clusters: individual (ZwCl 0008.8+5215); gravitational lensing; X-rays: galaxies: clusters; galaxies: clusters: intracluster medium; (cosmology:) large-scale structure of universe

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Golovich, Nathan, Weeren, Reinout van, Dawson, William A., Jee, M. James, and Wittman, David. MC2: Multiwavelength and Dynamical Analysis of the Merging Galaxy Cluster ZwCl 0008.8+5215: An Older and Less Massive Bullet Cluster. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa667f.
Golovich, Nathan, Weeren, Reinout van, Dawson, William A., Jee, M. James, & Wittman, David. MC2: Multiwavelength and Dynamical Analysis of the Merging Galaxy Cluster ZwCl 0008.8+5215: An Older and Less Massive Bullet Cluster. United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa667f
Golovich, Nathan, Weeren, Reinout van, Dawson, William A., Jee, M. James, and Wittman, David. Fri . "MC2: Multiwavelength and Dynamical Analysis of the Merging Galaxy Cluster ZwCl 0008.8+5215: An Older and Less Massive Bullet Cluster". United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa667f. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1660517.
@article{osti_1660517,
title = {MC2: Multiwavelength and Dynamical Analysis of the Merging Galaxy Cluster ZwCl 0008.8+5215: An Older and Less Massive Bullet Cluster},
author = {Golovich, Nathan and Weeren, Reinout van and Dawson, William A. and Jee, M. James and Wittman, David},
abstractNote = {Here we present and analyze a rich data set including Subaru/SuprimeCam, HST/Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera 3, Keck/DEIMOS, Chandra/ACIS-I, and JVLA/C and D array for the merging cluster of galaxies ZwCl 0008.8+5215. With a joint Subaru+HST weak gravitational lensing analysis, we identify two dominant subclusters and estimate the masses to be ${M}_{200}={5.7}_{-1.8}^{+2.8}\times {10}^{14}\,{M}_{\odot }$ and ${1.2}_{-0.6}^{+1.4}\times {10}^{14}\,{M}_{\odot }$. We estimate the projected separation between the two subclusters to be ${924}_{-206}^{+243}\,\mathrm{kpc}$. We perform a clustering analysis of spectroscopically confirmed cluster member galaxies and estimate the line-of-sight velocity difference between the two subclusters to be $92\pm 164\,\mathrm{km}\,{{\rm{s}}}^{-1}$. We further motivate, discuss, and analyze the merger scenario through an analysis of the 42 ks of Chandra/ACIS-I and JVLA/C and D array polarization data. The X-ray surface brightness profile reveals a merging gas-core reminiscent of the Bullet Cluster. The global X-ray luminosity in the 0.5–7.0 keV band is $1.7\pm 0.1\times {10}^{44}\,\mathrm{erg}\,{{\rm{s}}}^{-1}$ and the global X-ray temperature is 4.90 ± 0.13 keV. The radio relics are polarized up to $40 \% $, and along with the masses, velocities, and positions of the two subclusters, we input these quantities into a Monte Carlo dynamical analysis and estimate the merger velocity at pericenter to be ${1800}_{-300}^{+400}\,\mathrm{km}\,{{\rm{s}}}^{-1}$. This is a lower-mass version of the Bullet Cluster and therefore may prove useful in testing alternative models of dark matter (DM). We do not find significant offsets between DM and galaxies, but the uncertainties are large with the current lensing data. Furthermore, in the east, the BCG is offset from other luminous cluster galaxies, which poses a puzzle for defining DM–galaxy offsets.},
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/aa667f},
journal = {The Astrophysical Journal (Online)},
number = 2,
volume = 838,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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