MEASUREMENT OF THE HALO BIAS FROM STACKED SHEAR PROFILES OF GALAXY CLUSTERS

Journal Article · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Astrophysical Journal Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/784/2/L25· OSTI ID:22365937

Covone, Giovanni ^[1]; Sereno, Mauro ^[2]; Kilbinger, Martin ^[3]; Cardone, Vincenzo F. ^[4]

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1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli "Federico II," Via Cinthia, I-80126 Napoli (Italy)
2. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, I-40127 Bologna (Italy)
3. CEA/Irfu/SAp Saclay, Laboratoire AIM, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
4. I.N.A.F.-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Via Frascati 33, I-00040 Monteporzio Catone (Roma) (Italy)

We present observational evidence of the two-halo term in the stacked shear profile of a sample of ∼1200 optically selected galaxy clusters based on imaging data and the public shear catalog from the CFHTLenS. We find that the halo bias, a measure of the correlated distribution of matter around galaxy clusters, has amplitude and correlation with galaxy cluster mass in very good agreement with the predictions based on the LCDM standard cosmological model. The mass-concentration relation is flat but higher than theoretical predictions. We also confirm the close scaling relation between the optical richness of galaxy clusters and their mass.

• OSTI ID: 22365937
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 784, Issue 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2041-8205
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
CATALOGS
CONCENTRATION RATIO
CORRELATIONS
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS
GALAXY CLUSTERS
GRAVITATIONAL LENSES
MASS
NONLUMINOUS MATTER
SHEAR
UNIVERSE