CLASH: WEAK-LENSING SHEAR-AND-MAGNIFICATION ANALYSIS OF 20 GALAXY CLUSTERS

DOI: 
10.1088/0004-637X/795/2/163
Publication date: 
10/11/2014
Main author: 
Umetsu, Keiichi
IAA authors: 
Molino, Alberto; Benitez, Narciso
Authors: 
Umetsu, Keiichi; Medezinski, Elinor; Nonino, Mario; Merten, Julian; Postman, Marc; Meneghetti, Massimo; Donahue, Megan; Czakon, Nicole; Molino, Alberto; Seitz, Stella; Gruen, Daniel; Lemze, Doron; Balestra, Italo; Benitez, Narciso; Biviano, Andrea; Broadhurst, Tom; Ford, Holland; Grillo, Claudio; Koekemoer, Anton; Melchior, Peter; Mercurio, Amata; Moustakas, John; Rosati, Piero; Zitrin, Adi
Journal: 
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Publication type: 
Article
Volume: 
795
Pages: 
Number: 
163
Abstract: 
We present a joint shear-and-magnification weak-lensing analysis of a sample of 16 X-ray-regular and 4 high-magnification galaxy clusters at 0.19 less than or similar to z less than or similar to 0.69 selected from the Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH). Our analysis uses wide-field multi-color imaging, taken primarily with Suprime-Cam on the Subaru Telescope. From a stacked-shear-only analysis of the X-ray-selected subsample, we detect the ensemble-averaged lensing signal with a total signal-to-noise ratio of similar or equal to 25 in the radial range of 200-3500 kpc h(-1), providing integrated constraints on the halo profile shape and concentration-mass relation. The stacked tangential-shear signal is well described by a family of standard density profiles predicted for dark-matter-dominated halos in gravitational equilibrium, namely, the Navarro-Frenk-White (NFW), truncated variants of NFW, and Einasto models. For the NFW model, we measure a mean concentration of c(200c) = 4.01(-0.32)(+0.35) at an effective halo mass of M-200c = 1.34(-0.09)(+0.10) x 10(15) M-circle dot. We show that this is in excellent agreement with. cold dark matter (Lambda CDM) predictions when the CLASH X-ray selection function and projection effects are taken into account. The best-fit Einasto shape parameter is alpha(E) = 0.191(-0.068)(+0.071), which is consistent with the NFW-equivalent Einasto parameter of similar to 0.18. We reconstruct projected mass density profiles of all CLASH clusters from a joint likelihood analysis of shear-and-magnification data and measure cluster masses at several characteristic radii assuming an NFW density profile. We also derive an ensemble-averaged total projected mass profile of the X-ray-selected subsample by stacking their individual mass profiles. The stacked total mass profile, constrained by the shear+magnification data, is shown to be consistent with our shear-based halo-model predictions, including the effects of surrounding large-scale structure as a two-halo term, establishing further consistency in the context of the Lambda CDM model.
Database: 
WOK
SCOPUS
ADS
URL: 
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014ApJ...795..163U/abstract
ADS Bibcode: 
2014ApJ...795..163U
Keywords: 
cosmology: observations; dark matter; galaxies: clusters: general; gravitational lensing: weak