1. Gravitational Redshift and Cluster Masses.
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Bergeron, Jacqueline, Renzini, Alvio, Broadhurst, Tom, and Scannapieco, Evan
- Abstract
We examine the gravitational redshift of radiation emitted from within the potential of a cluster. Spectral lines from the ICM are redshifted in proportion to the emission-weighted mean potential along the line of sight, amounting to $\approx$ 50 km/s at a radius of 100 kpc/h for a cluster dispersion of 1200 km/s. We show that the relative redshifts of different ionization states of the gas, provide a unique probe of the 3D distribution. Note that in general the gravitational redshift results in a small overestimate of the recessional velocity of a cluster by an average of $\sim$ 20 km/s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2000
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