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AMICO galaxy clusters in KiDS-DR3: weak lensing mass calibration.
- Source :
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Apr2019, Vol. 484 Issue 2, p1598-1615, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- We present the mass calibration for galaxy clusters detected with the AMICO code in KiDS DR3 data. The cluster sample comprises 7000 objects and covers the redshift range 0.1 < |$z$| < 0.6. We perform a weak lensing stacked analysis by binning the clusters according to redshift and two different mass proxies provided by AMICO, namely the amplitude A (measure of galaxy abundance through an optimal filter) and the richness λ* (sum of membership probabilities in a consistent radial and magnitude range across redshift). For each bin, we model the data as a truncated NFW profile plus a two-halo term, taking into account uncertainties related to concentration and miscentring. From the retrieved estimates of the mean halo masses, we construct the A – M <subscript>200</subscript> and the λ*– M <subscript>200</subscript> relations. The relations extend over more than 1 order of magnitude in mass, down to |$M_{200} \sim 2\, (5) \times 10^{13} \, \mathrm{M}_\odot \, h^{-1}$| at |$z$|  = 0.2 (0.5), with small evolution in redshift. The logarithmic slope is 2.0 for the A –mass relation, and 1.7 for the λ*–mass relation, consistent with previous estimations on mock catalogues and coherent with the different nature of the two observables. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- GALAXY clusters
CALIBRATION
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00358711
- Volume :
- 484
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 135381524
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz090