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Cluster-cluster lensing and the case of Abell 383

Authors :
Adi Zitrin
Sharon Sadeh
Andrea Morandi
Keiichi Umetsu
Sunil Golwala
Nicole G. Czakon
Elinor Medezinski
Jack Sayers
Alberto Molino
Mario Nonino
Yoel Rephaeli
Source :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 420:1621-1629
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
Oxford University Press (OUP), 2011.

Abstract

Extensive surveys of galaxy clusters motivate us to assess the likelihood of cluster-cluster lensing (CCL), namely, gravitational-lensing of a background cluster by a foreground cluster. We briefly describe the characteristics of CCLs in optical, X-ray and SZ measurements, and calculate their predicted numbers for $\Lambda$CDM parameters and a viable range of cluster mass functions and their uncertainties. The predicted number of CCLs in the strong-lensing regime varies from several ($

Details

ISSN :
00358711
Volume :
420
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Accession number :
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