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Using the Outskirts of Galaxy Clusters to Determine their Mass Accretion Rate
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: Received: 9 December 2016 / Approved: 9 December 2016 / Online: 9 December 2016 (16:38:17 CET)
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De Boni, C. Using the Outskirts of Galaxy Clusters to Determine Their Mass Accretion Rate. Galaxies 2016, 4, 79. De Boni, C. Using the Outskirts of Galaxy Clusters to Determine Their Mass Accretion Rate. Galaxies 2016, 4, 79.
Abstract
We explore the possibility of using the external regions of galaxy clusters to measure their mass accretion rate (MAR). The main goal is to provide a method to observationally investigate the growth of structures on the nonlinear scales of galaxy clusters. We derive the MAR by using the mass profile beyond the splashback radius, evaluating the mass of a spherical shell and the time it takes to fall in. The infall velocity of the shell is extracted from N-body simulations. The average MAR returned by our prescription in the redshift range z=[0, 2] is within 20-40% of the average MAR derived from the merger trees of dark matter haloes in the reference N-body simulations. Our result suggests that the external regions of galaxy clusters can be used to measure the mean MAR of a sample of clusters.
Keywords
galaxies; clusters; general; methods N-body simulations; cosmology; theory
Subject
Physical Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics
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