Strong and weak lensing analysis of A2261 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Coe D.
  2. Umetsu K.
  3. Zitrin A.
  4. Donahue M.
  5. Medezinski E.
  6. Postman M.,Carrasco M.
  7. Anguita T.
  8. Geller M.J.
  9. Rines K.J.
  10. Diaferio A.
  11. Kurtz M.J.,Bradley L.
  12. Koekemoer A.
  13. Zheng W.
  14. Nonino M.
  15. Molino A.
  16. Mahdavi A.,Lemze D.
  17. Infante L.
  18. Ogaz S.
  19. Melchior P.
  20. Host O.
  21. Ford H.
  22. Grillo C.,Rosati P.
  23. Jimenez-Teja Y.
  24. Moustakas J.
  25. Broadhurst T.
  26. Ascaso B.,Lahav O.
  27. Bartelmann M.
  28. Benitez N.
  29. Bouwens R.
  30. Graur O.
  31. Graves G.,Jha S.
  32. Jouvel S.
  33. Kelson D.
  34. Moustakas L.
  35. Maoz D.
  36. Meneghetti M.,Merten J.
  37. Riess A.
  38. Rodney S.
  39. Seitz S.
  40. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We precisely constrain the inner mass profile of A2261 (z=0.225) for the first time and determine that this cluster is not "overconcentrated" as found previously, implying a formation time in agreement with {Lambda}CDM expectations. These results are based on multiple strong-lensing analyses of new 16-band Hubble Space Telescope imaging obtained as part of the Cluster Lensing and Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH; Postman et al. 2012, Cat. J/ApJS/199/25). Combining this with revised weak-lensing analyses of Subaru wide-field imaging with five-band Subaru + KPNO photometry, we place tight new constraints on the halo virial mass M_vir_=(2.2+/-0.2)x10^15^M_{sun}_h^-1^_70_ (within r_vir_{approx}3Mpc.h^-1^_70_) and concentration c_vir_=6.2+/-0.3 when assuming a spherical halo. This agrees broadly with average c(M, z) predictions from recent {Lambda}CDM simulations, which span 5<~<c><~8. Our most significant systematic uncertainty is halo elongation along the line of sight (LOS). To estimate this, we also derive a mass profile based on archival Chandra X-ray observations and find it to be ~35% lower than our lensing-derived profile at r_2500_~600kpc. Agreement can be achieved by a halo elongated with a ~2:1 axis ratio along our LOS. For this elongated halo model, we find M_vir_=(1.7+/-0.2)x10^15^M_{sun}_h^-1^_70_ and c_vir_=4.6+/-0.2, placing rough lower limits on these values. The need for halo elongation can be partially obviated by non-thermal pressure support and, perhaps entirely, by systematic errors in the X-ray mass measurements. We estimate the effect of background structures based on MMT/Hectospec spectroscopic redshifts and find that these tend to lower M_vir_ further by ~7% and increase c_vir_by ~5%.

Keywords
  1. galaxy-clusters
  2. spectroscopy
  3. redshifted
  4. galaxies
  5. visible-astronomy
  6. gravitational-lensing
  7. hst-photometry
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2012ApJ...757...22C
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