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GALAXY CLUSTER BULK FLOWS AND COLLISION VELOCITIES IN QUMOND.

Authors :
KATZ, HARLEY
MCGAUGH, STACY
TEUBEN, PETER
ANGUS, G. W.
Source :
Astrophysical Journal. 7/20/2013, Vol. 772 Issue 1, p1-9. 9p.
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

We examine the formation of clusters of galaxies in numerical simulations of a QUMOND cosmogony with massive sterile neutrinos. Clusters formed in these exploratory simulations develop higher velocities than those found in ACDM simulations. The bulk motions of clusters attain ~1000 km s-1 by low redshift, comparable to observations whereas ACDM simulated clusters tend to fall short. Similarly, high pairwise velocities are common in cluster-cluster collisions like the Bullet Cluster. There is also a propensity for the most massive clusters to be larger in QUMOND and to appear earlier than in ACDM, potentially providing an explanation for "pink elephants" like El Gordo. However, it is not obvious that the cluster mass function can be recovered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0004637X
Volume :
772
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Astrophysical Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
90152426
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/772/1/10