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CLASH: Precise New Constraints on the Mass Profile of Abell 2261

Authors :
Coe, Dan
Umetsu, Keiichi
Zitrin, Adi
Donahue, Megan
Medezinski, Elinor
Postman, Marc
Carrasco, Mauricio
Anguita, Timo
Geller, Margaret J.
Rines, Kenneth J.
Diaferio, Antonaldo
Kurtz, Michael J.
Bradley, Larry
Koekemoer, Anton
Zheng, Wei
Nonino, Mario
Molino, Alberto
Mahdavi, Andisheh
Lemze, Doron
Infante, Leopoldo
Ogaz, Sara
Melchior, Peter
Host, Ole
Ford, Holland
Grillo, Claudio
Rosati, Piero
Jiménez-Teja, Yolanda
Moustakas, John
Broadhurst, Tom
Ascaso, Begoña
Lahav, Ofer
Bartelmann, Matthias
Benítez, Narciso
Bouwens, Rychard
Graur, Or
Graves, Genevieve
Jha, Saurabh
Jouvel, Stephanie
Kelson, Daniel
Moustakas, Leonidas
Maoz, Dan
Meneghetti, Massimo
Merten, Julian
Riess, Adam
Rodney, Steve
Seitz, Stella
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

We precisely constrain the inner mass profile of Abell 2261 (z=0.225) for the first time and determine this cluster is not "over-concentrated" as found previously, implying a formation time in agreement with {\Lambda}CDM expectations. These results are based on strong lensing analyses of new 16-band HST imaging obtained as part of the Cluster Lensing and Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH). Combining this with revised weak lensing analyses of Subaru wide field imaging with 5-band Subaru + KPNO photometry, we place tight new constraints on the halo virial mass M_vir = 2.2\pm0.2\times10^15 M\odot/h70 (within r \approx 3 Mpc/h70) and concentration c = 6.2 \pm 0.3 when assuming a spherical halo. This agrees broadly with average c(M,z) predictions from recent {\Lambda}CDM simulations which span 5<br />Comment: Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal. 19 pages, 14 figures

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
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