2022PASJ...74..398M -
Publ. Astron. Soc. Jap., 74, 398-406 (2022/April-2)
Do blue galaxy-clusters have hot intracluster gas?.
MISATO R., TOBA Y., OTA N., YAMAMOTO N., KODAMA T., OKABE N., OGURI M. and MITSUISHI I.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present herein a systematic X-ray analysis of blue galaxy clusters at z = 0.84 discovered by the Subaru telescope. The sample consisted of 43 clusters identified by combining red-sequence and blue-cloud surveys, covering a wide range of emitter fractions (i.e., 0.3-0.8). The spatial extent of the over-density region of emitter galaxies was approximately 1 Mpc in radius. The average cluster mass was estimated as 0.6(<1.5) x 1014 M☉ from the stacked weak-lensing measurement. We analyzed the XMM-Newton archival data, and measured the X-ray luminosity of the hot intracluster medium. As a result, diffuse X-ray emission was marginally detected in 14 clusters, yielding an average luminosity of 5 x 1042 erg s–1. To the contrary, it was not significant in 29 clusters. The blue clusters were significantly fainter than the red-dominated clusters, and the X-ray luminosity did not show any meaningful correlation either with emitter fraction or richness. The X-ray surface brightness was low, but the amount of gas mass was estimated to be comparable to that observed in the 1013-1014 M☉ cluster. Based on the results, we suggest that the blue clusters are at the early formation stage, and the gas is yet to be compressed and heated up to produce appreciable X-rays. Follow-up spectroscopic measurements are essential to clarify the dynamical status and co-evolution of galaxies and hot gas in the blue clusters.
Abstract Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Astronomical Society of Japan.
Journal keyword(s):
cosmology: observations - galaxies: clusters: intracluster medium - X-rays: galaxies: clusters
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