Accurate modeling of the strong and weak lensing profiles for the galaxy clusters Abell 1689 and 1835

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Publication date 06-2021
Journal European Physical Journal: Special Topics
Volume | Issue number 230 | 4
Pages (from-to) 1137-1148
Number of pages 12
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Institute for Theoretical Physics Amsterdam (ITFA)
Abstract

An accurate, spherically symmetric description of the mass distribution is presented for two quite virialized galaxy clusters, Abell 1689 and Abell 1835. A suitable regularization of the small eigenvalues of the covariance matrices is introduced. A stretched exponential profile is assumed for the brightest cluster galaxy. A similar stretched exponential for the dark matter and halo galaxies combined, functions well, as do thermal fermions for the dark matter and a standard profile for the halo galaxies. To discriminate between them, sensitive tests have been identified and applied. A definite verdict can follow from sharp data near the cluster centers and beyond 1 Mpc.

Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00101-4
Other links https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85104891975
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