Strong Lensing Model of SPT-CL J0356–5337, a Major Merger Candidate at Redshift 1.0359
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Mahler, Guillaume
Sharon, Keren
Gladders, Michael D
Bleem, Lindsey
Bayliss, Matthew B
Calzadilla, Michael S
Floyd, Benjamin
Khullar, Gourav
McDonald, Michael A.
Remolina González, Juan D
Date Issued
May 2020
Journal
Astrophysical Journal
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American Astronomical Society
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Final published version
Abstract
© 2020. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. We present an analysis of the mass distribution inferred from strong lensing by SPT-CL J0356-5337, a cluster of galaxies at redshift z=1.0359 revealed in the follow-up of the SPT-SZ clusters. The cluster has an Einstein radius of θE14″ for a source at z = 3 and a mass within 500 kpc of {equation presented}. Our spectroscopic identification of three multiply imaged systems (z=2.363, z=2.364 and z=3.048), combined with HSTF606W-band imaging allows us to build a strong lensing model for this cluster with an rms of ≤0."3. Our modeling reveals a two-component mass distribution in the cluster. One mass component is dominated by the brightest cluster Galaxy and the other component, separated by ∼170 kpc, contains a group of eight red elliptical galaxies confined in a ∼9″ (∼70 kpc) diameter circle. We estimate the mass ratio between the two components to be between 1:1.25 and 1:1.58. In addition, spectroscopic data reveal that these two near-equal mass cores have only a small velocity difference of ∼300 km s-1 between the two components. This small radial velocity difference suggests that most of the relative velocity takes place in the plane of the sky, and implies that SPT-CL J0356-5337 is a major merger with a small impact parameter seen face-on. We also assess the relative contributions of Galaxy-scale halos to the overall mass of the core of the cluster and find that within 800 kpc from the brightest cluster Galaxy about 27% of the total mass can be attributed to visible and dark matter associated with galaxies, whereas only 73% of the total mass in the core comes from cluster-scale dark matter halos.
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MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/AB886B
