Improved Constraints on Mergers with SZ, Hydrodynamical simulations, Optical, and X-ray (ICM-SHOX)
Galaxy cluster mergers are representative of a wide range of physics, making them an excellent probe of the properties of dark matter and the ionized plasma of the intracluster medium. To date, most studies have focused on mergers occurring in the plane of the sky, where morphological features can b...
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| author | Silich E.M. Bellomi E. Sayers J. ZuHone J. Chadayammuri U. Golwala S. Hughes D. Montaña A. Mroczkowski T. Nagai D. Sánchez D. Stanford S.A. Wilson G. Zemcov M. Zitrin A. |
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| description | Galaxy cluster mergers are representative of a wide range of physics, making them an excellent probe of the properties of dark matter and the ionized plasma of the intracluster medium. To date, most studies have focused on mergers occurring in the plane of the sky, where morphological features can be readily identified. To allow study of mergers with arbitrary orientation, we have assembled multi-probe data for the eight-cluster ICM-SHOX sample sensitive to both morphology and line of sight velocity. The first ICM-SHOX paper [1] provided an overview of our methodology applied to one member of the sample, MACS J0018.5+1626, in order to constrain its merger geometry. That work resulted in an exciting new discovery of a velocity space decoupling of its gas and dark matter distributions. In this work, we describe the availability and quality of multi-probe data for the full ICM-SHOX galaxy cluster sample. These datasets will form the observational basis of an upcoming full ICM-SHOX galaxy cluster sample analysis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a20998ecdd11487192336896f7746ab52024-03-29T08:31:01ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2024-01-012930005010.1051/epjconf/202429300050epjconf_mmUniverse2023_00050Improved Constraints on Mergers with SZ, Hydrodynamical simulations, Optical, and X-ray (ICM-SHOX)Silich E.M.0Bellomi E.1Sayers J.2ZuHone J.3Chadayammuri U.4Golwala S.5Hughes D.6Montaña A.7Mroczkowski T.8Nagai D.9Sánchez D.10Stanford S.A.11Wilson G.12Zemcov M.13Zitrin A.14Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of TechnologyCenter for Astrophysics | Harvard & SmithsonianCahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of TechnologyCenter for Astrophysics | Harvard & SmithsonianCenter for Astrophysics | Harvard & SmithsonianCahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of TechnologyInstituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica, y Electrónica (INAOE)Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica, y Electrónica (INAOE)European Southern ObservatoryPhysics Department, Yale UniversityConsejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología-Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica, y Electrónica (CONACyT-INAOE)Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of CaliforniaUniversity of MassachusettsRochester Institute of TechnologyBen-Gurion University of the NegevGalaxy cluster mergers are representative of a wide range of physics, making them an excellent probe of the properties of dark matter and the ionized plasma of the intracluster medium. To date, most studies have focused on mergers occurring in the plane of the sky, where morphological features can be readily identified. To allow study of mergers with arbitrary orientation, we have assembled multi-probe data for the eight-cluster ICM-SHOX sample sensitive to both morphology and line of sight velocity. The first ICM-SHOX paper [1] provided an overview of our methodology applied to one member of the sample, MACS J0018.5+1626, in order to constrain its merger geometry. That work resulted in an exciting new discovery of a velocity space decoupling of its gas and dark matter distributions. In this work, we describe the availability and quality of multi-probe data for the full ICM-SHOX galaxy cluster sample. These datasets will form the observational basis of an upcoming full ICM-SHOX galaxy cluster sample analysis.https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2024/03/epjconf_mmUniverse2023_00050.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Silich E.M. Bellomi E. Sayers J. ZuHone J. Chadayammuri U. Golwala S. Hughes D. Montaña A. Mroczkowski T. Nagai D. Sánchez D. Stanford S.A. Wilson G. Zemcov M. Zitrin A. Improved Constraints on Mergers with SZ, Hydrodynamical simulations, Optical, and X-ray (ICM-SHOX) EPJ Web of Conferences |
| title | Improved Constraints on Mergers with SZ, Hydrodynamical simulations, Optical, and X-ray (ICM-SHOX) |
| title_full | Improved Constraints on Mergers with SZ, Hydrodynamical simulations, Optical, and X-ray (ICM-SHOX) |
| title_fullStr | Improved Constraints on Mergers with SZ, Hydrodynamical simulations, Optical, and X-ray (ICM-SHOX) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improved Constraints on Mergers with SZ, Hydrodynamical simulations, Optical, and X-ray (ICM-SHOX) |
| title_short | Improved Constraints on Mergers with SZ, Hydrodynamical simulations, Optical, and X-ray (ICM-SHOX) |
| title_sort | improved constraints on mergers with sz hydrodynamical simulations optical and x ray icm shox |
| url | https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2024/03/epjconf_mmUniverse2023_00050.pdf |
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