An approximate theory for substructure propagation in clusters

DOI10.1051/0004-6361:20077542MaRDI QIDQ3540602zbMATHOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors D. A. Prokhorov, F. Durret

Publication date 24 November 2008

Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0708.2166

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical astronomy (85A35) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15)

Abstract: The existence of dark matter can be proved in an astrophysical context by the discovery of a system in which the observed baryons and the inferred dark matter are spatially segregated, such as the bullet cluster (1E0657-558). The full descriptions of the dark matter halo and X-ray gas substructure motions are necessary to forecast the location of the dark halo from X-ray maps, which can be confirmed by the detection of a galaxy concentration or by gravitational lensing. We present an analytical hydrodynamic model to determine the distance between the X-ray and dark-matter components and the Mach number of the merger shock. An approximate solution is given for the problem of the substructure propagation in merging clusters. A new method to predict the position of a dark matter halo in clusters, where there is a separation between the X-ray gas and the dark halo, is proposed and applied to the clusters 1E0657-558 and Abell 1763.

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