Weak lensing study of dark matter filaments and application to the binary cluster A 222 and A 223

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dc.creatorDietrich, J. P.
dc.creatorSchneider, P.
dc.creatorClowe, D.
dc.creatorRomano-Diaz, E.
dc.creatorKerp, J.
dc.date2004-06-24
dc.date2005-06-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:18:55Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:18:55Z
dc.descriptionWe present a weak lensing analysis of the double cluster system Abell 222 and Abell 223. The lensing reconstruction shows evidence for a possible dark matter filament connecting both clusters. The case for a filamentary connection between A 222/223 is supported by an analysis of the galaxy density and X-ray emission between the clusters. Using the results of N-body simulations, we try to develop a criterion that separates this system into cluster and filament regions. The aim is to find a technique that allows the quantification of the significance of (weak lensing) filament candidates in close pairs of clusters. While this mostly fails, the aperture quadrupole statistics (Schneider & Bartelmann 1997) shows some promise in this area. The cluster masses determined from weak lensing in this system are considerably lower than those previously determined from spectroscopic and X-ray observations (Dietrich et al. 2002; Proust et al. 2000; Wang et al. 1999). Additionally, we report the serendipitous weak lensing detection of a previously unknown cluster in the field of this double cluster system.
dc.description20 pages, 22 figures, replaced with version accepted by A&A. New title, changes to Sect. 5, conclusions unchanged. Version with full resolution figures available at http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~dietrich/publications/1523.ps.gz
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0406541
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0406541
dc.identifierAstron.Astrophys. 440 (2005) 453-471
dc.identifierdoi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041523
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/94903
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleWeak lensing study of dark matter filaments and application to the binary cluster A 222 and A 223
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