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Improvements in the X-ray luminosity function and constraints on the Cosmological parameters from X-ray luminous clusters

arXiv:1001.1443 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913133

Abstract

We show how to improve constraints on Ω_m, σ_8, and the dark-energy equation-of-state parameter, w, obtained by Mantz et al. (2008) from measurements of the X-ray luminosity function of galaxy clusters, namely MACS, the local BCS and the REFLEX galaxy cluster samples with luminosities L> 3 \times 10^{44} erg/s in the 0.1--2.4 keV band. To this aim, we use Tinker et al. (2008) mass function instead of Jenkins et al. (2001) and the M-L relationship obtained from Del Popolo (2002) and Del Popolo et al. (2005). Using the same methods and priors of Mantz et al. (2008), we find, for a Λ while the result of Mantz et al. (2008) gives less tight constraints and σ_8=0.78^{+0.11}_{-0.13}. In the case of a wCDM model, we find Ω_m=0.27^{+0.07}_{-0.06}, and , while in Mantz et al. (2008) they are again less tight Ω_m=0.24^{+0.15}_{-0.07}, σ_8=0.85^{+0.13}_{-0.20} and w=-1.4^{+0.4}_{-0.7}. Combining the XLF analysis with the f_{gas}+CMB+SNIa data set results in the constraint Ω_m=0.269 \pm 0.012, σ_8=0.81 \pm 0.021 and w=-1.02 \pm 0.04, to be compared with Mantz et al. (2008), Ω_m=0.269 \pm 0.016, σ_8=0.82 \pm 0.03 and w=-1.02 \pm 0.06. The tightness of the last constraints obtained by Mantz et al. (2008), are fundamentally due to the tightness of the +CMB+SNIa constraints and not to their XLF analysis. Our findings, consistent with w=-1, lend additional support to the cosmological-constant model.

arXiv comment9 pages, 4 Figures. A&A accepted. Paper Subitted Previously To Mantz et al 2009, arXiv:0909.3098 and Mantz et al 2009b, arXiv:0909.3099

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