The REFLEX II galaxy cluster survey: power spectrum analysis

Abstract

We present the power spectrum of galaxy clusters measured from the new ROSAT-ESO Flux-Limited X-Ray (REFLEX II) galaxy cluster catalogue. This new sample extends the flux limit of the original REFLEX to $1.8\times 10^{-12}erg/s/c{m}^2$, yielding a total of 911 clusters with $\ge 94$ per cent completeness in redshift follow-up. The analysis of the data is improved by creating a set of 100 REFLEX II-like mock galaxy cluster catalogues built from a suite of large volume LCDM N-body simulations (L-BASICC II). The measured power spectrum is in agreement with the predictions from a LCDM cosmological model. The measurements show the expected increase in the amplitude of the power spectrum with increasing X-ray luminosity. On large scales, we show that the shape of the measured power spectrum is compatible with a scale independent bias and provide a model for the amplitude that allows us to connect our measurements with a cosmological model. By implementing a luminosity-dependent power spectrum estimator, we observe that the power spectrum measured from the REFLEX II sample is weakly affected by flux-selection effects. The shape of the measured power spectrum is compatible with a featureless power spectrum on scales $k>0.01h/Mpc$ and hence no statistically significant signal of baryonic acoustic oscillations can be detected. We show that the measured REFLEX II power spectrum displays signatures of non-linear evolution.

17 pages, 19 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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