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The fraction of cool-core clusters in X-ray vs. SZ samples using Chandra observations

arXiv:1703.08690 · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa7461

Abstract

We derive and compare the fractions of cool-core clusters in the {\em Planck} Early Sunyaev-Zel'dovich sample of 164 clusters with and in a flux-limited X-ray sample of 100 clusters with , using {\em Chandra} observations. We use four metrics to identify cool-core clusters: 1) the concentration parameter: the ratio of the integrated emissivity profile within 0.15 to that within , and 2) the ratio of the integrated emissivity profile within 40 kpc to that within 400 kpc, 3) the cuspiness of the gas density profile: the negative of the logarithmic derivative of the gas density with respect to the radius, measured at 0.04 , and 4) the central gas density, measured at 0.01 . We find that the sample of X-ray selected clusters, as characterized by each of these metrics, contains a significantly larger fraction of cool-core clusters compared to the sample of SZ selected clusters (447\% vs. 284\% using the concentration parameter in the 0.15--1.0 range, 618\% vs. 365\% using the concentration parameter in the 40--400 kpc range, 648\% vs. 385\% using the cuspiness, and 537\% vs. 395\% using the central gas density). Qualitatively, cool-core clusters are more X-ray luminous at fixed mass. Hence, our X-ray flux-limited sample, compared to the approximately mass-limited SZ sample, is over-represented with cool-core clusters. We describe a simple quantitative model that uses the excess luminosity of cool-core clusters compared to non-cool-core clusters at fixed mass to successfully predict the observed fraction of cool-core clusters in X-ray selected samples.

arXiv comment18 pages, 6 figures, 5 tables. Accepted for publication in ApJ

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