Dissection of the collisional and collisionless mass components in a mini sample of CLASH and HFF massive galaxy clusters at $z\approx 0.4$

Abstract

We present a multi-wavelength study of the massive ($M_{200\text{c}}\approx 1$-$2\times 10^{15}{M}_{\odot }$) galaxy clusters RXC J2248.7$-$4431, MACS J0416.1$-$2403, and MACS J1206.2$-$0847 at $z\approx 0.4$. Using the X-ray surface brightness of the clusters from deep Chandra data to model their hot gas, we are able to disentangle this mass term from the diffuse dark matter in our new strong-lensing analysis, with approximately $50$-$100$ secure multiple images per cluster, effectively separating the collisional and collisionless mass components of the clusters. At a radial distance of $10\%$ of $R_{200\text{c}}$ (approximately $200$ kpc), we measure a projected total mass of $(0.129\pm 0.001)$, $(0.131\pm 0.001)$ and $(0.137\pm 0.001)\times M_{200\text{c}}$, for RXC J2248, MACS J0416 and MACS J1206, respectively. These values are surprisingly similar, considering the large differences in the merging configurations, and, as a consequence, in the mass models of the clusters. Interestingly, at the same radii, the hot gas over total mass fractions differ substantially, ranging from $0.082\pm 0.001$ to $0.133\pm 0.001$, reflecting the various dynamical states of the clusters. Moreover, we do not find a statistically significant offset between the positions of the peak of the diffuse dark matter component and of the BCG in the more complex clusters of the sample. We extend to this sample of clusters previous findings of a number of massive sub-halos higher than in numerical simulations. These results highlight the importance of a proper separation of the different mass components to study in detail the properties of dark matter in galaxy clusters.

arXiv comment19 pages, 11 figures, 7 tables; accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal; lensing models available at https://sites.google.com/site/vltclashpublic/

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