Weak lensing analysis of galaxy pairs using CS82 data

Abstract

In this work we analyze a sample of close galaxy pairs (relative projected separation $<25h^{-1}$kpc and relative radial velocities $<350$ km s${}^{-1}$) using a weak lensing analysis based on the CFHT Stripe 82 Survey. We determine halo masses for the Total sample of pairs as well as for Interacting, Red and Higher luminosity pair subsamples with $\sim 3\sigma$ confidence. The derived lensing signal for the total sample can be fitted either by a singular isothermal sphere with ${\sigma }_V=223\pm 24$ km s${}^{-1}$ or a NFW profile with $R_{200}=0.30\pm 0.03h^{-1}$ Mpc. The pair total masses and total $r$ band luminosities imply an average mass-to-light ratio of $\sim 200h{M}_{\odot }/L_{\odot }$. On the other hand, Red pairs which include a larger fraction of elliptical galaxies, show a larger mass-to-light ratio of $\sim 345h{M}_{\odot }/L_{\odot }$. Derived lensing masses were compared to a proxy of the dynamical mass, obtaining a good correlation. However, there is a large discrepancy between lensing masses and the dynamical mass estimates, which could be accounted by astrophysical processes such as dynamical friction, by the inclusion of unbound pairs, and by significant deviations of the density distribution from a SIS and NFW profiles in the inner regions. We also compared lensing masses with group mass estimates obtained from the Yang et al. galaxy group catalog, finding a very good agreement with the sample of groups with 2 members. Red and Blue pairs show large differences between group and lensing masses, which is likely due to the single mass-to-light ratio adopted to compute the group masses.

arXiv comment10 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in A&A

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