The imprints of galaxy cluster internal dynamics on the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect

Abstract

Forthcoming measurements of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect in galaxy clusters will dramatically improve our understanding of the main intra-cluster medium (ICM) properties and how they depend on the particular thermal and dynamical state of the associated clusters. Using a sample of simulated galaxy clusters we assess the impact of the ICM internal dynamics on both the thermal and kinetic SZ effects (tSZ and kSZ, respectively). We produce synthetic maps of the SZ effect, for the simulated clusters. For each galaxy cluster in the sample, its dynamical state is estimated by using a combination of well-established indicators. We use the correlations between SZ maps and cluster dynamical state, to look for the imprints of the evolutionary events, mainly mergers, on the SZ signals. The kinetic effect shows a remarkable correlation with the dynamical state: unrelaxed clusters present a higher radial profile and an overall stronger signal at all masses and radii. Furthermore, the kSZ signal is correlated with rotation for relaxed clusters, while for the disturbed systems the effect is dominated by other motions such as bulk flows, turbulence, etc. The kSZ effect shows a dipolar pattern when averaging over cluster dynamical classes, especially for the relaxed population. This feature can be exploited to stack multiple kSZ maps in order to recover a stronger dipole signal that would be correlated with the global rotation properties of the sample. The SZ effect can be used as a tool to estimate the dynamical state of galaxy clusters, especially to segregate those clusters with a quiescent evolution from those with a rich record of recent merger events. Our results suggest that the forthcoming observational data measuring the SZ signal in clusters could be used as a complementary strategy to classify the evolutionary history of galaxy clusters.

13 pages. 11 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A

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