The SRG/eROSITA All-Sky Survey. Detection of shock-heated gas beyond the halo boundary into the accretion region

Abstract

The hot gas in the outskirts of galaxy cluster-sized halos, extending around and beyond the virial radius into nearby accretion regions, remains among one of the least explored baryon components of the large-scale cosmic structure. We present a stacking analysis of 680 galaxy clusters located in the western Galactic hemisphere, using data from the first two years of the SRG/eROSITA All-Sky Survey. The stacked X-ray surface brightness (SB) profile reveals a statistically significant signal extending out to 2 r_200m (~4.5 Mpc). The best-fit SB profile is well described by a combination of terms describing orbiting and infalling gas, with a transition occurring around r_200m. At this radius, the gas number density corresponds to a baryon overdensity of about 30. By integrating the density profile out to r_200m, we inferred a gas fraction exceeding the universal baryon fraction, assuming a typical halo concentration. However, correcting for possible clumping effects reduces the baryon fraction by more than 20%. Additionally, we examined the distribution of hot gas in massive clusters in the IllustrisTNG simulations, from the halo center to the accretion region. This analysis reveals differences in radial gas profiles depending on whether the direction points toward voids or toward nearby cosmic filaments. Beyond r_200m, the density profile along the filament direction exceeds that along the void direction. This pattern aligns with the observed transition radius between the one-halo and two-halo terms, suggesting that r_200m is the approximate radius marking the location at which cosmic filaments connect to galaxy clusters. Meanwhile, comparisons of the gas density and gas fraction profiles between the observation and the IllustrisTNG simulation suggest that the feedback processes in the stacking sample are more efficient at distributing gas to large radii than the IllustrisTNG model.

14 pages, 9 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A. Abstract is truncated

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