Discovery of a possible splashback feature in the intracluster light of MACS J1149.5+2223
| Autor: | Alis J. Deason, Megan Donahue, Mireia Montes, Dennis Zaritsky, Tyler George, Ann I. Zabludoff, Anthony H. Gonzalez, Thomas Connor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Physics
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) Field (physics) media_common.quotation_subject FOS: Physical sciences Astronomy and Astrophysics Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics Radius Luminosity Space and Planetary Science Sky Cluster (physics) Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Caustic (optics) Surface brightness Brightest cluster galaxy Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics media_common |
| Zdroj: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2021, Vol.507(1), pp.963-970 [Peer Reviewed Journal] |
| ISSN: | 1365-2966 0035-8711 |
| Popis: | We present an analysis of the intracluster light in the Frontier Field Cluster MACS J1149.5+2223 (z=0.544), which combines new and archival Hubble WFC3/IR imaging to provide continuous radial coverage out to 2.8 Mpc from the brightest cluster galaxy. Employing careful treatment of potential systematic biases and using data at the largest radii to determine the background sky level, we reconstruct the surface brightness profile out to a radius of 2 Mpc. This radius is the largest to which the intracluster light (ICL) has been measured for an individual cluster. Within this radius, we measure a total luminosity of 1.5e13 Lsun for the brightest cluster galaxy plus ICL light. From the profile and its logarithmic slope, we identify the transition from the brightest cluster galaxy to ICL at r~70 kpc. Remarkably, we also detect an inflection in the profile centered in the 1.2-1.7 Mpc (0.37-0.52 r200m) radial bin, a signature of an infall caustic in the stellar distribution. Based upon the shape and strength of the feature, we interpret it as potentially being at the splashback radius, although the radius is smaller than theoretical predictions. If this is the splashback radius, then it is the first such detection in the ICL and the first detection of the splashback radius for an individual cluster. Similar analyses should be possible with the other Frontier Field clusters, and eventually with clusters from the Euclid and Roman missions. 8 pages, 5 figures, submission to MNRAS |
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