The XMM Cluster Survey: Testing chameleon gravity using the profiles of clusters

Autor: Wilcox, Harry, Bacon, David, Nichol, Robert C., Rooney, Philip J., Terukina, Ayumu, Romer, A. Kathy, Koyama, Kazuya, Zhao, Gong-Bo, Hood, Ross, Mann, Robert G., Hilton, Matt, Manolopoulou, Maria, Sahlen, Martin, Collins, Chris A., Liddle, Andrew R., Mayers, Julian A., Mehrtens, Nicola, Miller, Christopher J., Stott, John P., Viana, Pedro T. P.
Rok vydání: 2015
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv1366
Popis: The chameleon gravity model postulates the existence of a scalar field that couples with matter to mediate a fifth force. If it exists, this fifth force would influence the hot X-ray emitting gas filling the potential wells of galaxy clusters. However, it would not influence the clusters' weak lensing signal. Therefore, by comparing X-ray and weak lensing profiles, one can place upper limits on the strength of a fifth force. This technique has been attempted before using a single, nearby cluster (Coma, $z=0.02$). Here we apply the technique to the stacked profiles of 58 clusters at higher redshifts ($0.1Comment: 14 pages, 7 figures
Databáze: arXiv