Weak lensing analysis of RXC J2248.7-4431
Abstract
We present a weak lensing analysis of the cluster of galaxies RXC J2248.7-4431, a massive system at z = 0.3475 with prominent strong lensing features covered by the Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH). Based on UBVRIZ imaging from the Wide-Field Imager camera at the MPG/ESO 2.2-m telescope, we measure photometric redshifts and shapes of background galaxies. The cluster is detected as a mass peak at 5σ significance. Its density can be parametrized as a Navarro-Frenk-White (NFW) profile with two free parameters, the mass M_{200m}=33.1^{+9.6}_{-6.8}× 10^{14}{ M_{⊙}} and concentration c_{200m}=2.6^{+1.5}_{-1.0}. We discover a second cluster inside the field of view at a photometric redshift of z ≈ 0.6, with an NFW mass of M_{200m}=4.0^{+3.7}_{-2.6}× 10^{14}{ M_{⊙}}.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- June 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1093/mnras/stt566
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1304.0764
- Bibcode:
- 2013MNRAS.432.1455G
- Keywords:
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- gravitational lensing: strong;
- gravitational lensing: weak;
- galaxies: clusters: individual: RXC J2248.7-4431;
- dark matter;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 15 pages, 17 figures