The Cluster Lensing and Supernova Survey with Hubble (CLASH): Strong-lensing Analysis of A383 from 16-band HST/WFC3/ACS Imaging
Abstract
We examine the inner mass distribution of the relaxed galaxy cluster A383 (z = 0.189), in deep 16 band Hubble Space Telescope/ACS+WFC3 imaging taken as part of the Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH) multi-cycle treasury program. Our program is designed to study the dark matter distribution in 25 massive clusters, and balances depth with a wide wavelength coverage, 2000-16000 Å, to better identify lensed systems and generate precise photometric redshifts. This photometric information together with the predictive strength of our strong-lensing analysis method identifies 13 new multiply lensed images and candidates, so that a total of 27 multiple images of nine systems are used to tightly constrain the inner mass profile gradient, dlog Σ/dlog r ~= -0.6 ± 0.1 (r < 160 kpc). We find consistency with the standard distance-redshift relation for the full range spanned by the lensed images, 1.01 < z < 6.03, with the higher-redshift sources deflected through larger angles as expected. The inner mass profile derived here is consistent with the results of our independent weak-lensing analysis of wide-field Subaru images, with good agreement in the region of overlap (~0.7-1 arcmin). Combining weak and strong lensing, the overall mass profile is well fitted by a Navarro-Frenk-White profile with M vir = (5.37+0.70 - 0.63 ± 0.26) × 1014 M ⊙ h -1 and a relatively high concentration, c vir = 8.77+0.44 - 0.42 ± 0.23, which lies above the standard c-M relation similar to other well-studied clusters. The critical radius of A383 is modest by the standards of other lensing clusters, rE ~= 16 ± 2'' (for zs = 2.55), so the relatively large number of lensed images uncovered here with precise photometric redshifts validates our imaging strategy for the CLASH survey. In total we aim to provide similarly high-quality lensing data for 25 clusters, 20 of which are X-ray-selected relaxed clusters, enabling a precise determination of the representative mass profile free from lensing bias.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- December 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0004-637X/742/2/117
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1103.5618
- Bibcode:
- 2011ApJ...742..117Z
- Keywords:
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- dark matter;
- galaxies: clusters: general;
- galaxies: clusters: individual: A383;
- galaxies: high-redshift;
- gravitational lensing: strong;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 15 pages, 14 figures, 2 tabels