The formation of clusters of galaxies containing dark matter

1988 ◽  
Vol 335 ◽  
pp. 532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. West ◽  
Douglas O. Richstone
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Clusters Of Galaxies

scholarly journals Neutrino dark matter in clusters of galaxies

2000 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 11-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
R A Treumann ◽  
A Kull ◽  
H Böhringer
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Clusters Of Galaxies

scholarly journals Large-Scale Structure in the Universe: Spatial Distribution and Peculiar Velocities

1987 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 335-348
Author(s):  
Neta A. Bahcall
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Large Scale Structure ◽  
Scale Structure ◽  
Clusters Of Galaxies ◽  
Large Scale Structures ◽  
Peculiar Velocities ◽  
Scale Structures ◽  
The Universe

The evidence for the existence of very large scale structures, ∼ 100h−1Mpc in size, as derived from the spatial distribution of clusters of galaxies is summarized. Detection of a ∼ 2000 kms−1 elongation in the redshift direction in the distribution of the clusters is also described. Possible causes of the effect are peculiar velocities of clusters on scales of 10–100h−1Mpc and geometrical elongation of superclusters. If the effect is entirely due to the peculiar velocities of clusters, then superclusters have masses of order 1016.5M⊙ and may contain a larger amount of dark matter than previously anticipated.

scholarly journals NIKA: a mm camera for Sunyaev-Zel’dovich science in clusters of galaxies

2020 ◽  
Vol 228 ◽  
pp. 00016
Author(s):  
J.F. Macías-Pérez ◽  
R. Adam ◽  
P. Ade ◽  
P. André ◽  
A. Andrianasolo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Angular Resolution ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Radial Pressure ◽  
Pressure Profile ◽  
Field Of View ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Clusters Of Galaxies ◽  
The Universe

Clusters of galaxies, the largest bound objects in the Universe, constitute a cosmological probe of choice, which is sensitive to both dark matter and dark energy. Within this framework, the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich (SZ) effect has opened a new window for the detection of clusters of galaxies and for the characterization of their physical properties such as mass, pressure and temperature. NIKA, a KID-based dual band camera installed at the IRAM 30-m telescope, was particularly well adapted in terms of frequency, angular resolution, field-of-view and sensitivity, for the mapping of the thermal and kinetic SZ effect in high-redshift clusters. In this paper, we present the NIKA cluster sample and a review of the main results obtained via the measurement of the SZ effect on those clusters: reconstruction of the cluster radial pressure profile, mass, temperature and velocity.

scholarly journals The Mass Distribution In Clusters Of Galaxies From Weak And Strong Lensing

1996 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 131-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordi Miralda-Escudé
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Mass Distribution ◽  
Inversion Formula ◽  
Weak Lensing ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Clusters Of Galaxies ◽  
Matter Distribution ◽  
Strong Lensing ◽  
Similar Information ◽  
Dark Matter Distribution

This paper is intended as an introduction to the theory of weak lensing. A review of the inversion formula introduced by Kaiser and Squires is presented. We then prove the formula of the aperture densitometry method in a simple way that allows a clear understanding of where the various terms come from. This is particularly useful to measure quantitatively masses in any region of a lens. We then summarize what has been learned from observations of strong lensing about the dark matter distribution; weak lensing should provide similar information on larger scales in clusters of galaxies.

scholarly journals Dark Matter: Observational Aspects

1987 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 243-261
Author(s):  
Jaan Einasto ◽  
Mihkel Joeveer ◽  
Enn Saar
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Correlation Function ◽  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Galactic Disk ◽  
Clusters Of Galaxies ◽  
Available Information ◽  
The Universe

A review of observational work on dark matter in USSR is given. Dynamically the dark matter can be located (i) in the galactic disk and/or in dwarf galaxies, (ii) in coronas of galaxies and in clusters of galaxies, and (iii) distributed smoothly in voids. The possible amount of matter in all three forms is discussed. Physically dark matter can be baryonic or non-baryonic, in the latter case either hot, warm or cold. Available information on the nature of dark matter is indirect, coming from theories of the formation of structure in the Universe. Two constraints to the formation scenarios are discussed, the galaxian correlation function and their morphology.

scholarly journals The dark matter halos of spheroidal galaxies and clusters of galaxies

2004 ◽  
Vol 220 ◽  
pp. 159-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tommaso Treu ◽  
Léon V. E. Koopmans ◽  
David J. Sand ◽  
Graham P. Smith ◽  
Richard S. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Mass Density ◽  
Hubble Constant ◽  
Dark Matter Halo ◽  
Dynamical Analysis ◽  
Delay Systems ◽  
Clusters Of Galaxies ◽  
Dark Matter Halos ◽  
Gravitational Lenses ◽  
Stellar Component

We describe the first results from two observational projects aimed at measuring the amount and spatial distribution of dark matter in distant early-type galaxies (E/S0s) and clusters of galaxies. At the galaxy scale, the Lenses Structure and Dynamics (LSD) Survey is gathering kinematic data for distant (up to z ⋐ 1) E/S0s that are gravitational lenses. A joint lensing and dynamical analysis constrains the fraction of dark matter within the Einstein radius, the mass-to-light ratio of the stellar component, and the total slope of the mass density profile. These properties and their evolution with redshift are briefly discussed in terms of the formation and evolution of E/S0 galaxies and measurement of the Hubble Constant from gravitational time delay systems. At the cluster scale – after careful removal of the stellar component with a joint lensing and dynamical analysis – systems with giant radial arcs can be used to measure precisely the inner slope of the dark matter halo. An HST search for radial arcs and the analysis of a first sample are briefly discussed in terms of the universal dark matter halos predicted by CDM simulations.

scholarly journals Gravitational lenses as probes of the distribution of dark matter in the universe

1986 ◽  
Vol 119 ◽  
pp. 545-546
Author(s):  
R. Cowsik ◽  
P. Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
Clusters Of Galaxies ◽  
Gravitational Lenses ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Individual Galaxies

Studies of the characteristic properties of gravitational lensing by clusters of galaxies suggest that the dark matter in them is probably smoothly distributed on the scale of the cluster itself, rather than being clumped into halos around individual galaxies.

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