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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 565, Issue 1, Pages L5-L8Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/339245
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cosmology : observations; cosmology : theory; dark matter; galaxies : clusters : general; large-scale structure of universe
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We show that the observed mass-to-light (M/L) ratio of galaxy clusters increases with cluster temperature as expected from cosmological simulations. Contrary to previous observational suggestions, we find a mild but robust increase of M/L from poor (T similar to 1-2 keV) to rich (T similar to 12 keV) clusters; over this range, the mean M/L-v increases by a factor of about 2. The best-fit relation satisfies M/L-v = (170 +/- 30)T-keV(0.3+/-0.1) h at z = 0, with a large scatter. This trend confirms predictions from cosmological simulations that show that the richest clusters are antibiased, with a higher ratio of mass per unit light than average. The antibias increases with cluster temperature. The effect is caused by the relatively older age of the high-density clusters, where light has declined more significantly than average since their earlier formation time. Combining the current observations with simulations, we find a global value of M/L-v = 240 +/- 50 h and a corresponding mass density of the universe of Omega(m) = 0.17 +/- 0.05.
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