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The radial profiles of the different mass components in galaxy clusters

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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 452, Issue 1, Pages 75-81

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EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20054508

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cosmology : observations; galaxies : clusters : general; galaxies : kinematics and dynamics; cosmology : dark matter

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Aims. To derive the mass profiles of the different luminous and dark components in clusters. Methods. The cluster mass profile is determined by using the Jeans equation applied to the projected phase-space distribution of about 3000 galaxies members of 59 nearby clusters from the ESO Nearby Abell Cluster Survey. The baryonic and subhaloes mass components are determined from the galaxies' luminosity-density profiles through scaling relations between luminosities and baryonic and dark halo masses. The baryonic mass component associated with the intra-cluster gas is determined using X-ray data from ROSAT. Results. The baryon-to-total mass fraction decreases from a value of similar or equal to 0.12 near the center to similar or equal to 0.08 at the distance of similar or equal to 0.15 virial radii, then it increases again, to reach a value of similar or equal to 0.14 at the virial radius. Diffuse, cluster-scale dark matter dominates at all radii, but its contribution to the total mass content decreases outwards to the virial radius, where the dark matter in subhaloes may contribute up to similar or equal to 23%, and the baryons similar or equal to 14% of the total mass. The dark mass and diffuse dark mass profiles are well fit by both cuspy and cored models. The subhalo mass distribution is not fit by either model.

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