Abstract
We test the assumption of hydrostatic equilibrium in an X-ray luminosity selected sample of 50 galaxy clusters at 0.15 < z < 0.3 from the Local Cluster Substructure Survey (LoCuSS). Our weak-lensing measurements of M500 control systematic biases to sub-4 per cent, and our hydrostatic measurements of the same achieve excellent agreement betweenXMM-Newton and Chandra. The mean ratio of X-ray to lensing mass for these 50 clusters is βX = 0.95 ± 0.05, and for the 44 clusters also detected by Planck, the mean ratio of Planck mass estimate to LoCuSS lensing mass is βP = 0.95 ± 0.04. Based on a careful like-for-like analysis, we find that LoCuSS, the Canadian Cluster Comparison Project, and Weighing the Giants agree on βP = 0.9-0.95 at 0.15 < z < 0.3. This small level of hydrostatic bias disagrees at ~5σ with the level required to reconcile Planck cosmology results from the cosmic microwave background and galaxy cluster counts.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | L74-L78 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters |
Volume | 456 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 11 2016 |
Keywords
- Cosmology: observations
- Galaxies: clusters: general
- Gravitational lensing: weak
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Space and Planetary Science