Collett, TE;
Buckley-Geer, E;
Lin, H;
Bacon, D;
Nichol, RC;
Nord, B;
Morice-Atkinson, X;
... Walker, AR; + view all
(2017)
Core or Cusps: The Central Dark Matter Profile of a Strong Lensing Cluster with a Bright Central Image at Redshift 1.
The Astrophysical Journal
, 843
(2)
10.3847/1538-4357/aa76e6.
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Abstract
We report on SPT-CLJ2011-5228, a giant system of arcs created by a cluster at z = 1.06. The arc system is notable for the presence of a bright central image. The source is a Lyman break galaxy at z s = 2.39 and the mass enclosed within the Einstein ring of radius 14 arcsec is $\sim {10}^{14.2}\ {M}_{\odot }$. We perform a full reconstruction of the light profile of the lensed images to precisely infer the parameters of the mass distribution. The brightness of the central image demands that the central total density profile of the lens be shallow. By fitting the dark matter as a generalized Navarro–Frenk–White profile—with a free parameter for the inner density slope—we find that the break radius is ${270}_{-76}^{+48}$ kpc, and that the inner density falls with radius to the power −0.38 ± 0.04 at 68% confidence. Such a shallow profile is in strong tension with our understanding of relaxed cold dark matter halos; dark matter-only simulations predict that the inner density should fall as ${r}^{-1}$. The tension can be alleviated if this cluster is in fact a merger; a two-halo model can also reconstruct the data, with both clumps (density varying as ${r}^{-0.8}$ and ${r}^{-1.0}$) much more consistent with predictions from dark matter-only simulations. At the resolution of our Dark Energy Survey imaging, we are unable to choose between these two models, but we make predictions for forthcoming Hubble Space Telescope imaging that will decisively distinguish between them.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Core or Cusps: The Central Dark Matter Profile of a Strong Lensing Cluster with a Bright Central Image at Redshift 1 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3847/1538-4357/aa76e6 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa76e6 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Astronomy & Astrophysics, dark matter, galaxies: clusters: individual (SPT-CLJ2011-5228), galaxies: halos, gravitational lensing: strong, GRAVITATIONALLY LENSED QUASAR, POLE TELESCOPE SURVEY, 720 SQUARE DEGREES, GALAXY CLUSTERS, COSMOLOGICAL SIMULATIONS, DENSITY PROFILES, MASS MODELS, STATISTICS, RECONSTRUCTION, SEXTRACTOR |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1568913 |
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