| Grant number: | 16/08024-4 |
| Support type: | Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation |
| Effective date (Start): | July 01, 2016 |
| Effective date (End): | April 30, 2017 |
| Field of knowledge: | Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy |
| Principal Investigator: | Tatiana Ferraz Laganá |
| Grantee: | Lucas Ferreira Libonati |
| Home Institution: | Centro de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas. Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul (UNICSUL). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
| Associated research grant: | 12/00578-0 - Matter distribution in galaxy clusters: a comprehensive picture of baryons in the largest virialized structures in the universe, AP.JP |
Abstract
Well calibrated scaling relations between observable properties and the total mass of galaxy clusters are important for understanding the physical processes tha give rise to them. As the measure of individual masses for a large number of systems isobservationally very expensive, scaling relations are also a key ingredient for studies aimed at restricting the cosmological parametersusing clusters of galaxies. Scaling relations are mathematical expressions that relate pairs of physical quantitiesof some system. Usually they are described as power laws around the average distribution, where the data spread according to a log-normal distribution.These relationships are positive correlations with the largest systems in average having higher values for the other quantities. For galaxy clusters, the scaling relations results from the physical formation and evolution of these structures. If gravity is the dominant process,the self-similar models provide simple scaling relations between the basic properties of clusters and the total mass.Three correlations are particularly important: the relationship between the X-rayluminosity and temperature (L_x - T_gas $), the total mass and the temperature(M_tot - T_gas) and the X-ray luminossit and the total mass (L_x - M_tot).However, these relationships are valid only under the hydrostatic equilibrium condition.Thus, quantify errors associated when introduced in the sample objects where thehydrostatic equilibrium assumption is not valid, when analyzing systemswith high and low mass together, and when analyzing data from different satellites are of utmost importance.In this context, the aim of this study is to analyze the limits of scaling relations and itsdispersion when dealing with a large sample of objects in a wide range ofredshift and mass. For this, we will use the catalog MCXC (Piffaretti et al. 2011) that presents the compilation and properties 1743 X-ray systemsobserved in redshift range of 0,01 | |