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The effects of the complex mass distribution of clusters on weak lensing cluster surveys Zuhui Fan Dept. of Astronomy, Peking University
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Radio observations have played important roles in lensing studies About 40% of the multiple-imaged quasars have been observed in radio band The first lens system QSO0957+561A,B VLBI observations show detailed correspondence between various knots of emission in the two radio images
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Outline: Introduction: Clusters as cosmological probes Gravitational lensing effects Weak lensing selected clusters
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Introduction Clusters of galaxies total mass M ~ 10 14 – 15 M sun hot gas T ~ a few keV Largest varialized objects in the universe Gravity plays dominant roles in the formation and evolution of clusters of galaxies Sensitive to cosmological models Strong sources for x-ray, SZ effects, lensing ……
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As a zoom lens for faint objects Abell 2218 galaxy z ~7 z ~ 10
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Statistically, the cluster number distribution versus redshift z contains much information on cosmological parameters, such as Fan & Chiueh 2001
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Problems in cosmological applications * theoretically: the abundance of clusters in terms of their mass * observations: the mass of a cluster is usually derived from observable quantities large uncertainties are introduced
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For example X-ray emission or SZ effects are directly associated with intracluster gas Besides gravity, gas physics affects the properties of intracluster gas considerably.
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Gravitational lensing effects are directly related to the mass distribution, regardless luminous or dark components It is expected that lensing cluster surveys can obtain mass-selected cluster samples
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Gravitational lensing effects
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Strong lensing effects multiple images giant arcs central part of galaxies or clusters
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weak lensing effects Lensing effects are weak, and statistical studies are necessary. shape distortion of background galaxies magnitude magnification of background sources
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weak lensing effects http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~hoekstra/lensing.html
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Lensing effects are related to the mass distribution along line of sights between the observer and the sources If there exists a large cluster in a particular direction, lensing signals are expected to be peaked around the cluster
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D. Wittman et al. astro-ph/0507606 First Results On Shear-Selected Clusters From the Deep Lens Survey: Optical Imaging, Spectroscopy, and X-ray Followup 8.6 0 of 20 0 Deep Lens Survey (DLS)
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convergence map (Tang and Fan 2005, ApJ) qualitatively, good correlations are seen between massive clusters and peaks in the convergence map
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important questions to ask the efficiency and completeness of lensing cluster surveys lensing signal mass of clusters lensing-selected cluster sample truly mass-selected??
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Weak lensing selected clusters We particularly concern the quantitative correspondence between the κ value of a peak in the κ map and the mass of its associated halo concentrate on double primary matches peak halo angular smoothing scale θ G =1 arcmin (2 arcmin) (Gaussian smoothing window function)
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Simulations ( Jing 1998, 2000) 100h -1 Mpc, 256 3 particles force resolution: 39h -1 kpc convergence map: the Born approximation stacking mass slices
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Spherical NFW model r s : characteristic scale ρ s : characteristic density given the mass of the halo M r s (through concentration parameter c=r vir /r s ) ρ s one to one correspondence between M and κ at a given redshift
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scatter plot of ν peak and ν nfw (ν= κ/σ noise ) correlations are seen but with large scatters
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statistical distribution of c (dash-dotted line) triaxial shape of halos (dashed line)
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* The uncertainty of c contributes a small portion of the dispersion * The triaxiality contributes additional dispersions, especially at high ν for massive halos * Still a large part of the dispersion cannot be explained by the triaxiality of halos * Even more complex mass distribution of halos ? projection effects along the line of sights ?
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Isolate the complexity of the mass distribution from the projection effects generate κ map including only those matched halos with other particles removed -- > κ single or ν single
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comparison
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Comparison dominant part of the dispersion is associated with the complex mass distribution of halos themselves σ tri σ single σ peak ν nfw =4.5 0.561.111.29 ν nfw =5 0.661.231.39 ν nfw =6 0.881.371.53
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substructures
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triangles: substructures substructures contribute to the lower-end dispersion
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hidden substructures along line of sights contribute to high-end dispersion as well
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results (θ G =1 arcmin) * lensing signals from clusters are far more complex than the spherical NFW model can describe * triaxial mass distribution must be taken into account * large substructures have important effects * projection effects play minor roles ν nfw =4.5ν nfw =5ν nfw =6 0.250.180.15
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θ G =2 arcmin
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comparison * Projection effects are much more significant than that of θ G =1 arcmin σ tri σ single σ peak ν nfw =4.5 0.440.771.49 ν nfw =5 0.490.981.39 ν nfw =6 0.611.021.80
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An example
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conclusions * θ G =1 arcmin : the lensing signals are dominantly determined by the properties of clusters themselves no simple κ – M correspondence κ-selected not M-selected triaxiality, substructures … * θ G =2 arcmin: projection effects are stronger not preferred in lensing surveys
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* the box size of the simulations are relatively small * full ray tracing: evaluate the line-of-sight projection effects more accurately * the effects of noise: intrinsic non-spherical shape of galaxies
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Discussion redshift information: precise values are not needed applicable to large surveys, such as Planck multi-frequency observations depending on the cluster-finding algorithm, the final SZE signals are constructed through the weighted average of signals from different frequency channels relativistic effects can be weaker than that for the v=353 GHz
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the flux limit for completeness can be as high as 200 mJy Multi-parameter determination e.g., Ω m, σ 8, w
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Searching for clusters with weak lensing surveys Inhomogeneous matter distribution distorts background source galaxies, and generates correlated distortion signals
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Gravitational lensing effect is directly associated with weighted surface mass distribution κ
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δ: density fluctuation field a: cosmological scale factor ω: comoving radial distance f k : comoving angular diameter distance p(ω): distribution function of source galaxies H 0 : Hubble constant Ω 0 : cosmological mass density parameter
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Clusters of galaxies are expected to be associated with peaks in κ-map. This is the basic idea of lensing cluster surveys * Is there a one-to-one correspondence between a peak and a halo? * selection function: mass selected? * completeness and efficiency
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Visually: good correlation theoretically expected κ value from a cluster “ observed ” κ value ? mis-matches physical reasons? projection effects
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Theoretical modeling: spherical mass distribution NFW profile one to one correspondence between κ and M mass selected
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With simulation data from Dr. Jing et al. analyze the dispersion between the theoretical expected lensing signals with “ observed ” ones
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possible reasons for the dispersion: projection effect nonspherical mass distribution of dark halos high resolution numerical studies of Jing et al. triaxial dark matter halos orientation
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Conclusion statistical uncertainty of the concentration parameter - account for small part of the dispersion nonsphericity and statistical uncertainty in the axial ratios account for large part of the dispersion especially for the high tail part
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Theoretical modeling mass selected better modeling: P: probability function
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* find P(ν th, M, z) * theoretical calculations on the number distribution versus simulations * different cosmological models * understand the projection effect void structures multiple halos * add in noise
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On going research and future plans SZ effects clusters detected through gravitational lensing effects dark energy properties: w, dw/dt LISA: prediction of GW sources from cosmological point of view new window for cosmological studies
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Cosmological merging SMBH-galaxy evolution of model -- history - correlations --- binary MBH # of LISA sources redshift distribution
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distribution: orientation of the triaxial halos
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