The dark matter density profile of the lensing cluster MS 2137-23: A test of the cold dark matter paradigm

被引:123
作者
Sand, DJ
Treu, T
Ellis, RS
机构
[1] CALTECH, Dept Phys, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[2] CALTECH, Dept Astron, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
基金
美国国家航空航天局;
关键词
galaxies : elliptical and lenticular; cD; galaxies : evolution; galaxies : formation; galaxies : structure; gravitational lensing;
D O I
10.1086/342530
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present new spectroscopic observations of the gravitational arcs and the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) in the cluster MS 2137-23 (z=0.313) obtained with the Echelle Spectrograph and Imager on the Keck II telescope. We find that the tangential and radial arcs arise from sources at almost identical redshifts (z=1.501, 1.502). We combine the measured stellar velocity dispersion profile of the BCG with a lensing analysis to constrain the distribution of dark and stellar matter in the central 100 kpc of the cluster. Our data indicate a remarkably flat inner slope for the dark matter profile rho(d) proportional to r(-beta), with beta<0.9 at a 99% CL. Steep inner slopes obtained in cold dark matter cosmological simulations-such as Navarro, Frenk, & White (beta=1) or Moore (1.5) universal dark matter profiles-are ruled out at better than 99% CL. As baryon collapse is likely to have steepened the dark matter profile from its original form, our data provide a powerful test of the cold dark matter paradigm at the cluster mass scale.
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页码:L129 / L133
页数:5
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