X-ray flux -- mass relation for $z\gtrsim 0.7$ galaxy clusters

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Autori principali: Lyskova, Natalia, Churazov, Eugene, Khabibullin, Ildar, Sunyaev, Rashid, Gilfanov, Marat, Sazonov, Sergey
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author Lyskova, Natalia
Churazov, Eugene
Khabibullin, Ildar
Sunyaev, Rashid
Gilfanov, Marat
Sazonov, Sergey
author_facet Lyskova, Natalia
Churazov, Eugene
Khabibullin, Ildar
Sunyaev, Rashid
Gilfanov, Marat
Sazonov, Sergey
contents We use a subsample of co-detections of the ACT and MaDCoWS cluster catalogs to verify the predicted relation between the observed X-ray flux $F_X$ in the 0.5-2~keV band and the cluster mass $M_{\rm 500c}$ for halos at $z>0.6-0.7$. We modify this relation by introducing a correction coefficient $η$, which is supposed to encapsulate factors associated with a particular method of flux estimation, the sample selection function, the definition of the cluster mass, etc. We show that the X-ray flux, being the most basic X-ray observable, serves as a convenient and low-cost mass indicator for distant galaxy clusters with photometric or even missing redshifts (by setting $z=1$) as long as it is known that $z\gtrsim 0.6-0.7$. The correction coefficient $η$ is $\approx 0.8$ if $M^{\rm UPP}_{\rm 500c}$ from the ACT-DR5 catalog are used as cluster masses and $η\approx 1.1$ if weak-lensing-calibrated masses $M^{\rm Cal}_{\rm 500c}$ are used instead.
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spellingShingle X-ray flux -- mass relation for $z\gtrsim 0.7$ galaxy clusters
Lyskova, Natalia
Churazov, Eugene
Khabibullin, Ildar
Sunyaev, Rashid
Gilfanov, Marat
Sazonov, Sergey
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
We use a subsample of co-detections of the ACT and MaDCoWS cluster catalogs to verify the predicted relation between the observed X-ray flux $F_X$ in the 0.5-2~keV band and the cluster mass $M_{\rm 500c}$ for halos at $z>0.6-0.7$. We modify this relation by introducing a correction coefficient $η$, which is supposed to encapsulate factors associated with a particular method of flux estimation, the sample selection function, the definition of the cluster mass, etc. We show that the X-ray flux, being the most basic X-ray observable, serves as a convenient and low-cost mass indicator for distant galaxy clusters with photometric or even missing redshifts (by setting $z=1$) as long as it is known that $z\gtrsim 0.6-0.7$. The correction coefficient $η$ is $\approx 0.8$ if $M^{\rm UPP}_{\rm 500c}$ from the ACT-DR5 catalog are used as cluster masses and $η\approx 1.1$ if weak-lensing-calibrated masses $M^{\rm Cal}_{\rm 500c}$ are used instead.
title X-ray flux -- mass relation for $z\gtrsim 0.7$ galaxy clusters
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04400