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Main Authors: Li, Yicheng, Fu, Liping, Luo, Wentao, Liu, Binyang, Du, Wei, Kilbinger, Martin, Murray, Calum, Miller, Christopher J., Wang, Ray, Turner, David, Miller, Lance, Liu, Dezi, Radovich, Mario, Kneib, Jean-Paul, Shan, Huanyuan, Mai, Kaiwen, Wang, Zicheng, Zhao, Haoran
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.08360
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  • We present a multi-wavelength analysis of the galaxy cluster RXCJ0110.0+1358 ($z=0.058$), a rotating cluster candidate, combining deep CFHT imaging, SDSS photometry, spectroscopic redshifts, and XMM-Newton X-ray observations. We find a notable discrepancy between the optical and X-ray views: while optical data reveal a pronounced bimodal galaxy distribution with significant kinematic substructure signatures, the X-ray emission exhibits a single, smoothly extended component centered on the BCG. Our weak lensing analysis resolves this discrepancy by revealing that the mass is predominantly concentrated in the southeast ($\log M_{200}/M_\odot = 14.04_{-0.40}^{+0.24}$), while the northwestern substructure has a negligible mass ($\sim 10^{13} M_\odot$). This immense mass disparity rules out the dynamical possibility of a rotating system. We demonstrate that the apparent optical bimodality arises from the projection of a filament, which led optical group-finding algorithms to misclassify these galaxies as cluster members. This contamination creates a spurious substructure that mimics a rotation signal and leads to an overestimation of the luminosity-based halo mass, resolving the observed inconsistencies.