Cluster geometry and inclinations from deprojection uncertainties

2008/05/30 by Dalia Chakrabarty, E. De Filippis, Elisabetta De Filippis +2
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Archaeology #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrophysics #Cluster (spacecraft) #Computer science #Context (archaeology) #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Geography #Geometry #Line (geometry) #Line-of-sight #Mathematics #Orientation (vector space) #Physics #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809510

15 pages of text, 6 figures, 4 tables, 1` appendix, accepted for publication in A&A

arxiv created 2008/05/30 · openalex publication_date 2008/06/04 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · arxiv updated 2016/09/21 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. The determination of cluster masses is a complex problem that would be aided by information about the cluster shape and orientation (with respect to the line-of-sight).

Citations

• Abell 370: A cluster with a pronounced triaxial morphology
• Smaug: A New Technique for the Deprojection of Galaxy Clusters
• The Dark Matter Density Profile of the Lensing Cluster MS 2137−23: A Test of the Cold Dark Matter Paradigm
• Shape, Spin, and Baryon Fraction of Clusters in the MareNostrum Universe
• Measuring the Three‐dimensional Structure of Galaxy Clusters. I. Application to a Sample of 25 Clusters