Cosmological constraints from Chandra X-ray observations of galaxy clusters |
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| Authors: | SW Allen |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK |
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| Abstract: | Chandra X-ray observations of rich, dynamically relaxed galaxy clusters allow the properties of the X-ray gas and the total
gravitating mass to be determined precisely. Here, we discuss how Chandra observations may be used as a powerful tool for
cosmological studies. By combining Chandra X-ray results on the X-ray gas mass fractions in clusters with independent measurements
of the Hubble constant and the mean baryonic matter density of the universe, we obtain a tight constraint on the mean total
matter density of the universe, Οm, and an interesting constraint on the cosmological constant, ΟΛ. Using these results, together with the observed local X-ray luminosity function of the most X-ray luminous galaxy clusters,
a mass-luminosity relation determined from Chandra and ROSAT X-ray data and weak gravitational lensing observations, and the
mass function predicted by numerical simulations, we obtain a precise constraint on the normalization of the power spectrum
of density fluctuations in the nearby universe,σ8. We compare our results with those obtained from other, independent methods.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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| Keywords: | cosmological parameters X-rays: galaxies: clusters gravitational lensing large-scale structure of the universe X-rays: galaxies: clusters |
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