Mass distributions of HST galaxy clusters from gravitational arcs

Although N-body simulations of cosmic structure formation suggest that dark matter halos have density profiles shallower than isothermal at small radii and steeper at large radii, whether observed galaxy clusters follow this profile is still ambiguous. We use one such density profile, the asymmetric...

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Main Authors: Comerford, Julia M. (Author) , Meneghetti, Massimo (Author) , Bartelmann, Matthias (Author)
Format: Article (Journal) Chapter/Article
Language:English
Published: 6/22/04
In: Arxiv

Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511330
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Author Notes:Julia M. Comerford, Massimo Meneghetti, Matthias Bartelmann, and Mischa Schirmer

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