CLASH: The CONCENTRATION-MASS RELATION of GALAXY CLUSTERS
2015
We present a new determination of the concentration–mass (c–M) relation for galaxy clusters based on our
comprehensive lensing analysis of 19 X-ray selected galaxy clusters from the Cluster Lensing and Supernova
Survey with Hubble (CLASH). Our sample spans a redshift range between 0.19 and 0.89. We combine weak-lensing
constraints from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and from ground-based wide-field data with strong lensing constraints from HST. The results are reconstructions of the surface-mass density for all CLASH clusters on multi-scale grids. Our derivation of Navarro–Frenk–White parameters yields virial masses between
0.53 × 10^(15) M_⊙ h and 1.76 × 10^(15) M_⊙ h and the halo concentrations are distributed around c_(200c) ∼ 3.7 with a
1σ significant negative slope with cluster mass. We find an excellent 4% agreement in the median ratio of our
measured concentrations for each cluster and the respective expectation from numerical simulations after accounting for the CLASH selection function based on X-ray morphology. The simulations are analyzed in two dimensions to account for possible biases in the lensing reconstructions due to projection effects. The theoretical c–M relation from our X-ray selected set of simulated clusters and the c–M relation derived directly from the CLASH data agree at the 90% confidence level.
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