CHEX-MATE: Relationship between X-ray and millimetre inferences of galaxy cluster temperature profiles

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Authors: F. De Luca, H. Bourdin, P. Mazzotta, G. Luzzi, M.G. Campitiello, M. De Petris, D. Eckert, S. Ettori, A. Ferragamo, W. Forman, M. Gaspari, F. Gastaldello
+16 more S. Ghizzardi, M. Gitti, S.T. Kay, J. Kim, L. Lovisari, J.F. Macías-Pérez, B.J. Maughan, M. Muñoz-Echeverría, F. Oppizzi, E. Pointecouteau, G.W. Pratt, E. Rasia, M. Rossetti, H. Saxena, J. Sayers, M. Sereno
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References: 139

Abstract

Thermodynamic profiles from X-ray and millimetre observations of galaxy clusters are often compared under the simplifying assumptions of a smooth, spherically symmetric intracluster medium. These approximations lead to expected discrepancies in the inferred profiles, which can provide insights into the cluster structure or cosmology. Motivated by this, we present a joint XMM- Newton and Planck analysis of 116 CHEX-MATE clusters to measure η T = T X / T SZ , X , the ratio between spectroscopic X-ray temperatures and a temperature proxy derived from Sunyaev-Zel’dovich (SZ) pressures and X-ray densities. We considered relativistic corrections to the thermal SZ signal and implemented X-ray absorption by Galactic molecular hydrogen. The η T distribution has a mean of 1.01 ± 0.03, with average changes of 8.1% and 2.7% when relativistic corrections and molecular hydrogen absorption are not included, respectively. The η T distribution is positively skewed, with the scatter mostly affected by cluster morphology: relaxed clusters are closer to unity and less scattered than mixed and disturbed systems. We find little or no correlation with redshift, mass, or temperature.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Galaxies: Formation Evolution Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

Publication details

Journal / source
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Publisher
EDP Sciences
Volume
707
Pages
A32–A32
Publication date
10 January 2026
Language
EN