Gravitational lensing: Nature’s weighing scales
Henk Hoekstra Leiden Observatory Nature’s weighing scales
Over the past 30 years (weak) gravitational lensing has developed into a key tool to measure masses of objects, irrespective of their dynamical state.
Another important application of weak lensing is the study of the statistical properties of the matter distribution to constrain cosmological parameters.
With the adoption of Euclid this field has an excellent future. Evidence for dark matter
Bullet Cluster
Clowe et al (2006) Lensing by clusters
Abell 223
Weighing the Giants Large cluster samples
We have two options to study cluster samples:
Masses for individual clusters: • study scatter • expensive • only massive clusters
Masses for ensembles of clusters: • cheap • large range in mass (and redshift) • but how to bin? • what about intrinsic scatter? Scaling relations Mahdavi et al. (2013)
Low S0: no intrinsic scatter? No difference between low/high S0 Cosmology with clusters
The number density of clusters as a function of mass and redshift is a sensitive probe of cosmology. Surveys are now finding unprecedented numbers of clusters.
Planck collaboration, XXIV (2015) Planck & SPT observations A correct interpretation requires accurate knowledge of the masses. This is why lensing measurements have become essential. UpdatedHoekstra CCCP weak lensinget al. masses (2015)23
Figure 21. Left panel:thedeprojectedaperturemassM500 from weak lensing as a function of the hydrostatic mass from Planck PlanckM = (0.76±0.05) M WL Collaboration et al. (2014a). Note that M500 Planckis measured using r500 from the estimateWL of YX ,andM500 is determined using the lensing derived value for r500.TheblackpointsshowourCCCPmeasurements,withthefilledsymbolsindicatingtheclustersdetected by Planck with a signal-to-noise ratio SNR > 7andtheopenpointstheremainderofthesample.Thedashedlineshowsthebest-fit power law model. The WtG results are shown as rosy brown colored points. Right panel:ratioofthehydrostaticandtheweaklensing mass as a function of mass. The dark hatched area indicates the average value of 0.76 0.05 for the CCCP sample, whereas the rosy ± brown colored hatched region is the average for the published WtG measurements, for which we find 0.62 0.04. ±
eters for σ8 and Ωm are in tension with the measurements ter Abell 2163, which corresponds to the right-most point in obtained from the analysis of the primary CMB by Planck Figure 21. There are 20 SNR> 7clustersincommonwith Collaboration et al. (2014b). The results can be reconciled CCCP and these are indicated as filled points in Figure 21, by considering a low value of (1 b) 0.6. whereas the remaining clusters are indicated by the open − ∼ Recently, von der Linden et al. (2014b) estimated the points. We find that the SNR threshold is essentially a se- bias using the lensing masses for the 38 clusters in common lection by mass. For reference, the measurements from von between Planck and WtG. They compared their estimates der Linden et al. (2014b) are indicated by the rosy brown for M500 based on the NFW fits with c200 =4fromAp- colored points. plegate et al. (2014) to the hydrostatic mass estimates from The right panel shows the ratio of the hydrostatic Planck Collaboration et al. (2014a). They obtained an aver- masses from Planck and our weak lensing estimates for all age ratio (1 b)=0.69 0.07, which alleviates the tension. 37 clusters in common. The hatched region indicates our es- − ± As our comparison in 4.1.1 and Fig. 15 shows, the timate for (1 b)=0.76 0.05 (stat) 0.06 (syst), which § − ± Planck± WtG masses are slightly higher than our estimates was obtained from a linear fit to M500 as a function of WL when we follow the same approach, but when we M500 that accounts for intrinsic scatter (Hogg et al. 2010). compare the masses from WtG to our deprojected The systematic error is based on the estimates presented aperture masses, which are more robust and there- in 4.3. We measure an intrinsic scatter of (28 6)%, most § ± fore used here, we find that the agreement is excel- of which can be attributed to the triaxial nature of dark lent. matter halos (e.g. Corless & King 2007; Meneghetti et al. There are 38 clusters in common between CCCP and 2010). If we restrict the comparison to the clusters with the catalog provided by Planck Collaboration et al. (2014a), SNR> 7(blackpoints)weobtain(1 b)=0.78 0.07, − ± although we omit Abell 115 from the comparison as we whereas (1 b)=0.69 0.05 for the remaining clusters. For − ± determine masses for the two separate components of this reference, the rosy brown colored points and hatched region merging cluster. The left panel in Figure 21 shows the depro- indicate the results for WtG, used in von der Linden et al. WL jected aperture mass M500 as a function of the hydrostatic (2014b). We refit these measurements, which yields mass M Planck from Planck Collaboration et al. (2014a). Note (1 b)=0.62 0.04 and an intrinsic scatter of (26 5)%. 500 − ± ± that the observed value for YX was used to estimate the ra- Our measurement of the bias is in agreement with the nom- Planck WL dius r500 used to determine M500 ,whereasM500 is based inal value adopted by Planck Collaboration et al. (2014c) on the value for r500 listed in Table 2. For the cosmological and we conclude that a large bias in the hydrostatic mass analysis, Planck Collaboration et al. (2014c) restricted the estimate is unlikely to be the explanation of the tension of sample to clusters above a SNR threshold of 7 in unmasked the cluster counts and the primary CMB. areas. In our case, the mask only impacts the merging clus- von der Linden et al. (2014b) find modest evidence for
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Perhaps the difference is real!? Testing X-ray masses
Mahdavi et al. (2013)
“cool core”
“disturbed” Stacking results
Johnston et al. (2007) Stacking results
van Uitert et al. (2015) Average scaling relations
van Uitert et al. (2015) Average scaling relations
Leauthaud et al. (2010) Lensing by galaxies ? ? ? ?
Dynamical and strong lensing studies provide important constraints on the mass distribution on scales of a few tens of kpc.
But what do we know about the mass distribution on scales larger than 100kpc? How can we study this (as a function of redshift)? galaxy-galaxy lensing
RCS2: 800 square degrees (van Uitert et al. 2011) How to interpret the signal?
van Uitert et al. (2011)
clustering
halo mass How to interpret the signal?
The signal (the galaxy-mass cross-correlation function) is the convolution of the dark matter distribution around galaxies and the clustering properties of the lenses.
We have some options to infer information about the properties of the dark matter halos around galaxies:
- interpret the data in the context of a model (simulations/analytical) - deconvolve the correlation function - look at isolated halos
- use the GMCC to learn about cosmology The Halo-Model 4 3 M = 3 (180 ¯)r
Numerical Simulation view Simulation Numerical
central and Halo Model view Model Halo satellite galaxies The Halo-Model
Ingredients of the model
- galaxies are host or satellite - density profiles for hosts & satellites - prescription of the clustering of halos - prescription of the occupation of halos - every dark matter particle resides in a halo
It is statistical in nature:
- it predicts the radial dependence of the signal - it does not make use of the observed positions of lenses - it naturally can account for central and satellite galaxies. A closer look at stacking
StackingHow t oaccordinginterpre tot t anhe observedsignal? galaxy property
Introduction Stacking Galaxy Bias
Conditional Luminosity Function
Galaxy-Galaxy Lensing ! Galaxy-Galaxy Lensing ! The Measurements ! How to interpret the signal? ! Comparison with CLF Predictions ! Cosmological Constraints
Conclusions haloesBecaus eofo fdifferentstacking th emasseslensing signal is difficult to interpret Mixed together Galaxy Transformations central and satellite galaxies
Centrals vs. Satellites ∆Σ(R|L) = R P (M |L)∆Σ(R|M )dM Environment Dependence ∆Σ(R|M ) = (1− fsat)∆Σce}n(R|M )+fsat∆Σsat(R|M ) Conclusions This complicates the interpretation
Extra Material P (M |L) and fsat(L) can be computed from Φ(L|M )
Using Φ(L|M ) constrained from clustering data, we can predict the lensing signal ∆Σ(R|L1, L2)
The Galaxy-Dark Matter Connection - p. 19/39 Modeling the stacking