Protruding bullet heads indicating dark matter pull
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چکیده
A clump moving through the intracluster medium of a galaxy cluster can drive bow shock trailed by bullet-like core. In some cases, such as in prototypical Bullet cluster, X-rays show gas bullet with protruding head and pronounced shoulders. We point out that these features, while difficult to explain without dark matter (DM), naturally arise slowed-down is gravitationally pulled forward toward its unhindered DM counterpart. X-ray imaging thus provides unique, robust probe offset, collisionless DM, even gravitational lensing or other auxiliary data. Numerical simulations toy model suggest effect common major mergers, often associated small bullet-head radius curvature, may lead distinct morphologies, consistent observations.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0035-8711', '1365-8711', '1365-2966']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2808