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Galaxy cluster not just governed solely by mass: Scientists
An international team of researchers have found for the first time that the connection between a galaxy cluster and surrounding dark matter is not characterised solely by the mass of clusters but also by their formation history.
​London: An international team of researchers have found for the first time that the connection between a galaxy cluster and surrounding dark matter is not characterised solely by the mass of clusters but also by their formation history.
Galaxy clusters are the biggest celestial objects in the sky consisting of thousands of galaxies. Their growth is a constant fight between the gathering of dark matter by gravity and the accelerated expansion of the universe due to dark energy.
By studying galaxy clusters, researchers can learn more about these biggest and most mysterious building blocks of the universe. The team challenged the conventional idea that the connection between galaxy clusters and the surrounding dark matter environment is solely characterised by their mass.
The team divided almost 9,000 galaxy clusters from the "Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR8" galaxy catalog into two samples based on the spatial distribution of galaxies inside each cluster. By using gravitational lensing they confirmed the two samples have similar masses, but they found that the distribution of clusters was different.
The difference in distribution is a result of the different dark matter environment in which they form. The findings show that the connection between a galaxy cluster and surrounding dark matter is not characterised solely by the mass of clusters, but also by their formation history.
