http://arxiv.org/abs/2201.07482
We investigate the evolution of the dark matter density profiles of the most massive galaxy clusters in the Universe. Using a `zoom-in’ procedure on a large suite of cosmological simulations of total comoving volume of $3\,(h^{-1}\,\rm Gpc)^3$, we study the 25 most massive clusters in four redshift slices from $z\sim 1$ to the present. The minimum mass is $M_{500} > 5.5 \times 10^{14}$ M${\odot}$ at $z=1$. Each system has more than two million particles within $r{500}$. Once scaled to the critical density at each redshift, the dark matter profiles within $r_{500}$ are strikingly similar from $z\sim1$ to the present day, exhibiting a low dispersion of 0.15 dex, and showing little evolution with redshift in the radial logarithmic slope and scatter. They have the running power law shape typical of the NFW-type profiles, and their inner structure, resolved to $3.8\,h^{-1}$ comoving kpc at $z=1$, shows no signs of converging to an asymptotic slope. Our results suggest that this type of profile is already in place at $z>1$ in the highest-mass haloes in the Universe, and that it remains exceptionally robust to merging activity.
A. Brun and R. Teyssier
Thu, 20 Jan 22
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Comments: Published in Proceedings of mmUniverse at NIKA2 – Observing the mm Universe with the NIKA2 camera, Rome (Italy), June 2021 7 pages, 3 figures This proceeding is entirely based upon arXiv:1709.07457 by the same first author
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