Halo Properties and Mass Functions of Groups/Clusters from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys DR9

Subjects: Astronomy >> Astrophysical processes submitted time 2023-02-19

Jiaqi Wang Xiaohu Yang Jun Zhang Hekun Li Matthew Fong Haojie Xu Min He Yizhou Gu Wentao Luo Fuyu Dong Yirong Wang Qingyang Li Antonios Katsianis Haoran Wang Zhi Shen Pedro Alonso Cong Liu Yiqi Huang Zhenjie Liu

Abstract： Based on a large group/cluster catalog recently constructed from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys DR9 using an extended halo-based group finder, we measure and model the group-galaxy weak lensing signals for groups/clusters in a few redshift bins within redshift range $0.1 \leqslant z<0.6$. Here, the background shear signals are obtained based on the DECaLS survey shape catalog derived with the \textsc{Fourier\_Quad} method. We divide the lens samples into 5 equispaced redshift bins and 7 mass bins, which allow us to probe the redshift and mass dependence of the lensing signals and hence the resulting halo properties. In addition to these sample selections, we have also checked the signals around different group centers, e.g., brightest central galaxy (BCG), luminosity weighted center and number weighted center. We use a lensing model that includes off-centering to describe the lensing signals we measure for all mass and redshift bins. The results demonstrate that our model predictions for the halo masses, bias and concentrations are stable and self-consistent among different samples for different group centers. Taking advantage of the very large and complete sample of groups/clusters, as well as the reliable estimation of their halo masses, we provide measurements of the cumulative halo mass functions up to redshift $z=0.6$, with a mass precision at $0.03\sim0.09$ dex.

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