A MULTI-WAVELENGTH MASS ANALYSIS OF RCS2 J232727.6-020437, A ∼3 × 1015 M GALAXY CLUSTER AT z = 0.7 Based on observations obtained with : MegaPrime/MegaCam, a joint project of CFHT and CEA/DAPNIA, at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) which is operated by the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada, the Institut National des Science de l'Univers of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) of France, and the University of Hawaii; the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope (HST), o

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal 2015-11, Vol.814 (1)
• Main Authors: Sharon, K., Gladders, M. D., Marrone, D. P., Hoekstra, H., Rasia, E., Bourdin, H., Gifford, D., Hicks, A. K., Greer, C., Mroczkowski, T., Barrientos, L. F., Bayliss, M., Carlstrom, J. E., Gilbank, D. G., Gralla, M., Hlavacek-Larrondo, J., Leitch, E., Mazzotta, P., Miller, C., Muchovej, S. J. C., Schrabback, T., Yee, H. K. C.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: galaxies: clusters: individual (RCS2 J232727.6-020437)
• ISSN: 0004-637X; 1538-4357
• DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/814/1/21

ABSTRACT We present an initial study of the mass and evolutionary state of a massive and distant cluster, RCS2 J232727.6-020437. This cluster, at z = 0.6986, is the richest cluster discovered in the RCS2 project. The mass measurements presented in this paper are derived from all possible mass proxies: X-ray measurements, weak-lensing shear, strong lensing, Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect decrement, the velocity distribution of cluster member galaxies, and galaxy richness. While each of these observables probe the mass of the cluster at a different radius, they all indicate that RCS2 J232727.6−020437 is among the most massive clusters at this redshift, with an estimated mass of . In this paper, we demonstrate that the various observables are all reasonably consistent with each other to within their uncertainties. RCS2 J232727.6−020437 appears to be well relaxed-with circular and concentric X-ray isophotes, with a cool core, and no indication of significant substructure in extensive galaxy velocity data.