Mimicking dark matter in galaxy clusters through a nonminimal gravitational coupling with matter

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2012

Authors

bertolami, o (Author) FCUP; frazao, p (Author) Other; paramos, j (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Vol. 86 No. 025008

ISSN: 1550-7998

Publisher: American Physical Society

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Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Physical sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-6WC

DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.86.044034

Abstract (EN): In this work, one shows that a specific nonminimal coupling between the scalar curvature and matter can mimic the dark matter component of galaxy clusters. For this purpose, one assesses the Abell cluster A586, a massive nearby relaxed cluster of galaxies in virial equilibrium, where direct mass estimates and strong-lensing determinations are possible. One then extends the dark matter mimicking to a large sample of galaxy clusters whose density profiles are obtained from the Chandra high quality data, also in virial equilibrium. The total density, which generally follows a cusped profile and reveals a very small baryonic component, can be effectively described within this framework.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 14