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arxiv: 1111.3167 · v2 · pith:KJYACL7Onew · submitted 2011-11-14 · 🌀 gr-qc · astro-ph.CO· hep-ph

Mimicking dark matter in galaxy clusters through a non-minimal gravitational coupling with matter

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keywords matterclustersdarkgalaxyclustercomponentcouplingdensity
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In this work, one shows that a specific non-minimal 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.

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