Weak-Lensing Analysis of the Complex Cluster Merger Abell 746 with Subaru/Hyper Suprime-Cam
astro-ph.GA
/ Authors
Kim HyeongHan, Hyejeon Cho, M. James Jee, David Wittman, Sangjun Cha, Wonki Lee, Kyle Finner, Kamlesh Rajpurohit, Marcus Brüggen, William Forman
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Christine Jones, Reinout van Weeren, Andrea Botteon, Lorenzo Lovisari, Andra Stroe, Paola Domínguez-Fernández, Ewan O'Sullivan, Jan Vrtilek
/ Abstract
The galaxy cluster Abell 746 (A746; $z$=0.214), featuring a double radio relic system, two isolated radio relics, a possible radio halo, disturbed V-shaped X-ray emission, and intricate galaxy distributions, is a unique and complex merging system. We present a weak-lensing analysis of A746 based on wide-field imaging data from Subaru/Hyper Suprime-Cam observations. The mass distribution is characterized by a main peak which coincides with the center of the X-ray emission. At this main peak, we detect two extensions toward the north and west, tracing the cluster galaxy and X-ray distributions. Despite the ongoing merger, our estimate of the A746 global mass $M_{500}=4.4\pm1.0\times10^{14}~M_{\odot}$ is consistent with the previous results from SZ and X-ray observations. We conclude that reconciling the distributions of mass, galaxies, and intracluster medium with the double radio relic system and other radio features remains challenging.