Sardor Kutlimuratov

Power-law Coupling and Mock Validation of a Surface-density Anisotropy Diagnostic for 85 Rich Galaxy Clusters

We assess a surface-density anisotropy diagnostic, $A_{\rm ani}$, and its association with the slope $\alpha$ of a power-law galaxy profile. We reprocess 20-annulus profiles of 85 optically rich clusters on a canonical grid, $0 \leq A_{\rm ani} \leq 1.92$, and an extended grid reaching 1.99. Twenty-four canonical fits...