Mass Calibration of the CODEX Cluster Sample using SPIDERS Spectroscopy -- II. The X-ray Luminosity-Mass Relation

Abstract

We perform the calibration of the X-ray luminosity--mass scaling relation on a sample of 344 CODEX clusters with z<0.66 using the dynamics of their member galaxies. Spectroscopic follow-up measurements have been obtained from the SPIDERS survey, leading to a sample of 6,658 red member galaxies. We use the Jeans equation to calculate halo masses, assuming an NFW mass profile and analyzing a broad range of anisotropy profiles. With a scaling relation of the form LX AXM200cBX E(z)2 (1+z)γX, we find best fit parameters AX=5.7+0.4-0.5 (0.6)×1043\,erg\,s-1, BX=2.50.2(0.07), γX=-2.6+1.1-1.2(0.74), where we include systematic uncertainties in parentheses and for a pivot mass and redshift of 3×1014M and 0.16, respectively. We compare our constraints with previous results, and we combine our sample with the SPT SZE--selected cluster subsample observed with \, extending the validity of our results to a wider range of redshifts and cluster masses.

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