Helium abundance (and $H_0$) in X-COP galaxy clusters
Journal
Date Issued
2020
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Abstract
We present the constraints on the helium abundance in 12 X-ray luminous
galaxy clusters that have been mapped in their X-ray and Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ)
signals out to $R_{200}$ for the XMM-Newton Cluster Outskirts Project (X-COP).
The unprecedented precision available for the estimate of $H_0$ allows us to
investigate how much the reconstructed X-ray and SZ signals are consistent with
the expected ratio $x$ between helium and proton densities of 0.08-0.1. We find
that a $H_0$ around 70 km/s/Mpc is preferred from our measurements, with lower
values of $H_0$ as requested from the Planck collaboration (67 km/s/Mpc)
requiring a 34% higher value of $x$. On the other hand, higher values of $H_0$,
as obtained by measurements in the local universe, impose $x$, from the
primordial nucleosynthesis calculations and current solar abundances, reduced
by 37--44\%.
Volume
341
Issue
2
Start page
210
Issn Identifier
0004-6337
Ads BibCode
2020AN....341..210E
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open.access
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