Measuring satellite galaxy subhalo masses in redMaPPer clusters with UNIONS weak lensing data

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract In this work, we present the observed galaxy-galaxy lensing signal of satellite galaxies in rich clusters obtained from the Ultraviolet Near-Infrared Optical Northern Survey (UNIONS). Such observations are crucial for understanding dark matter halo physics and interaction dynamics in the cluster environment. Our goal is to investigate the tidal stripping of cluster subhalos. Theoretical predictions, supported by recent studies, suggest that as satellite galaxies fall into clusters, their dark matter halos are stripped and dispersed into the cluster’s main halo, while their stellar mass remains relatively intact. A robust method to probe this phenomenon is through statistical measurements of the excess surface mass density of satellite galaxies at different cluster-centric distances. Our results reveal a significant lensing signal, with strong statistical power from the large number of lens-source pairs. A simple model used in the fitting process to constrain subhalo masses effectively reproduces the observed lensing signal at relevant satellite-centric distances. However, it lacks the complexity to accurately fit the excess surface density at larger distances, where the host cluster halo dominates. We measure the subhalo-to-stellar mass ratio as a function of cluster-centric radius and find a strong positive trend. These results confirm tidal stripping or other environmental processes that impact the relative masses of a satellite galaxy’s stellar component and its dark matter halo.
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Authors Roman Akhmetshyn, J. Elvin-Poole, Michael J. Hudson, Isaac Cheng, T. de Boer, S. Fabbro, Sam Farrens, Sacha Guerrini, Axel Guinot, Stephen Gwyn, H. Hildebrandt, M. Kilbinger, Charlie T. Mpetha, Calum Murray, Ludovic Van Waerbeke, Anna Wittje
Journal monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Year 2026
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10.1093/mnras/stag1318
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https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag1318
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