Intracluster light and dark matter halo shapes reflect common assembly, not mutual coupling: shape correspondence in CDM but not SIDM

arXiv:2607.17792 · astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-07-20 · Read on arXiv

G. Martin, N. A. Hatch, W. Cui, A. Fernandez, Y. M. Bahé, M. S. Fischer, M. Montes, F. R. Pearce, C. G. Sabiu, G. Yepes, J. Yoo

School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham · School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham · Institute for Astronomy, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh · School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham · Laboratoire d'Astrophysique, EPFL · Donostia International Physics Center · Institute of Space Sciences · School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham · Natural Science Research Institute · Centro de Investigación Avanzada en Física Fundamental · Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute

astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2026-07-20

Comments: 8 pages, 3 figures. accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters

Code: https://github.com/csabiu/WOC

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

Decoupling — 8× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
AGN — 4× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
AGN Feedback — 3× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
Core — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Alignment — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
Trace — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Gravitational Lensing — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
Systematic Bias — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
Weak Lensing — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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