Baryons from groups and clusters of galaxies

For this, we considered a sample of 123 systems with temperatures kT_500_=1.0-9.0keV, total masses in the mass range M_500_=(~10^13^-4x10^15^)h_70_^-1^M_{sun}_, and redshifts 0.02<z<1.3. The gas masses and total masses are derived from X-ray data under the assumption of hydrostatic equilibrium and spherical symmetry.

The stellar masses are based on SDSS-DR8 optical photometric data. For the 37 systems out of 123 that had both optical and X-ray data available, we investigated the gas, stellar, and total baryon mass fractions inside r2500 and r500 and the differential gas mass fraction within the spherical annulus between r2500 and r500, as a function of total mass. For the other objects, we investigated the gas mass fraction only.