ComPACT: Mass-Redshift Properties of the galaxy cluster catalogue
Abstract
Machine-learning methods are increasingly applied to astronomical surveys, providing powerful tools for detecting and studying galaxy clusters. We investigate the mass-redshift properties and completeness of the ComPACT galaxy cluster catalogue, constructed using a convolutional neural network applied to publicly available combined ACT+Planck maps. The ComPACT catalogue contains 2,962 SZ-selected galaxy cluster candidates. We confirm clusters by estimating redshifts using literature information and photometric techniques based on DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys data. Cluster masses are derived from ACT+Planck and Planck Compton-y maps via SZ scaling relations. The completeness is assessed using simulated cluster injections into real microwave maps. We confirm approximately 60 % of the ComPACT candidates as galaxy clusters. The redshifts span the range , including approximately 116 new measurements. Masses are obtained for 56 % of the sample, covering the range and including 158 new mass determinations. We identify five previously unreported massive clusters () at , increasing the known population of such systems by approximately 10 %. The ComPACT catalogue expands the SZ-selected Planck-like cluster population, especially at high redshift and high mass, demonstrating the effectiveness of deep-learning approaches for cluster detection in microwave data.
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@article{arxiv.2605.20027,
title = {ComPACT: Mass-Redshift Properties of the galaxy cluster catalogue},
author = {S. Voskresenskaia and N. Lyskova and I. Zaznobin and A. Meshcheryakov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.20027},
year = {2026}
}
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14 pages, 11 figures, Submitted to A&A