Observational issues in radiometric and interferometric detection and analysis of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effects
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
This review discusses the techniques used in single-dish and interferometric radiometric observations of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effects, the pitfalls that arise, the systematic and other sources of error in the data, and the uncertainties in the interpretation of the results.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0410336,
title = {Observational issues in radiometric and interferometric detection and analysis of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effects},
author = {M. Birkinshaw and K. Lancaster},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0410336},
year = {2007}
}
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46 pages, 23 figures. To appear in Background Microwave Radiation and Intracluster Cosmology, Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Eds. Melchiorri, F. & Rephaeli, Y., 2004