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Sunyaev-Zel'dovich clusters reconstruction in multiband bolometer camera surveys

Astrophysics 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

We present a new method for the reconstruction of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) galaxy clusters in future SZ-survey experiments using multiband bolometer cameras such as Olimpo, APEX, or Planck. Our goal is to optimise SZ-Cluster extraction from our observed noisy maps. We wish to emphasize that none of the algorithms used in the detection chain is tuned on prior knowledge on the SZ -Cluster signal, or other astrophysical sources (Optical Spectrum, Noise Covariance Matrix, or covariance of SZ Cluster wavelet coefficients). First, a blind separation of the different astrophysical components which contribute to the observations is conducted using an Independent Component Analysis (ICA) method. Then, a recent non linear filtering technique in the wavelet domain, based on multiscale entropy and the False Discovery Rate (FDR) method, is used to detect and reconstruct the galaxy clusters. Finally, we use the Source Extractor software to identify the detected clusters. The proposed method was applied on realistic simulations of observations. As for global detection efficiency, this new method is impressive as it provides comparable results to Pierpaoli et al. method being however a blind algorithm. Preprint with full resolution figures is available at the URL: w10-dapnia.saclay.cea.fr/Phocea/Vie_des_labos/Ast/ast_visu.php?id_ast=728

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0508641,
  title  = {Sunyaev-Zel'dovich clusters reconstruction in multiband bolometer camera surveys},
  author = {S. Pires and J. B. Juin and D. Yvon and Y. Moudden and S. Anthoine and E. Pierpaoli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0508641},
  year   = {2009}
}

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