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Microwave-Sky Simulations and Projections for Galaxy Cluster Detection with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope

We study the ability of three-frequency, arcminute-resolution microwave measurements to detect galaxy clusters via their Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) distortion of the microwave background. For this purpose, we have constructed large-area…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Neelima Sehgal , Hy Trac , Kevin Huffenberger , Paul Bode

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR5 maps of 18,000 square degrees of the microwave sky from ACT 2008-2018 data

This paper presents a maximum-likelihood algorithm for combining sky maps with disparate sky coverage, angular resolution and spatially varying anisotropic noise into a single map of the sky. We use this to merge hundreds of individual maps…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-19 Sigurd Naess , Simone Aiola , Jason E. Austermann , Nick Battaglia , James A. Beall , Daniel T. Becker , Richard J. Bond , Erminia Calabrese , Steve K. Choi , Nicholas F. Cothard , Kevin T. Crowley , Omar Darwish , Rahul Datta , Edward V. Denison , Mark Devlin , Cody J. Duell , Shannon M. Duff , Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden , Jo Dunkley , Rolando Dünner , Anna E. Fox , Patricio A. Gallardo , Mark Halpern , Dongwon Han , Matthew Hasselfield , J. Colin Hill , Gene C. Hilton , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hložek , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Johannes Hubmayr , Kevin Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Arthur B. Kosowsky , Thibaut Louis , Mathew S. Madhavacheril , Jeff McMahon , Kavilan Moodley , Federico Nati , John P. Nibarger , Michael D. Niemack , Lyman Page , Bruce Partridge , Maria Salatino , Emmanuel Schaan , Alessandro Schillaci , Benjamin Schmitt , Blake D. Sherwin , Neelima Sehgal , Cristóbal Sifón , David Spergel , Suzanne Staggs , Jason Stevens , Emilie Storer , Joel N. Ullom , Leila R. Vale , Alexander Van Engelen , Jeff Van Lanen , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu

Atacama Cosmology Telescope measurements of a large sample of candidates from the Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey: Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect confirmation of MaDCoWS candidates using ACT

Galaxy clusters are an important tool for cosmology, and their detection and characterization are key goals for current and future surveys. Using data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), the Massive and Distant Clusters of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-09-29 John Orlowski-Scherer , Luca Di Mascolo , Tanay Bhandarkar , Alex Manduca , Tony Mroczkowski , Stefania Amodeo , Nick Battaglia , Mark Brodwin , Steve K. Choi , Mark Devlin , Simon Dicker , Jo Dunkley , Anthony H. Gonzalez , Dongwon Han , Matt Hilton , Kevin Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Amanda MacInnis , Kenda Knowles , Brian J. Koopman , Ian Lowe , Kavilan Moodley , Federico Nati , Michael D. Niemack , Lyman A. Page , Bruce Partridge , Charles Romero , Maria Salatino , Alessandro Schillaci , Neelima Sehgal , Cristóbal Sifón , Suzanne Staggs , S. A. Stanford , Robert Thornton , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Ningfeng Zhu

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: High-Resolution Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Array Observations of ACT SZE-selected Clusters from the Equatorial Strip

We present follow-up observations with the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Array (SZA) of optically-confirmed galaxy clusters found in the equatorial survey region of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT): ACT-CL J0022-0036, ACT-CL J2051+0057, and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Erik D. Reese , Tony Mroczkowski , Felipe Menanteau , Matt Hilton , Jonathan Sievers , Paula Aguirre , John William Appel , Andrew J. Baker , J. Richard Bond , Sudeep Das , Mark J. Devlin , Simon R. Dicker , Rolando Dunner , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Joseph W. Fowler , Amir Hajian , Mark Halpern , Matthew Hasselfield , J. Colin Hill , Adam D. Hincks , Kevin M. Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Kent D. Irwin , Jeff Klein , Arthur Kosowsky , Yen-Ting Lin , Tobias A. Marriage , Danica Marsden , Kavilan Moodley , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , Lyman A. Page , Lucas Parker , Bruce Partridge , Felipe Rojas , Neelima Sehgal , Cristobal Sifon , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Daniel S. Swetz , Eric R. Switzer , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Edward J. Wollack

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Selected Galaxy Clusters at 148 GHz from Three Seasons of Data

[Abridged] We present a catalog of 68 galaxy clusters, of which 19 are new discoveries, detected via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZ) at 148 GHz in the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) survey of 504 square degrees on the celestial…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-09 Matthew Hasselfield , Matt Hilton , Tobias A. Marriage , Graeme E. Addison , L. Felipe Barrientos , Nicholas Battaglia , Elia S. Battistelli , J. Richard Bond , Devin Crichton , Sudeep Das , Mark J. Devlin , Simon R. Dicker , Joanna Dunkley , Rolando Dunner , Joseph W. Fowler , Megan B. Gralla , Amir Hajian , Mark Halpern , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hlozek , John P. Hughes , Leopoldo Infante , Kent D. Irwin , Arthur Kosowsky , Danica Marsden , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , Lyman A. Page , Bruce Partridge , Erik D. Reese , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Neelima Sehgal , Blake D. Sherwin , Jon Sievers , Cristóbal Sifón , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Daniel S. Swetz , Eric R. Switzer , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Edward J. Wollack

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A Catalog of > 4000 Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Galaxy Clusters

We present a catalog of 4195 optically confirmed Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) selected galaxy clusters detected with signal-to-noise > 4 in 13,211 deg$^2$ of sky surveyed by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT). Cluster candidates were selected…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 M. Hilton , C. Sifón , S. Naess , M. Madhavacheril , M. Oguri , E. Rozo , E. Rykoff , T. M. C. Abbott , S. Adhikari , M. Aguena , S. Aiola , S. Allam , S. Amodeo , A. Amon , J. Annis , B. Ansarinejad , C. Aros-Bunster , J. E. Austermann , S. Avila , D. Bacon , N. Battaglia , J. A. Beall , D. T. Becker , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , T. Bhandarkar , S. Bhargava , J. R. Bond , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , E. Calabrese , J. Carretero , S. K. Choi , A. Choi , C. Conselice , L. N. da Costa , M. Costanzi , D. Crichton , K. T. Crowley , R. Dünner , E. V. Denison , M. J. Devlin , S. R. Dicker , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , P. Doel , S. M. Duff , A. J. Duivenvoorden , J. Dunkley , S. Everett , S. Ferraro , I. Ferrero , A. Ferté , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , P. A. Gallardo , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , P. Giles , J. E. Golec , M. B. Gralla , S. Grandis , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , D. Han , W. G. Hartley , M. Hasselfield , J. C. Hill , G. C. Hilton , A. D. Hincks , S. R. Hinton , S-P. P. Ho , K. Honscheid , B. Hoyle , J. Hubmayr , K. M. Huffenberger , J. P. Hughes , A. T. Jaelani , B. Jain , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , S. Kent , M. Carrasco Kind , K. Knowles , B. J. Koopman , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , M. Lima , Y-T. Lin , M. Lokken , S. I. Loubser , N. MacCrann , M. A. G. Maia , T. A. Marriage , J. Martin , J. McMahon , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , H. Miyatake , K. Moodley , R. Morgan , T. Mroczkowski , F. Nati , L. B. Newburgh , M. D. Niemack , A. J. Nishizawa , R. L. C. Ogando , J. Orlowski-Scherer , L. A. Page , A. Palmese , B. Partridge , F. Paz-Chinchón , P. Phakathi , A. A. Plazas , N. C. Robertson , A. K. Romer , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Salatino , E. Sanchez , E. Schaan , A. Schillaci , N. Sehgal , S. Serrano , T. Shin , S. M. Simon , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , D. N. Spergel , S. T. Staggs , E. R. Storer , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. To , H. Trac , J. N. Ullom , L. R. Vale , J. Van Lanen , E. M. Vavagiakis , J. De Vicente , R. D. Wilkinson , E. J. Wollack , Z. Xu , Y. Zhang

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: the stellar content of galaxy clusters selected using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect

We present a first measurement of the stellar mass component of galaxy clusters selected via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect, using 3.6 um and 4.5 um photometry from the Spitzer Space Telescope. Our sample consists of 14 clusters…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Matt Hilton , Matthew Hasselfield , Cristóbal Sifón , Andrew J. Baker , L. Felipe Barrientos , Nicholas Battaglia , J. Richard Bond , Devin Crichton , Sudeep Das , Mark J. Devlin , Megan Gralla , Amir Hajian , Adam D. Hincks , John P. Hughes , Leopoldo Infante , Kent D. Irwin , Arthur Kosowsky , Yen-Ting Lin , Tobias A. Marriage , Danica Marsden , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Michael D. Niemack , Mike R. Nolta , Lyman A. Page , Erik D. Reese , Jon Sievers , David N. Spergel , Edward J. Wollack

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Physical Properties of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Clusters on the Celestial Equator

We present the optical and X-ray properties of 68 galaxy clusters selected via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect at 148 GHz by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT). Our sample, from an area of 504 square degrees centered on the celestial…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Felipe Menanteau , Cristóbal Sifón , L. Felipe Barrientos , Nicholas Battaglia , J. Richard Bond , Devin Crichton , Sudeep Das , Mark J. Devlin , Rolando Dünner , Megan Gralla , Amir Hajian , Matthew Hasselfield , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , John P. Hughes , Leopoldo Infante , Arthur Kosowsky , Tobias A. Marriage , Danica Marsden , Kavilan Moodley , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , Lyman A. Page , Bruce Partridge , Erik D. Reese , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Jon Sievers , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Eric Switzer , Edward J. Wollack

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: The Two-Season ACTPol Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Selected Cluster Catalog

We present a catalog of 182 galaxy clusters detected through the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope in a contiguous 987.5 deg$^{2}$ field. The clusters were detected as SZ decrements by applying a matched filter to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-21 Matt Hilton , Matthew Hasselfield , Cristóbal Sifón , Nicholas Battaglia , Simone Aiola , V. Bharadwaj , J. Richard Bond , Steve K. Choi , Devin Crichton , Rahul Datta , Mark J. Devlin , Joanna Dunkley , Rolando Dünner , Patricio A. Gallardo , Megan Gralla , Adam D. Hincks , Shuay-Pwu P. Ho , Johannes Hubmayr , Kevin M. Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Brian J. Koopman , Arthur Kosowsky , Thibaut Louis , Mathew S. Madhavacheril , Tobias A. Marriage , Loïc Maurin , Jeff McMahon , Hironao Miyatake , Kavilan Moodley , Sigurd Naess , Federico Nati , Laura Newburgh , Michael D. Niemack , Masamune Oguri , Lyman A. Page , Bruce Partridge , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Jon Sievers , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Hy Trac , Alexander van Engelen , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Edward J. Wollack

Simulations of the Microwave Sky

We create realistic, full-sky, half-arcminute resolution simulations of the microwave sky matched to the most recent astrophysical observations. The primary purpose of these simulations is to test the data reduction pipeline for the Atacama…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Neelima Sehgal , Paul Bode , Sudeep Das , Carlos Hernandez-Monteagudo , Kevin Huffenberger , Yen-Ting Lin , Jeremiah P. Ostriker , Hy Trac

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: The LABOCA/ACT Survey of Clusters at All Redshifts

We present a multi-wavelength analysis of eleven Sunyaev Zel'dovich effect (SZE)-selected galaxy clusters (ten with new data) from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) southern survey. We have obtained new imaging from the Large APEX…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Robert R. Lindner , Paula Aguirre , Andrew J. Baker , J. Richard Bond , Devin Crichton , Mark J. Devlin , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Patricio Gallardo , Megan B. Gralla , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Kevin M. Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Leopoldo Infante , Marcos Lima , Tobias A. Marriage , Felipe Menanteau , Michael D. Niemack , Lyman A. Page , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Neelima Sehgal , J. L. Sievers , Cristóbal Sifón , Suzanne T. Staggs , Daniel Swetz , Axel Weiß , Edward J. Wollack

Southern Cosmology Survey I: Optical Cluster Detections and Predictions for the Southern Common-Area Millimeter-Wave Experiments

We present first results from the Southern Cosmology Survey, a new multiwavelength survey of the southern sky coordinated with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT), a recently commissioned ground-based mm-band Cosmic Microwave Background…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Felipe Menanteau , John P. Hughes , Raul Jimenez , Carlos Hernandez-Monteagudo , Licia Verde , Arthur Kosowsky , Kavilan Moodley , Leopoldo Infante , Nathan Roche

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Sunyaev Zel'dovich Selected Galaxy Clusters at 148 GHz in the 2008 Survey

We report on twenty-three clusters detected blindly as Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) decrements in a 148 GHz, 455 square-degree map of the southern sky made with data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope 2008 observing season. All SZ detections…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 T. A. Marriage , V. Acquaviva , P. A. R. Ade , P. Aguirre , M. Amiri , J. W. Appel , L. F. Barrientos , E. S. Battistelli , J. R. Bond , B. Brown , B. Burger , J. Chervenak , S. Das , M. J. Devlin , S. R. Dicker , W. B. Doriese , J. Dunkley , R. Dunner , T. Essinger-Hileman , R. P. Fisher , J. W. Fowler , A. Hajian , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , C. Hern'andez-Monteagudo , G. C. Hilton , M. Hilton , A. D. Hincks , R. Hlozek , K. M. Huffenberger , D. H. Hughes , J. P. Hughes , L. Infante , K. D. Irwin , J. B. Juin , M. Kaul , J. Klein , A. Kosowsky , J. M. Lau , M. Limon , Y. -T. Lin , R. H. Lupton , D. Marsden , K. Martocci , P. Mauskopf , F. Menanteau , K. Moodley , H. Moseley , C. B. Netterfield , M. D. Niemack , M. R. Nolta , L. A. Page , L. Parker , B. Partridge , H. Quintana , E. D. Reese , B. Reid , N. Sehgal , B. D. Sherwin , J. Sievers , D. N. Spergel , S. T. Staggs , D. S. Swetz , E. R. Switzer , R. Thornton , H. Trac , C. Tucker , R. Warne , G. Wilson , E. Wollack , Y. Zhao

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A Measurement of the 600< ell <8000 Cosmic Microwave Background Power Spectrum at 148 GHz

We present a measurement of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation observed at 148 GHz. The measurement uses maps with 1.4' angular resolution made with data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT).…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-09-30 J. W. Fowler , V. Acquaviva , P. A. R. Ade , P. Aguirre , M. Amiri , J. W. Appel , L. F. Barrientos , E. S. Battistelli , J. R. Bond , B. Brown , B. Burger , J. Chervenak , S. Das , M. J. Devlin , S. R. Dicker , W. B. Doriese , J. Dunkley , R. Dünner , T. Essinger-Hileman , R. P. Fisher , A. Hajian , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , G. C. Hilton , M. Hilton , A. D. Hincks , R. Hlozek , K. M. Huffenberger , D. H. Hughes , J. P. Hughes , L. Infante , K. D. Irwin , R. Jimenez , J. B. Juin , M. Kaul , J. Klein , A. Kosowsky , J. M. Lau , M. Limon , Y. -T. Lin , R. H. Lupton , T. A. Marriage , D. Marsden , K. Martocci , P. Mauskopf , F. Menanteau , K. Moodley , H. Moseley , C. B. Netterfield , M. D. Niemack , M. R. Nolta , L. A. Page , L. Parker , B. Partridge , H. Quintana , B. Reid , N. Sehgal , J. Sievers , D. N. Spergel , S. T. Staggs , D. S. Swetz , E. R. Switzer , R. Thornton , H. Trac , C. Tucker , L. Verde , R. Warne , G. Wilson , E. Wollack , Y. Zhao , the ACT Collaboration

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR6 Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Selected Galaxy Clusters Catalog

We present the results of a search for galaxy clusters in the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) Data Release 6 (DR6) microwave sky maps covering 16293 square degrees in three frequency bands, using data obtained over the lifetime of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-28 HSC Collaboration , M. Aguena , S. Aiola , S. Allam , F. Andrade-Oliveira , D. Bacon , N. Bahcall , N. Battaglia , E. S. Battistelli , S. Bocquet , B. Bolliet , J. R. Bond , D. Brooks , E. Calabrese , J. Carretero , S. K. Choi , L. N. da Costa , M. Costanzi , W. Coulton , T. M. Davis , S. Desai , M. J. Devlin , S. Dicker , P. Doel , A. J. Duivenvoorden , J. Dunkley , S. Ferraro , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , P. A. Gallardo , M. Gatti , E. Gaztanaga , A. S. Gill , J. E. Golec , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , J. C. Hill , M. Hilton , A. D. Hincks , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , J. Hubmayr , K. M. Huffenberger , J. P. Hughes , D. J. James , M. Klein , K. Knowles , B. J. Koopman , A. Kosowsky , O. Lahav , E. Lee , Y. Lin , M. Lokken , M. S. Madhavacheril , A. A. Plazas Malagón , J. v. Marrewijk , J. L. Marshall , J. McMahon , J. Mena-Fernández , R. Miquel , H. Miyatake , J. J. Mohr , K. Moodley , T. Mroczkowski , S. Naess , F. Nati , A. Nicola , M. D. Niemack , R. L. C. Ogando , M. Oguri , J. Orlowski-Scherer , L. A. Page , B. Partridge , M. E. da Silva Pereira , A. Porredon , F. J. Qu , D. C. Ragavan , B. Ried Guachalla , A. K. Romer , A. Carnero Rosell , E. S. Rykoff , S. Samuroff , E. Sanchez , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , C. Sierra , C. Sifón , M. Smith , S. T. Staggs , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , D. L. Tucker , C. Vargas , E. M. Vavagiakis , J. De Vicente , N. Weaverdyck , J. Weller , E. J. Wollack , I. Zubeldia

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) project is described. This multi-institution collaboration aims to produce arcminute-resolution and micro-Kelvin sensitivity maps of the microwave background temperature over 200 square degrees of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Arthur Kosowsky

Prospects for ACT: simulations, power spectrum, and non-Gaussian analysis

A new generation of instruments will reveal the microwave sky at high resolution. We focus on one of these, the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, which probes scales 1000<l<10000, where both primary and secondary anisotropies are important.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kevin M. Huffenberger , Uros Seljak

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A Measurement of the Thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Using the Skewness of the CMB Temperature Distribution

We present a detection of the unnormalized skewness <T^3> induced by the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (tSZ) effect in filtered Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) 148 GHz cosmic microwave background temperature maps. Contamination due to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-30 Michael J. Wilson , Blake D. Sherwin , J. Colin Hill , Graeme Addison , Nick Battaglia , J. Richard Bond , Sudeep Das , Mark J. Devlin , Joanna Dunkley , Rolando Dunner , Joseph W. Fowler , Megan B. Gralla , Amir Hajian , Mark Halpern , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renee Hlozek , Kevin Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Arthur Kosowsky , Thibaut Louis , Tobias A. Marriage , Danica Marsden , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , Lyman A. Page , Bruce Partridge , Erik D. Reese , Neelima Sehgal , Jon Sievers , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Daniel S. Swetz , Eric R. Switzer , Hy Trac , Ed Wollack

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Physical Properties and Purity of a Galaxy Cluster Sample Selected via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect

We present optical and X-ray properties for the first confirmed galaxy cluster sample selected by the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect from 148 GHz maps over 455 square degrees of sky made with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. These maps, coupled…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-28 Felipe Menanteau , Jorge Gonzalez , Jean-Baptiste Juin , Tobias A. Marriage , Erik Reese , Viviana Acquaviva , Paula Aguirre , John William Appel , Andrew J. Baker , L. Felipe Barrientos , Elia S. Battistelli , J. Richard Bond , Sudeep Das , Mark J. Devlin , Simon Dicker , Amruta J. Deshpande , Joanna Dunkley , Rolando Dunner , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Joseph W. Fowler , Amir Hajian , Mark Halpern , Matthew Hasselfield , Carlos Hernandez-Monteagudo , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renee Hlozek , John P. Hughes , Kevin M. Huffenberger , Leopoldo Infante , Kent D. Irwin , Jeff Klein , Arthur Kosowsky , Yen-Ting Lin , Danica Marsden , Kavilan Moodley , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , Lyman A. Page , Lucas Parker , Bruce Partridge , Jon Sievers , Neelima Sehgal , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Daniel Swetz , Eric Switzer , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Ryan Warne , Ed Wollack

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Relation Between Galaxy Cluster Optical Richness and Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect

We present the measured Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) flux from 474 optically-selected MaxBCG clusters that fall within the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) Equatorial survey region. The ACT Equatorial region used in this analysis covers 510…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Neelima Sehgal , Graeme Addison , Nick Battaglia , Elia S. Battistelli , J. Richard Bond , Sudeep Das , Mark J. Devlin , Joanna Dunkley , Rolando Dünner , Megan Gralla , Amir Hajian , Mark Halpern , Matthew Hasselfield , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hlozek , John P. Hughes , Arthur Kosowsky , Yen-Ting Lin , Thibaut Louis , Tobias A. Marriage , Danica Marsden , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Michael D. Niemack , Lyman A. Page , Bruce Partridge , Erik D. Reese , Blake D. Sherwin , Jon Sievers , Cristóbal Sifón , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Daniel S. Swetz , Eric R. Switzer , Ed Wollack