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Low-resolution spectroscopy of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect and estimates of cluster parameters

The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect is a powerful tool for studying clusters of galaxies and cosmology. Large mm-wave telescopes are now routinely detecting and mapping the SZ effect in a number of clusters, measure their comptonisation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-09 Paolo de Bernardis , Sergio Colafrancesco , Giuseppe D' Alessandro , Luca Lamagna , Paolo Marchegiani , Silvia Masi , Alessandro Schillaci

Constraining galaxy cluster velocity field with the tSZ-kSZ-kSZ bispectrum

The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effects are produced by the interaction of cosmic microwave background (CMB) photons with the ionized and diffuse gas of electrons inside galaxy clusters integrated along the line of sight. The two main effects…

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Constraining cosmology with thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich maps: Minkowski functionals, peaks, minima, and moments

The thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (tSZ) is a sensitive probe of cosmology, as it traces the abundance of galaxy clusters and groups in the late-time Universe. Upcoming cosmic microwave background experiments such as the Simons…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-24 Alina Sabyr , J. Colin Hill , Zoltan Haiman

Measurement of the Relativistic Sunyaev-Zeldovich Corrections in RX J1347.5-1145

We present a measurement of the relativistic corrections to the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect spectrum, the rSZ effect, toward the massive galaxy cluster RX J1347.5-1145 by combining sub-mm images from Herschel-SPIRE with mm-wave…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-22 Victoria Butler , Richard M. Feder , Tansu Daylan , Adam B. Mantz , Dale Mercado , Alfredo Montana , Stephen K. N. Portillo , Jack Sayers , Benjamin J. Vaughan , Michael Zemcov , Adi Zitrin

The Kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect with Projected Fields II: prospects, challenges, and comparison with simulations

The kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) signal is a powerful probe of the cosmic baryon distribution. The kSZ signal is proportional to the integrated free electron momentum rather than the electron pressure (which sources the thermal SZ…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-02 Simone Ferraro , J. Colin Hill , Nick Battaglia , Jia Liu , David N. Spergel

Exploiting the high-resolution NIKA2 data to study the intracluster medium and dynamical state of ACT-CL J0240.0+0116

Having a detailed knowledge of the intracluster medium (ICM) to infer the exact cluster physics such as the cluster dynamical state is crucial for cluster-based cosmological studies. This knowledge limits the accuracy and precision of mass…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-28 A. Paliwal , M. De Petris , A. Ferragamo , R. Adam , P. Ade , H. Ajeddig , P. André , E. Artis , H. Aussel , I. Bartalucci , A. Beelen , A. Benoît , S. Berta , L. Bing , O. Bourrion , M. Calvo , A. Catalano , F. De Luca , F. -X. Désert , S. Doyle , E. F. C. Driessen , G. Ejlali , A. Gomez , J. Goupy , C. Hanser , S. Katsioli , F. Kéruzoré , C. Kramer , B. Ladjelate , G. Lagache , S. Leclercq , J. -F. Lestrade , J. F. Macías-Pérez , S. C. Madden , A. Maury , P. Mauskopf , F. Mayet , J. -B. Melin , A. Monfardini , A. Moyer-Anin , M. Muñoz-Echeverría , L. Perotto , G. Pisano , E. Pointecouteau , N. Ponthieu , G. W. Pratt , V. Revéret , A. J. Rigby , A. Ritacco , C. Romero , H. Roussel , F. Ruppin , K. Schuster , A. Sievers , C. Tucker , R. Wicker , R. Zylka

Planck 2015 results. XXIII. The thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect--cosmic infrared background correlation

We use Planck data to detect the cross-correlation between the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich (tSZ) effect and the infrared emission from the galaxies that make up the the cosmic infrared background (CIB). We first perform a stacking analysis…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-21 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. Arnaud , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , J. G. Bartlett , N. Bartolo , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. J. Bock , A. Bonaldi , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , E. Calabrese , A. Catalano , A. Chamballu , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , E. Churazov , D. L. Clements , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , B. Comis , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , F. Finelli , I. Flores-Cacho , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , R. T. Génova-Santos , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Héraud , E. Gjerløw , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , F. K. Hansen , D. L. Harrison , G. Helou , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , K. M. Huffenberger , G. Hurier , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , M. Langer , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , F. Levrier , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , B. Maffei , G. Maggio , D. Maino , D. S. Y. Mak , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , A. Melchiorri , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , F. Nati , P. Natoli , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , C. A. Oxborrow , F. Paci , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , D. Paoletti , B. Partridge , F. Pasian , T. J. Pearson , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , G. W. Pratt , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , A. Renzi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , M. Rossetti , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , M. Savelainen , G. Savini , D. Scott , L. D. Spencer , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sunyaev , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , G. Umana , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , N. Welikala , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Exploring Cluster Physics with High-Resolution Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Images and X-Ray Data: The Case of the Most X-Ray-Luminous Galaxy Cluster RX J1347-1145

Foreseeing the era of high spatial resolution measurements of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZE) in clusters of galaxies, we present a prototype analysis of this sort combined with Chandra X-ray data. It is applied specifically to RX…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 T. Kitayama , E. Komatsu , N. Ota , T. Kuwabara , Y. Suto , K. Yoshikawa , M. Hattori , H. Matsuo

Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Cluster Profiles Measured with the South Pole Telescope

We present Sunyaev-Zel'dovich measurements of 15 massive X-ray selected galaxy clusters obtained with the South Pole Telescope. The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) cluster signals are measured at 150 GHz, and concurrent 220 GHz data are used to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 T. Plagge , B. A. Benson , P. A. R. Ade , K. A. Aird , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. -M. Cho , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , E. M. George , N. R. Hall , N. W. Halverson , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , J. D. Hrubes , M. Joy , R. Keisler , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , M. Lueker , D. Marrone , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , J. J. Mohr , T. E. Montroy , S. Padin , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , K. K. Schaffer , L. Shaw , E. Shirokoff , H. G. Spieler , B. Stalder , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , R. Williamson , O. Zahn

Reconstructing the Thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in 3D

The thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (tSZ) effect measures the line-of-sight projection of the thermal pressure of free electrons and lacks any redshift information. By cross correlating the tSZ effect with an external cosmological tracer we can…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-11 Geraint Pratten , Dipak Munshi

Clustering of DESI galaxies split by thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect

The thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich (tSZ) effect is associated with galaxy clusters - extremely large and dense structures tracing the dark matter with a higher bias than isolated galaxies. We propose to use the tSZ data to separate galaxies from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-24 M. Rashkovetskyi , D. J. Eisenstein , J. Aguilar , S. Ahlen , A. Anand , D. Bianchi , D. Brooks , F. J. Castander , T. Claybaugh , A. Cuceu , K. S. Dawson , A. de la Macorra , Arjun Dey , P. Doel , S. Ferraro , A. Font-Ribera , J. E. Forero-Romero , E. Gaztañaga , G. Gutierrez , H. K. Herrera-Alcantar , K. Honscheid , C. Howlett , M. Ishak , R. Joyce , R. Kehoe , T. Kisner , A. Kremin , O. Lahav , A. Lambert , M. Landriau , M. Manera , R. Miquel , E. Mueller , S. Nadathur , N. Palanque-Delabrouille , W. J. Percival , F. Prada , I. Pérez-Ràfols , A. J. Ross , G. Rossi , E. Sanchez , D. Schlegel , M. Schubnell , J. Silber , D. Sprayberry , G. Tarlé , B. A. Weaver , R. Zhou , H. Zou

Galaxy Clusters Discovered via the Thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in the 500-square-degree SPTpol Survey

We present a catalog of 689 galaxy cluster candidates detected at significance $\xi>4$ via their thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect signature in 95 and 150 GHz data from the 500-square-degree SPTpol survey. We use optical and infrared…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-13 L. E. Bleem , M. Klein , T. M. C. Abbott , P. A. R. Ade , M. Aguena , O. Alves , A. J. Anderson , F. Andrade-Oliveira , B. Ansarinejad , M. Archipley , M. L. N. Ashby , J. E. Austermann , D. Bacon , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , F. Bianchini , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , M. Calzadilla , J. E. Carlstrom , A. Carnero Rosell , J. Carretero , C. L. Chang , P. Chaubal , H. C. Chiang , T-L. Chou , R. Citron , C. Corbett Moran , M. Costanzi , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , L. N. da Costa , T. de Haan , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , M. A. Dobbs , P. Doel , W. Everett , I. Ferrero , B. Flaugher , B. Floyd , D. Friedel , J. Frieman , J. Gallicchio , J. Garc'ia-Bellido , M. Gatti , E. M. George , G. Giannini , S. Grandis , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , N. Gupta , G. Gutierrez , N. W. Halverson , S. R. Hinton , G. P. Holder , D. L. Hollowood , W. L. Holzapfel , K. Honscheid , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , J. Mena-Fernández , D. J. James , F. Kéruzoré , L. Knox , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , A. T. Lee , S. Lee , D. Li , A. Lowitz , J. L. Marshal , M. McDonald , J. J. McMahon , F. Menanteau , S. S. Meyer , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , J. Montgomery , J. Myles , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , G. I. Noble , V. Novosad , R. L. C. Ogando , S. Padin , S. Patil , M. E. S. Pereira , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malag'on , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , M. Rodr'iguez-Monroy , A. K. Romer , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , L. Salvati , E. Sanchez , A. Saro , K. K. Schaffer , T. Schrabback , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , C. Sievers , G. Smecher , M. Smith , T. Somboonpanyakul , B. Stalder , A. A. Stark , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , C. To , C. Tucker , T. Veach , J. D. Vieira , M. Vincenzi , G. Wang , J. Weller , N. Whitehorn , P. Wiseman , W. L. K. Wu , V. Yefremenko , J. A. Zebrowski , Y. Zhang

Detecting Sunyaev-Zel'dovich clusters with PLANCK: III. Properties of the expected SZ-cluster sample

The PLANCK-mission is the most sensitive all-sky submillimetric mission currently being planned and prepared. Special emphasis is given to the observation of clusters of galaxies by their thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. In this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-07 Bjoern Malte Schaefer , Matthias Bartelmann

Detection of pairwise kSZ effect with DESI galaxy clusters and Planck

We report a $5\sigma$ detection of the pairwise kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) effect, combining galaxy clusters in DESI imaging surveys and the Planck temperature maps. The detection is facilitated by both improvements in the data and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-16 Ziyang Chen , Pengjie Zhang , Xiaohu Yang , Yi Zheng

Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Imaging of Massive Clusters of Galaxies at Redshift z > 0.8

We present Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect (SZE) imaging observations of three distant (z > 0.8) and highly X-ray luminous clusters of galaxies, Cl1226+33, Cl0152-13 and MS1054-03. Two of the clusters, Cl1226+33 and Cl0152-13, were recently…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 Marshall Joy , Samuel LaRoque , Laura Grego , John E. Carlstrom , Kyle Dawson , Harald Ebeling , William L. Holzapfel , Daisuke Nagai , Erik D. Reese

Cross-correlating the Thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect and the Distribution of Galaxy Clusters

We present the analytical formulas, derived based on the halo model, to compute the cross-correlation between the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect and the distribution of galaxy clusters. By binning the clusters according to their…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-30 Wenjuan Fang , Kenji Kadota , Masahiro Takada

The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Infrared Experiment: A Millimeter-wave Receiver for Cluster Cosmology

Measurements of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (S-Z) effect towards distant clusters of galaxies can be used to determine the Hubble constant and the radial component of cluster peculiar velocities. Determination of the cluster peculiar velocity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 W. L. Holzapfel , T. M. Wilbanks , P. A. R. Ade , S. E. Church , M. L. Fischer , P. D. Mauskopf , D. E. Osgood , A. E. Lange

High significance detection of the tSZ effect relativistic corrections

The thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (tSZ) effect is produced by the interaction of cosmic microwave background (CMB) photons with the hot (a few keV) and diffuse gas of electrons inside galaxy clusters integrated along the line of sight. This…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-01 G. Hurier

Detecting Sunyaev-Zel'dovich clusters with PLANCK: I. Construction of all-sky thermal and kinetic SZ-maps

All-sky thermal and kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) maps are presented for assessing how well the PLANCK-mission can find and characterise clusters of galaxies, especially in the presence of primary anisotropies of the cosmic microwave…

Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-07 Bjoern Malte Schaefer , Christoph Pfrommer , Matthias Bartelmann , Volker Springel , Lars Hernquist

Testing Sunyaev-Zel'dovich measurements of the hot gas content of dark matter haloes using synthetic skies

The thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (tSZ) effect offers a means of probing the hot gas in and around massive galaxies and galaxy groups and clusters, which is thought to constitute a large fraction of the baryon content of the Universe. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 Amandine M. C. Le Brun , Ian G. McCarthy , Jean-Baptiste Melin