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The Planck SZ Cluster Catalog: Expected X-ray Properties

Surveys based on the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect provide a fresh view of the galaxy cluster population, one that is complementary to X-ray surveys. To better understand the relation between these two kinds of survey, we construct an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-15 A. Chamballu , J. G. Bartlett , J. -B. Melin

First polarised light with the NIKA camera

NIKA is a dual-band camera operating with 315 frequency multiplexed LEKIDs cooled at 100 mK. NIKA is designed to observe the sky in intensity and polarisation at 150 and 260 GHz from the IRAM 30-m telescope. It is a test-bench for the final…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-18 A. Ritacco , R. Adam , A. Adane , P. Ade , P. André , A. Beelen , B. Belier , A. Benoît , A. Bideaud , N. Billot , O. Bourrion , M. Calvo , A. Catalano , G. Coiffard , B. Comis , A. D'Addabbo , F. -X. Désert , S. Doyle , J. Goupy , C. Kramer , S. Leclercq , J. F. Macías-Pérez , J. Martino , P. Mauskopf , A. Maury , F. Mayet , A. Monfardini , F. Pajot , E. Pascale , L. Perotto , G. Pisano , N. Ponthieu , M. Rebolo-Iglesias , V. Réveret , L. Rodriguez , G. Savini , K. Schuster , A. Sievers , C. Thum , S. Triqueneaux , C. Tucker , R. Zylka

Stacking weak lensing signals of SZ clusters to constrain cluster physics

We show how to place constraints on cluster physics by stacking the weak lensing signals from multiple clusters found through the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect. For a survey that covers about 200 sq. deg. both in SZ and weak lensing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Carolyn Sealfon , Licia Verde , Raul Jimenez

Probing cosmological isotropy with Planck Sunyaev-Zeldovich galaxy clusters

We probe the statistical isotropy hypothesis of the large-scale structure with the second Planck Sunyaev-Zeldovich (PSZ2) galaxy clusters data set. Our analysis adopts a statistical-geometrical method which compares the 2-point angular…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-15 C. A. P. Bengaly , A. Bernui , I. S. Ferreira , J. S. Alcaniz

Cosmological Constraints from Sunyaev-Zel'dovich-Selected Clusters with X-ray Observations in the First 178 Square Degrees of the South Pole Telescope Survey

We use measurements from the South Pole Telescope (SPT) Sunyaev Zel'dovich (SZ) cluster survey in combination with X-ray measurements to constrain cosmological parameters. We present a statistical method that fits for the scaling relations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-06 B. A. Benson , T. de Haan , J. P. Dudley , C. L. Reichardt , K. A. Aird , K. Andersson , R. Armstrong , M. Bautz , M. Bayliss , G. Bazin , L. E. Bleem , M. Brodwin , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. M. Cho , A. Clocchiatti , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , S. Desai , M. A. Dobbs , R. J. Foley , W. R. Forman , E. M. George , M. D. Gladders , N. W. Halverson , F. W. High , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , S. Hoover , J. D. Hrubes , C. Jones , M. Joy , R. Keisler , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , J. Liu , M. Lueker , D. Luong-Van , A. Mantz , D. P. Marrone , M. McDonald , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , L. Mocanu , J. J. Mohr , T. E. Montroy , S. S. Murray , T. Natoli , S. Padin , T. Plagge , C. Pryke , A. Rest , J. Ruel , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , A. Saro , K. K. Schaffer , L. Shaw , E. Shirokoff , J. Song , H. G. Spieler , B. Stalder , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. Story , C. W. Stubbs , R. Suhada , A. van Engelen , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , A. Vikhlinin , R. Williamson , O. Zahn , A. Zenteno

The NIKA polarimeter on science targets. Crab nebula observations at 150 GHz and dual-band polarization images of Orion Molecular Cloud OMC-1

We present here the polarization system of the NIKA camera and give a summary of the main results obtained and performed studies on Orion and the Crab nebula. The polarization system was equipped with a room temperature continuously…

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The Munich Near-Infrared Cluster Survey - I. Field selection, object extraction, and photometry

The Munich Near-IR Cluster Survey (MUNICS) is a wide-area, medium-deep, photometric survey selected in the K' band. It covers an area of roughly one square degree in the K' and J near-IR pass-bands. The survey area consists of 16 6' x 6'…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 N. Drory , G. Feulner , R. Bender , C. S. Botzler , U. Hopp , C. Maraston , C. Mendes de Oliveira , J. Snigula

The NIKA instrument: results and perspectives towards a permanent KID based camera for the Pico Veleta observatory

The New IRAM KIDs Array (NIKA) is a pathfinder instrument devoted to millimetric astronomy. In 2009 it was the first multiplexed KID camera on the sky; currently it is installed at the focal plane of the IRAM 30-meters telescope at Pico…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-18 A. D'Addabbo , R. Adam , A. Adane , P. Ade , P. André , A. Beelen , B. Belier , A. Benoit , A. Bideaud , N. Billot , O. Bourrion , M. Calvo , A. Catalano , G. Coiffard , B. Comis , F. -X. Désert , S. Doyle , J. Goupy , C. Kramer , S. Leclercq , J. Macias-Perez , J. Martino , P. Mauskopf , F. Mayet , A. Monfardini , F. Pajot , E. Pascale , N. Ponthieu , V. Revéret , L. Rodriguez , G. Savini , K. F. Schuster , A. Sievers , C. Tucker , R. Zylka

SPT Clusters with DES and HST Weak Lensing. II. Cosmological Constraints from the Abundance of Massive Halos

We present cosmological constraints from the abundance of galaxy clusters selected via the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect in South Pole Telescope (SPT) data with a simultaneous mass calibration using weak gravitational lensing data…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-24 S. Bocquet , S. Grandis , L. E. Bleem , M. Klein , J. J. Mohr , T. Schrabback , T. M. C. Abbott , P. A. R. Ade , M. Aguena , A. Alarcon , S. Allam , S. W. Allen , O. Alves , A. Amon , A. J. Anderson , J. Annis , B. Ansarinejad , J. E. Austermann , S. Avila , D. Bacon , M. Bayliss , J. A. Beall , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , G. M. Bernstein , S. Bhargava , F. Bianchini , M. Brodwin , D. Brooks , L. Bryant , A. Campos , R. E. A. Canning , J. E. Carlstrom , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , R. Cawthon , C. L. Chang , C. Chang , P. Chaubal , R. Chen , H. C. Chiang , A. Choi , T-L. Chou , R. Citron , C. Corbett Moran , J. Cordero , M. Costanzi , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , C. Davis , T. M. Davis , J. DeRose , S. Desai , T. de Haan , H. T. Diehl , M. A. Dobbs , S. Dodelson , C. Doux , A. Drlica-Wagner , K. Eckert , J. Elvin-Poole , S. Everett , W. Everett , I. Ferrero , A. Ferté , A. M. Flores , J. Frieman , J. Gallicchio , J. García-Bellido , M. Gatti , E. M. George , G. Giannini , M. D. Gladders , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , N. Gupta , G. Gutierrez , N. W. Halverson , I. Harrison , W. G. Hartley , K. Herner , S. R. Hinton , G. P. Holder , D. L. Hollowood , W. L. Holzapfel , K. Honscheid , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , E. M. Huff , D. Huterer , K. D. Irwin , D. J. James , M. Jarvis , G. Khullar , K. Kim , L. Knox , R. Kraft , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , F. Kéruzoré , O. Lahav , A. T. Lee , P. -F. Leget , D. Li , H. Lin , A. Lowitz , N. MacCrann , G. Mahler , A. Mantz , J. L. Marshall , J. McCullough , M. McDonald , J. J. McMahon , J. Mena-Fernández , F. Menanteau , S. S. Meyer , R. Miquel , J. Montgomery , J. Myles , T. Natoli , A. Navarro-Alsina , J. P. Nibarger , G. I. Noble , V. Novosad , R. L. C. Ogando , Y. Omori , S. Padin , S. Pandey , P. Paschos , S. Patil , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , A. Porredon , J. Prat , C. Pryke , M. Raveri , C. L. Reichardt , J. Roberson , R. P. Rollins , C. Romero , A. Roodman , J. E. Ruhl , E. S. Rykoff , B. R. Saliwanchik , L. Salvati , C. Sánchez , E. Sanchez , D. Sanchez Cid , A. Saro , K. K. Schaffer , L. F. Secco , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , K. Sharon , E. Sheldon , T. Shin , C. Sievers , G. Smecher , M. Smith , T. Somboonpanyakul , M. Sommer , B. Stalder , A. A. Stark , J. Stephen , V. Strazzullo , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , C. To , M. A. Troxel , C. Tucker , I. Tutusaus , T. N. Varga , T. Veach , J. D. Vieira , A. Vikhlinin , A. von der Linden , G. Wang , N. Weaverdyck , J. Weller , N. Whitehorn , W. L. K. Wu , B. Yanny , V. Yefremenko , B. Yin , M. Young , J. A. Zebrowski , Y. Zhang , H. Zohren , J. Zuntz

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

A Serendipitous Galaxy Cluster Survey with XMM: Expected Catalogue Properties and Scientific Applications

This paper describes a serendipitous galaxy cluster survey that we plan to conduct with the XMM X-ray satellite. We have modeled the expected properties of such a survey for three different cosmological models, using an extended…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Kathy Romer , Pedro T. P. Viana , Andrew R. Liddle , Robert G. Mann

Sub-structure and merger detection in resolved NIKA Sunyaev-Zel'dovich images of distant clusters

Sub-structures in the hot gas of galaxy clusters are related to their formation history and to the astrophysical processes at play in the intracluster medium (ICM). The thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (tSZ) effect is directly sensitive to the…

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Planck intermediate results. III. The relation between galaxy cluster mass and Sunyaev-Zeldovich signal

We examine the relation between the galaxy cluster mass M and Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect signal D_A^2 Y for a sample of 19 objects for which weak lensing (WL) mass measurements obtained from Subaru Telescope data are available in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-20 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , F. Atrio-Barandela , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. Balbi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , J. G. Bartlett , E. Battaner , R. Battye , K. Benabed , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , R. Bhatia , I. Bikmaev , H. Böhringer , A. Bonaldi , J. R. Bond , S. Borgani , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , H. Bourdin , M. L. Brown , M. Bucher , R. Burenin , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , P. Cabella , J. -F. Cardoso , P. Carvalho , A. Chamballu , L. -Y Chiang , G. Chon , D. L. Clements , S. Colafrancesco , A. Coulais , F. Cuttaia , A. Da Silva , H. Dahle , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , G. de Gasperis , J. Delabrouille , J. Démoclès , F. -X. Désert , J. M. Diego , K. Dolag , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , F. Finelli , I. Flores-Cacho , O. Forni , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Frommert , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , R. T. Génova-Santos , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Héraud , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , F. K. Hansen , D. Harrison , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , K. M. Huffenberger , G. Hurier , T. Jagemann , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , I. Khamitov , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , C. R. Lawrence , M. Le Jeune , S. Leach , R. Leonardi , A. Liddle , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , G. Luzzi , J. F. Macías-Pérez , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , F. Marleau , D. J. Marshall , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , F. Matthai , P. Mazzotta , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , J. -B. Melin , L. Mendes , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Munshi , P. Natoli , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , S. Osborne , F. Pajot , D. Paoletti , B. Partridge , T. J. Pearson , O. Perdereau , F. Perrotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , R. Piffaretti , P. Platania , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , L. Popa , T. Poutanen , G. W. Pratt , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , M. Rossetti , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , G. Savini , D. Scott , J. -L. Starck , F. Stivoli , V. Stolyarov , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , L. Valenziano , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , B. D. Wandelt , J. Weller , S. D. M. White , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Precision cosmology with a wide area XMM cluster survey

We explore the cosmological constraints expected from wide area XMM-type cluster surveys covering 50-200 deg2, under realistic observing conditions. We perform a Fisher matrix analysis based on cluster number counts in combination with…

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Testing X-ray Measurements of Galaxy Clusters with Cosmological Simulations

X-ray observations of galaxy clusters potentially provide powerful cosmological probes if systematics due to our incomplete knowledge of the intracluster medium (ICM) physics are understood and controlled. In this paper, we present mock…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Daisuke Nagai , Alexey Vikhlinin , Andrey V. Kravtsov

KISS: a spectrometric imager for millimetre cosmology

Clusters of galaxies are used to map the large-scale structures in the universe and as probe of universe evolution. They can be observed through the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. At this respect the spectro-imaging at low resolution…

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Masses of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Galaxy Clusters Detected by The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Stacked Lensing Measurements with Subaru HSC Year 3 data

We present a stacked lensing analysis of 96 galaxy clusters selected by the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect in maps of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). We select foreground galaxy clusters with a $5\sigma$-level SZ threshold in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-17 Masato Shirasaki , Cristóbal Sifón , Hironao Miyatake , Erwin Lau , Zhuowen Zhang , Neta Bahcall , Mark Devlin , Jo Dunkley , Arya Farahi , Matt Hilton , Yen-Ting Lin , Daisuke Nagai , Suzanne T. Staggs , Tomomi Sunayama , David Spergel , Edward J. Wollack

Distances and Cosmology From Galaxy Cluster CMB Data

The measurement of angular diameter distance to galaxy clusters, through combined Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect data with X-ray emission observations, is now a well-known probe of cosmology. Using a combination of SZ data and a map of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Asantha Cooray

Expectations For an Interferometric Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Survey for Galaxy Clusters

Non-targeted surveys for galaxy clusters using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZE) will yield valuable information on both cosmology and evolution of the intra-cluster medium (ICM). The redshift distribution of detected clusters will…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Gilbert P. Holder , Joseph J. Mohr , John E. Carlstrom , August E. Evrard , Erik M. Leitch

Galaxy clusters and groups in the ALHAMBRA Survey

We present a catalogue of 348 galaxy clusters and groups with $0.2<z<1.2$ selected in the 2.78 $deg^2$ ALHAMBRA Survey. The high precision of our photometric redshifts, close to $1\%$, and the wide spread of the seven ALHAMBRA pointings…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-15 Begoña Ascaso , Narciso Benítez , Alberto Fernández-Soto , Pablo Arnalte-Mur , Carlos López-Sanjuan , Alberto Molino , William Schoenell , Yolanda Jiménez-Teja , Alexander I. Merson , Marc Huertas-Company , Luis Alberto Díaz-García , Vicent J. Martínez , A. Javier Cenarro , Renato Dupke , Isabel Márquez , Josefa Masegosa , Lorena Nieves-Seoane , Mirjana Povic , Jesús Varela , Kerttu Viironen , J. Alfonso L. Aguerri , Ascensión Del Olmo , Mariano Moles , Jaime Perea , Emilio Alfaro , Teresa Aparicio-Villegas , Tom Broadhurst , Jesús Cabrera-Caño , Francisco J. Castander , Jordi Cepa , Miguel Cerviño , Rosa M. González~Delgado , David Cristóbal-Hornillos , Lluis Hurtado-Gil , Cesar Husillos , Leopoldo Infante , Francisco Prada , Jose María Quintana