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Measurement of the Splashback Feature around SZ-selected Galaxy Clusters with DES, SPT and ACT

We present a detection of the splashback feature around galaxy clusters selected using their Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) signal. Recent measurements of the splashback feature around optically selected galaxy clusters have found that the…

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The 400d Galaxy Cluster Survey weak lensing programme: II: Weak lensing study of seven clusters with MMT/Megacam

Evolution in the mass function of galaxy clusters sensitively traces both the expansion history of the Universe and cosmological structure formation. Robust cluster mass determinations are a key ingredient for a reliable measurement of this…

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Modelling Galaxy Clustering and Tomographic Galaxy-Galaxy Lensing with HSC Y3 and SDSS using the Point-Mass Correction Model and Redshift Self-Calibration

The combination of galaxy-galaxy weak lensing and galaxy clustering is a powerful probe of the cosmological model, and exploration of how to best model and extract this information from the signals is essential. We present the measurement…

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A measurement of the mean central optical depth of galaxy clusters via the pairwise kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect with SPT-3G and DES

We infer the mean optical depth of a sample of optically-selected galaxy clusters from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) via the pairwise kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) effect. The pairwise kSZ signal between pairs of clusters drawn from the…

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Strong Lensing Analysis of PLCK G004.5$-$19.5, a Planck-Discovered Cluster Hosting a Radio Relic at $z=0.52$

The recent discovery of a large number of galaxy clusters using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect has opened a new era on the study of the most massive clusters in the Universe. Multi-wavelength analyses are required to understand the…

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Cosmological shocks around galaxy clusters: A coherent investigation with DES, SPT & ACT

We search for signatures of cosmological shocks in gas pressure profiles of galaxy clusters using the cluster catalogs from three surveys: the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year 3, the South Pole Telescope (SPT) SZ survey, and the Atacama…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-12-14 D. Anbajagane , C. Chang , E. J. Baxter , S. Charney , M. Lokken , M. Aguena , S. Allam , O. Alves , A. Amon , R. An , F. Andrade-Oliveira , D. Bacon , N. Battaglia , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , B. A. Benson , G. M. Bernstein , L. Bleem , S. Bocquet , J. R. Bond , D. Brooks , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , R. Chen , A. Choi , M. Costanzi , T. M. Crawford , M. Crocce , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , T. M. Davis , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , M. J. Devlin , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , C. Doux , A. Drlica-Wagner , J. Elvin-Poole , I. Ferrero , A. Ferte , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , D. Friedel , J. Frieman , J. Garcia-Bellido , M. Gatti , G. Giannini , S. Grandis , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , I. Harrison , J. C. Hill , M. Hilton , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , B. Jain , D. J. James , M. Jarvis , K. Kuehn , M. Lin , N. MacCrann , J. L. Marshall , J. McCullough , J. J. McMahon , J. Mena-Fernandez , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , K. Moodley , T. Mroczkowski , J. Myles , S. Naess , A. Navarro-Alsina , R. L. C. Ogando , L. A. Page , A. Palmese , S. Pandey , B. Patridge , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagon , A. Porredon , J. Prat , C. Reichardt , K. Reil , M. Rodriguez-Monroy , R. P. Rollins , A. K. Romer , E. S. Rykoff , E. Sanchez , C. Sanchez , D. Sanchez Cid , E. Schaan , M. Schubnell , L. F. Secco , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , T. Shin , C. Sifon , M. Smith , S. T. Staggs , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , C. To , M. A. Troxel , I. Tutusaus , E. M. Vavagiakis , N. Weaverdyck , J. Weller , P. Wiseman , E. J. Wollack , B. Yanny

Mass Calibration of Galaxy Clusters at Redshift 0.1-1.0 using Weak Lensing in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Stripe 82 Co-add

We present galaxy cluster mass-richness relations found in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Stripe 82 co-add using clusters found using a Voronoi tessellation cluster finder. These relations were found using stacked weak lensing shear observed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-14 Matthew P. Wiesner , Huan Lin , Marcelle Soares-Santos

Cosmological constraints from Subaru weak lensing cluster counts

We present results of weak lensing cluster counts obtained from 11 sq.deg SuprimeCam data. Although the area is much smaller than previous work dealing with weak lensing peak statistics, the number density of galaxies usable for weak…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Takashi Hamana , Junya Sakurai , Michitaro Koike , Lance Miller

Optical followup of galaxy clusters detected by the South Pole Telescope

The South Pole Telescope (SPT) is a 10 meter telescope operating at mm wavelengths. It has recently completed a three-band survey covering 2500 sq. degrees. One of the survey's main goals is to detect galaxy clusters using Sunyaev-Zeldovich…

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Weak lensing by galaxy troughs in DES Science Verification data

We measure the weak lensing shear around galaxy troughs, i.e. the radial alignment of background galaxies relative to underdensities in projections of the foreground galaxy field over a wide range of redshift in Science Verification data…

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Cross-correlation of the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect and weak gravitational lensing: Planck and Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam first-year data

Cross-correlation analysis of the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (tSZ) effect and weak gravitational lensing (WL) provides a powerful probe of cosmology and astrophysics of the intra-cluster medium. We present the measurement of the…

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Cosmic variance of the galaxy cluster weak lensing signal

Intrinsic variations of the projected density profiles of clusters of galaxies at fixed mass are a source of uncertainty for cluster weak lensing. We present a semi-analytical model to account for this effect, based on a combination of…

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AMICO galaxy clusters in KiDS-DR3: cosmological constraints from large-scale stacked weak lensing profiles

Context. The large-scale mass distribution around dark matter haloes hosting galaxy clusters provides sensitive cosmological information. Aims. In this work, we make use of a large photometric galaxy cluster sample, constructed from the…

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Probing the Relation Between X-ray-Derived and Weak-Lensing-Derived Masses for Shear-Selected Galaxy Clusters: I. A781

We compare X-ray and weak-lensing masses for four galaxy clusters that comprise the top-ranked shear-selected cluster system in the Deep Lens Survey. The weak-lensing observations of this system, which is associated with A781, are from the…

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Robust Weak-lensing Mass Calibration of Planck Galaxy Clusters

In light of the tension in cosmological constraints reported by the Planck team between their SZ-selected cluster counts and Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature anisotropies, we compare the Planck cluster mass estimates with…

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High-Redshift Cool-Core Galaxy Clusters Detected via the Sunyaev--Zel'dovich Effect in the South Pole Telescope Survey

We report the first investigation of cool-core properties of galaxy clusters selected via their Sunyaev--Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. We use 13 galaxy clusters uniformly selected from 178 deg^2 observed with the South Pole Telescope (SPT) and…

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Cosmological constraints from abundance, weak-lensing and clustering of galaxy clusters: application to the SDSS

The clustering of galaxy clusters is a powerful cosmological tool, which can help to break degeneracies between parameters when combined with other cosmological observables. We aim to demonstrate its potential in constraining cosmological…

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Galaxy Kinematics and Mass Calibration in Massive SZE Selected Galaxy Clusters to z=1.3

The galaxy phase-space distribution in galaxy clusters provides insights into the formation and evolution of cluster galaxies, and it can also be used to measure cluster mass profiles. We present a dynamical study based on $\sim$3000…

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We present the weak lensing mass calibration of the stellar mass based $\mu_{\star}$ mass proxy for redMaPPer galaxy clusters in the Dark Energy Survey Year 1. For the first time we are able to perform a calibration of $\mu_{\star}$ at high…

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Stacked Weak Lensing Mass Calibration: Estimators, Systematics, and Impact on Cosmological Parameter Constraints

When extracting the weak lensing shear signal, one may employ either locally normalized or globally normalized shear estimators. The former is the standard approach when estimating cluster masses, while the latter is the more common method…

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