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$\mu_{\star}$ Masses: Weak Lensing Calibration of the Dark Energy Survey Year 1 redMaPPer Clusters using Stellar Masses

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…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-07 M. E. S. Pereira , A. Palmese , T. N. Varga , T. McClintock , M. Soares-Santos , J. Burgad , J. Annis , A. Farahi , H. Lin , A. Choi , J. DeRose , J. Esteves , M. Gatti , D. Gruen , W. G. Hartley , B. Hoyle , T. Jeltema , N. MacCrann , A. Roodman , C. Sánchez , T. Shin , A. von der Linden , J. Zuntz , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Avila , E. Bertin , S. Bhargava , S. L. Bridle , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , M. Costanzi , L. N. da Costa , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , P. Doel , J. Estrada , S. Everett , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , J. L. Marshall , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , R. L. C. Ogando , F. Paz-Chinchón , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Smith , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , R. H. Wechsler , J. Weller , Y. Zhang

Comparing Dark Energy Survey and HST-CLASH observations of the galaxy cluster RXC J2248.7-4431: implications for stellar mass versus dark matter

We derive the stellar mass fraction in the galaxy cluster RXC J2248.7-4431 observed with the Dark Energy Survey (DES) during the Science Verification period. We compare the stellar mass results from DES (five filters) with those from the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-05 A. Palmese , O. Lahav , M. Banerji , D. Gruen , S. Jouvel , P. Melchior , J. Aleksić , J. Annis , H. T. Diehl , T. Jeltema , K. Romer , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , S. Seitz , E. Suchyta , Y. Zhang , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , S. Allam , A. Benoit-Lévy , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , D. Capozzi , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , M. Crocce , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , S. Desai , J. P. Dietrich , P. Doel , J. Estrada , A. E. Evrard , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , D. W. Gerdes , D. A. Goldstein , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , T. S. Li , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , J. L. Marshall , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , B. Nord , R. Ogando , A. A. Plazas , A. Roodman , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , D. Tucker , V. Vikram

Mass Variance from Archival X-ray Properties of Dark Energy Survey Year-1 Galaxy Clusters

Using archival X-ray observations and a log-normal population model, we estimate constraints on the intrinsic scatter in halo mass at fixed optical richness for a galaxy cluster sample identified in Dark Energy Survey Year-One (DES-Y1) data…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-02 A. Farahi , X. Chen , A. E. Evrard , D. L. Hollowood , R. Wilkinson , S. Bhargava , P. Giles , A. K. Romer , T. Jeltema , M. Hilton , A. Bermeo , J. Mayers , C. Vergara Cervantes , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , C. Collins , M. Costanzi , S. Everett , A. R. Liddle , R. G. Mann , A. Mantz , P. Rooney , M. Sahlen , J. Stott , P. T. P. Viana , Y. Zhang , J. Annis , S. Avila , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , L. N. da Costa , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , P. Doel , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , J. L. Marshall , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , R. L. C. Ogando , A. A. Plazas , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Smith , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , D. L. Tucker , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , J. Weller

A low-scatter survey-based mass proxy for clusters of galaxies

Estimates of cosmological parameters using galaxy clusters have the scatter in the observable at a given mass as a fundamental parameter. This work computes the amplitude of the scatter for a newly introduced mass proxy, the product of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 S. Andreon

Stellar Mass to Halo Mass Scaling Relation for X-ray Selected Low Mass Galaxy Clusters and Groups out to Redshift $z\approx1$

We present the stellar mass-halo mass scaling relation for 46 X-ray selected low-mass clusters or groups detected in the XMM-BCS survey with masses $2\times10^{13}M_{\odot}\lesssim M_{500}\lesssim2.5\times10^{14}M_{\odot}$ at redshift…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-17 I. Chiu , A. Saro , J. Mohr , S. Desai , S. Bocquet , R. Capasso , C. Gangkofner , N. Gupta , J. Liu

Center-Excised X-ray Luminosity as an Efficient Mass Proxy for Future Galaxy Cluster Surveys

The cosmological constraining power of modern galaxy cluster catalogs can be improved by obtaining low-scatter mass proxy measurements for even a small fraction of sources. In the context of large upcoming surveys that will reveal the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-04 Adam B. Mantz , Steven W. Allen , R. Glenn Morris , Anja von der Linden

Mass calibration of DES Year-3 clusters via SPT-3G CMB cluster lensing

We measure the stacked lensing signal in the direction of galaxy clusters in the Dark Energy Survey Year 3 (DES Y3) redMaPPer sample, using cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature data from SPT-3G, the third-generation CMB camera on…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-14 B. Ansarinejad , S. Raghunathan , T. M. C. Abbott , P. A. R. Ade , M. Aguena , O. Alves , A. J. Anderson , F. Andrade-Oliveira , M. Archipley , L. Balkenhol , K. Benabed , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , E. Bertin , F. Bianchini , L. E. Bleem , S. Bocquet , F. R. Bouchet , D. Brooks , L. Bryant , D. L. Burke , E. Camphuis , J. E. Carlstrom , A. Carnero Rosell , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , T. W. Cecil , C. L. Chang , P. Chaubal , P. M. Chichura , T. -L. Chou , A. Coerver , M. Costanzi , T. M. Crawford , A. Cukierman , L. N. da Costa , C. Daley , T. M. Davis , T. de Haan , S. Desai , J. De Vicente , K. R. Dibert , M. A. Dobbs , P. Doel , A. Doussot , C. Doux , D. Dutcher , W. Everett , C. Feng , K. R. Ferguson , I. Ferrero , K. Fichman , A. Foster , J. Frieman , S. Galli , A. E. Gambrel , J. García-Bellido , R. W. Gardner , E. Gaztanaga , F. Ge , G. Giannini , N. Goeckner-Wald , S. Grandis , R. A. Gruendl , R. Gualtieri , F. Guidi , S. Guns , G. Gutierrez , N. W. Halverson , S. R. Hinton , E. Hivon , G. P. Holder , D. L. Hollowood , W. L. Holzapfel , K. Honscheid , J. C. Hood , N. Huang , D. J. James , F. Kéruzoré , L. Knox , M. Korman , C. -L. Kuo , A. T. Lee , S. Lee , K. Levy , A. E. Lowitz , C. Lu , A. Maniyar , J. L. Marshall , J. Mena-Fernández , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , M. Millea , J. J. Mohr , J. Montgomery , Y. Nakato , T. Natoli , G. I. Noble , V. Novosad , R. L. C. Ogando , Y. Omori , S. Padin , A. Palmese , Z. Pan , P. Paschos , M. E. S. Pereira , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , K. Prabhu , W. Quan , A. Rahlin , M. Rahimi , C. L. Reichardt , K. Reil , A. K. Romer , M. Rouble , J. E. Ruhl , E. Sanchez , D. Sanchez Cid , E. Schiappucci , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , G. Smecher , M. Smith , J. A. Sobrin , A. A. Stark , J. Stephen , E. Suchyta , A. Suzuki , M. E. C. Swanson , C. Tandoi , G. Tarle , K. L. Thompson , B. Thorne , C. Trendafilova , C. Tucker , C. Umilta , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Weaverdyck , N. Whitehorn , P. Wiseman. , W. L. K. Wu , V. Yefremenko , M. R. Young , J. A. Zebrowski

Constraining the Stellar-to-Halo Mass Relation with Galaxy Clustering and Weak Lensing from DES Year 3 Data

We develop a framework to study the relation between the stellar mass of a galaxy and the total mass of its host dark matter halo using galaxy clustering and galaxy-galaxy lensing measurements. We model a wide range of scales, roughly from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-09 G. Zacharegkas , C. Chang , J. Prat , W. Hartley , S. Mucesh , A. Alarcon , O. Alves , A. Amon , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , G. Bernstein , J. Blazek , A. Campos , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , R. Cawthon , R. Chen , A. Choi , J. Cordero , C. Davis , J. Derose , H. Diehl , S. Dodelson , C. Doux , A. Drlica-Wagner , K. Eckert , T. F. Eifler , J. Elvin-Poole , S. Everett , X. Fang , A. Ferte , M. Gatti , G. Giannini , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , I. Harrison , H. Huang , E. M. Huff , M. Jarvis , E. Krause , N. Kuropatkin , P. F. Leget , N. Maccrann , J. McCullough , J. Myles , A. N. Alsina , S. Pandey , M. Raveri , R. P. Rollins , A. Roodman , A. J. Ross , E. S. Rykoff , C. Sanchez , L. F. Secco , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , T. Shin , M. A. Troxel , I. Tutusaus , B. Yanny , B. Yin , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz , M. Aguena , F. Andrade-Oliveira , D. Bacon , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , L. N. da Costa , M. E. da Silva Pereira , T. M. Davis , J. De Vicente , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , J. Garcia-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , G. Gutierrez , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , D. J. James , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , S. Lee , J. L. Marshall , J. Mena-Fernandez , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , R. L. C. Ogando , A. A. Plazas Malagon , A. Porredon , S. Samuroff , E. Sanchez , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , D. L. Tucker , V. Vikram , N. Weaverdyck , P. Wiseman , M. Yamamoto

Environmental dependence of the galaxy stellar mass function in the Dark Energy Survey Science Verification Data

Measurements of the galaxy stellar mass function are crucial to understand the formation of galaxies in the Universe. In a hierarchical clustering paradigm it is plausible that there is a connection between the properties of galaxies and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-01 J. Etherington , D. Thomas , C. Maraston , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , K. Bechtol , J. Pforr , P. Pellegrini , J. Gschwend , A. Carnero Rosell , M. A. G. Maia , L. N. da Costa , A. Benoit-Lévy , M. E. C. Swanson , W. G. Hartley , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , S. Allam , R. A. Bernstein , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , M. Crocce , C. E. Cunha , S. Desai , P. Doel , T. F. Eifler , A. E. Evrard , A. Fausti Neto , D. A. Finley , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , D. W. Gerdes , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , M. Lima , P. Martini , P. Melchior , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , B. Nord , R. Ogando , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , E. S. Rykoff , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , G. Tarle , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , Y. Zhang

An X-ray Galaxy Cluster Survey for Investigations of Dark Energy

The amount and nature of dark energy (DE) can be tightly constrained by measuring the spatial correlation features and evolution of a sample of ~ 100,000 galaxy clusters over the redshift range 0<z < 1.5. Such an X-ray survey will discover…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Z. Haiman , S. Allen , N. Bahcall , M. Bautz , H. Boehringer , S. Borgani , G. Bryan , B. Cabrera , C. Canizares , O. Citterio , A. Evrard , A. Finoguenov , R. Griffiths , G. Hasinger , P. Henry , K. Jahoda , G. Jernigan , S. Kahn , D. Lamb , S. Majumdar , J. Mohr , S. Molendi , R. Mushotzky , G. Pareschi , J. Peterson , R. Petre , P. Predehl , A. Rasmussen , G. Ricker , P. Ricker , P. Rosati , A. Sanderson , A. Stanford , M. Voit , S. Wang , N. White , S. White

The Accuracy of Mass Determination in Galaxy Clusters by X-ray Observations

We test the reliability of mass determination in clusters of galaxies by X-ray observations. The true mass in cluster models is compared to the mass derived by the X-ray emission and X-ray temperature of a model assuming hydrostatic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Sabine Schindler

Improving Galaxy Cluster Selection with the Outskirt Stellar Mass of Galaxies

The number density and redshift evolution of optically selected galaxy clusters offer an independent measurement of the amplitude of matter fluctuations, $S_8$. However, recent results have shown that clusters chosen by the redMaPPer…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-27 Matthew Kwiecien , Tesla Jeltema , Alexie Leauthaud , Song Huang , Eli Rykoff , Sven Heydenreich , Johannes Lange , Spencer Everett , Conghao Zhou , Paige Kelly , Yuanyuan Zhang , Tae-Hyeon Shin , Jesse Golden-Marx , J. L. Marshall , M. Aguena , S. S. Allam , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , A. Carnero Rosell , J. Carretero , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , T. M. Davis , J. De Vicente , P. Doel , I. Ferrero , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , M. Gatti , E. Gaztanaga , G. Giannini , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , S. Lee , R. Miquel , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , A. K. Romer , S. Samuroff , E. Sanchez , B. Santiago , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Smith , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. L. Tucker , V. Vikram , N. Weaverdyck , P. Wiseman

The Outer Stellar Mass of Massive Galaxies: A Simple Tracer of Halo Mass with Scatter Comparable to Richness and Reduced Projection Effects

Using the weak gravitational lensing data from the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program (HSC survey), we study the potential of different stellar mass estimates in tracing halo mass. We consider galaxies with $\log…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-07-20 Song Huang , Alexie Leauthaud , Christopher Bradshaw , Andrew Hearin , Peter Behroozi , Johannes Lange , Jenny Greene , Joseph DeRose , Joshua S. Speagle , Enia Xhakaj

Weak-lensing calibration of a stellar mass-based mass proxy for redMaPPer and Voronoi Tessellation clusters in SDSS Stripe 82

We present the first weak lensing calibration of $\mu_{\star}$, a new galaxy cluster mass proxy corresponding to the total stellar mass of red and blue members, in two cluster samples selected from the SDSS Stripe 82 data: 230 redMaPPer…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-18 Maria E. S. Pereira , Marcelle Soares-Santos , Martin Makler , James Annis , Huan Lin , Antonella Palmese , André Z. Vitorelli , Brian Welch , Gabriel B. Caminha , Thomas Erben , Bruno Moraes , Huanyuan Shan

Observational Tests of the Mass-Temperature Relation for Galaxy Clusters

We examine the relationship between the mass and x-ray gas temperature of galaxy clusters using data drawn from the literature. Simple theoretical arguments suggest that the mass of a cluster is related to the x-ray temperature as $M…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Donald J. Horner , Richard F. Mushotzky , Caleb A. Scharf

Clustering properties of galaxies selected in stellar mass: Breaking down the link between luminous and dark matter in massive galaxies from z=0 to z=2

We present a study on the clustering of a stellar mass selected sample of 18,482 galaxies with stellar masses M*>10^10M(sun) at redshifts 0.4<z<2.0, taken from the Palomar Observatory Wide-field Infrared Survey. We examine the clustering…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-15 S. Foucaud , C. J. Conselice , W. G. Hartley , K. P. Lane , S. P. Bamford , O. Almaini , K. Bundy

Utilizing Stellar Mass Estimates to Identify Gravitational Wave Host Galaxies

Stellar mass can enhance the ranking of potential hosts for compact binary coalescences identified by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors within large localisation areas containing even thousands of galaxies. Despite its benefits,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-27 M. Pálfi , G. Dálya , P. Raffai

Constraining Scatter in the Stellar Mass--Halo Mass Relation for Haloes Less Massive than the Milky Way

Most galaxies are hosted by massive, invisible dark matter haloes, yet little is known about the scatter in the stellar mass--halo mass relation for galaxies with host halo masses $M_{h}\le 10^{11}M_{\odot}$. Using mock catalogues based on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-14 Magdelena Allen , Peter Behroozi , Chung-Pei Ma

Breaking down the link between luminous and dark matter in massive galaxies

We present a study on the clustering of a stellar mass selected sample of galaxies with stellar masses M*>10^10Msol at redshifts 0.4<z<2.0, taken from the Palomar Observatory Wide-field Infrared Survey. We examine the clustering properties…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-25 Sebastien Foucaud , Christopher J. Conselice

A New Robust Low-Scatter X-ray Mass Indicator for Clusters of Galaxies

We present comparison of X-ray proxies for the total cluster mass, including the spectral temperature (Tx), gas mass measured within r500 (Mg), and the new proxy, Yx, which is a simple product of Tx and Mg and is related to the total…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-06 Andrey V. Kravtsov , Alexey Vikhlinin , Daisuke Nagai