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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…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-10 D. R. Semler , R. Šuhada , K. A. Aird , M. L. N. Ashby , M. Bautz , M. Bayliss , G. Bazin , S. Bocquet , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , M. Brodwin , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. M. Cho , A. Clocchiatti , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , S. Desai , M. A. Dobbs , J. P. Dudley , R. J. Foley , E. M. George , M. D. Gladders , A. H. Gonzalez , N. W. Halverson , N. L. Harrington , 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 , C. L. Reichardt , A. Rest , J. Ruel , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , A. Saro , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , L. Shaw , E. Shirokoff , J. Song , H. G. Spieler , B. Stalder , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. Story , C. W. Stubbs , A. van Engelen , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , A. Vikhlinin , R. Williamson , O. Zahn , A. Zenteno

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

Optical & Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Observations of a New Sample of Distant Rich Galaxy Clusters in the ROSAT All Sky Survey

Finding a sample of the most massive clusters with redshifts $z>0.6$ can provide an interesting consistency check of the $\Lambda$ cold dark matter ($\Lambda$CDM) model. Here we present results from our search for clusters with $0.6\lesssim…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-23 A. Buddendiek , T. Schrabback , C. H. Greer , H. Hoekstra , M. Sommer , T. Eifler , T. Erben , J. Erler , A. K. Hicks , F. W. High , H. Hildebrandt , D. P. Marrone , R. G. Morris , A. Muzzin , T. H. Reiprich , M. Schirmer , P. Schneider , A. von der Linden

Planck Early Results VIII: The all-sky Early Sunyaev-Zeldovich cluster sample

We present the first all-sky sample of galaxy clusters detected blindly by the Planck satellite through the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect from its six highest frequencies. This early SZ (ESZ) sample is comprised of 189 candidates, which…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-14 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. Balbi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , M. Bartelmann , J. G. Bartlett , E. Battaner , R. Battye , K. Benabed , A. Benoît , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , R. Bhatia , J. J. Bock , A. Bonaldi , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , M. L. Brown , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , P. Cabella , C. M. Cantalupo , J. -F. Cardoso , P. Carvalho , A. Catalano , L. Cayón , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , R. -R. Chary , L. -Y Chiang , C. Chiang , G. Chon , P. R. Christensen , E. Churazov , D. L. Clements , S. Colafrancesco , S. Colombi , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , F. Cuttaia , A. Da Silva , H. Dahle , L. Danese , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , G. de Gasperis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , F. -X. Désert , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , K. Dolag , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , U. Dörl , M. Douspis , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , P. Eisenhardt , T. A. Enßlin , F. Feroz , F. Finelli , I. Flores , O. Forni , P. Fosalba , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , S. Fromenteau , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , R. T. Génova-Santos , M. Giard , G. Giardino , Y. Giraud-Héraud , J. González-Nuevo , R. González-Riestra , K. M. Górski , K. J. B. Grainge , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , D. Harrison , P. Heinämäki , S. Henrot-Versillé , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , W. Hovest , R. J. Hoyland , K. M. Huffenberger , G. Hurier , N. Hurley-Walker , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , L. Knox , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , R. J. Laureijs , C. R. Lawrence , M. Le Jeune , S. Leach , R. Leonardi , C. Li , A. Liddle , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , C. J. MacTavish , B. Maffei , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , R. Mann , M. Maris , F. Marleau , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , F. Matthai , P. Mazzotta , S. Mei , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , J. -B. Melin , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , D. Munshi , A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , M. Olamie , S. Osborne , F. Pajot , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , T. J. Pearson , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , R. Piffaretti , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , T. Poutanen , G. W. Pratt , G. Prézeau , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , W. T. Reach , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , T. Riller , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , E. Saar , M. Sandri , D. Santos , R. D. E. Saunders , G. Savini , B. M. Schaefer , D. Scott , M. D. Seiffert , P. Shellard , G. F. Smoot , A. Stanford , J. -L. Starck , F. Stivoli , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , D. Sutton , J. -F. Sygnet , N. Taburet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , J. -P. Torre , M. Tristram , J. Tuovinen , L. Valenziano , L. Vibert , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , J. Weller , S. D. M. White , M. White , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Weak lensing measurements of the APEX-SZ galaxy cluster sample

We present a weak lensing analysis for galaxy clusters from the APEX-SZ survey. For $39$ massive galaxy clusters that were observed via the Sunyaev-Zel\textquotesingle dovich effect (SZE) with the APEX telescope, we analyse deep optical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-28 Matthias Klein , Holger Israel , Aarti Nagarajan , Frank Bertoldi , Florian Pacaud , Adrian T. Lee , Martin Sommer , Kaustuv Basu

Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect and X-ray Scaling Relations from Weak-Lensing Mass Calibration of 32 SPT Selected Galaxy Clusters

Uncertainty in the mass-observable scaling relations is currently the limiting factor for galaxy cluster based cosmology. Weak gravitational lensing can provide a direct mass calibration and reduce the mass uncertainty. We present new…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-13 J. P. Dietrich , S. Bocquet , T. Schrabback , H. Hoekstra , S. Grandis , J. J. Mohr , S. W. Allen , M. B. Bayliss , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , M. Brodwin , E. Bulbul , R. Capasso , I. Chiu , T. M. Crawford , A. H. Gonzalez , T. de Haan , M. Klein , A. von der Linden , A. B. Mantz , D. P. Marrone , M. McDonald , S. Raghunathan , D. Rapetti , C. L. Reichardt , A. Saro , B. Stalder , A. Stark , C. Stern , C. Stubbs

Candidate Clusters of Galaxies at $z>1.3$ Identified in the Spitzer SPT Deep Field Survey

We present 279 galaxy cluster candidates at $z > 1.3$ selected from the 94 deg$^{2}$ Spitzer South Pole Telescope Deep Field (SSDF) survey. We use a simple algorithm to select candidate high-redshift clusters of galaxies based on…

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Prospects for measuring the relative velocities of galaxy clusters in photometric surveys using the kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect

We consider the prospects for measuring the pairwise kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) signal from galaxy clusters discovered in large photometric surveys such as the Dark Energy Survey (DES). We project that the DES cluster sample will, in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Ryan Keisler , Fabian Schmidt

Cluster Mass Calibration at High Redshift: HST Weak Lensing Analysis of 13 Distant Galaxy Clusters from the South Pole Telescope Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Survey

We present an HST/ACS weak gravitational lensing analysis of 13 massive high-redshift (z_median=0.88) galaxy clusters discovered in the South Pole Telescope (SPT) Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Survey. This study is part of a larger campaign that aims…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-31 T. Schrabback , D. Applegate , J. P. Dietrich , H. Hoekstra , S. Bocquet , A. H. Gonzalez , A. von der Linden , M. McDonald , C. B. Morrison , S. F. Raihan , S. W. Allen , M. Bayliss , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , I. Chiu , S. Desai , R. J. Foley , T. de Haan , F. W. High , S. Hilbert , A. B. Mantz , R. Massey , J. Mohr , C. L. Reichardt , A. Saro , P. Simon , C. Stern , C. W. Stubbs , A. Zenteno

The ACT-DR5 MCMF Galaxy Cluster Catalog

Galaxy clusters are useful cosmological probes and interesting astrophysical laboratories. With growing cluster samples, a deeper understanding of the sample characteristics and improved control of systematics becomes more crucial. In this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-23 Matthias Klein , Joseph J. Mohr , Christopher T. Davies

Optical Follow-up of Planck Cluster Candidates with Small Instruments

We report on the search for optical counterparts of Planck Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) cluster candidates using a 0.6 meter non-professional telescope. Among the observed sources, an unconfirmed candidate, PSZ2 G156.24+22.32, is found to be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-10 Vincent Boucher , Simon de Visscher , Christophe Ringeval

Cosmological Constraints from a 31 GHz Sky Survey with the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Array

We present the results of a 6.1 square degree survey for clusters of galaxies via their Sunyaev- Zel'dovich (SZ) effect at 31 GHz. From late 2005 to mid 2007 the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Array (SZA) observed four fields of roughly 1.5 square…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Stephen Muchovej , Erik Leitch , John E Carlstrom , Thomas Culverhouse , Chris Greer , David Hawkins , Ryan Hennessy , Marshall Joy , James Lamb , Michael Loh , Daniel P Marrone , Amber Miller , Tony Mroczkowski , Clem Pryke , Matthew Sharp , David Woody

Mass Calibration of Optically Selected DES clusters using a Measurement of CMB-Cluster Lensing with SPTpol Data

We use cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature maps from the 500 deg$^{2}$ SPTpol survey to measure the stacked lensing convergence of galaxy clusters from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year-3 redMaPPer (RM) cluster catalog. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-21 S. Raghunathan , S. Patil , E. Baxter , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , T. L. Chou , T. M. Crawford , G. P. Holder , T. McClintock , C. L. Reichardt , E. Rozo , T. N. Varga , T. M. C. Abbott , P. A. R. Ade , S. Allam , A. J. Anderson , J. Annis , J. E. Austermann , S. Avila , J. A. Beall , K. Bechtol , A. N. Bender , G. Bernstein , E. Bertin , F. Bianchini , L. Bleem , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , J. E. Carlstrom , J. Carretero , C. L. Chang , H. C. Chiang , H-M. Cho , R. Citron , A. T. Crites , C. E. Cunha , L. N. da Costa , C. Davis , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , M. A. Dobbs , P. Doel , T. F. Eifler , W. Everett , A. E. Evrard , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. Gallicchio , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , E. M. George , A. Gilbert , R. A. Gruendl , D. Gruen , J. Gschwend , N. Gupta , G. Gutierrez , T. de Haan , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , W. G. Hartley , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , D. L. Hollowood , W. L. Holzapfel , K. Honscheid , Z. Hou , B. Hoyle , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , A. G. Kim , M. Carrasco Kind , L. Knox , A. Kovacs , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , A. T. Lee , M. Lima , T. S. Li , M. A. G. Maia , J. L. Marshall , J. J. McMahon , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , S. S. Meyer , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , L. Mocanu , J. Montgomery , A. Nadolski , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , V. Novosad , S. Padin , A. A. Plazas , C. Pryke , D. Rapetti , A. K. Romer , A. Carnero Rosell , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , E. Sanchez , J. T. Sayre , V. Scarpine , K. K. Schaffer , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , G. Smecher , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , A. A. Stark , K. T. Story , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , J. De Vicente , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , W. L. K. Wu , Y. Zhang

Galaxy Populations in the 26 most massive Galaxy Clusters in the South Pole Telescope SZE Survey

We present a study of the optical properties of the 26 most massive galaxy clusters selected within the SPT-SZ 2500 deg$^2$ survey. This Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect selected sample spans a redshift range of 0.10 < z < 1.13. We measure the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-17 A. Zenteno , J. J. Mohr , S. Desai , B. Stalder , A. Saro , J. P. Dietrich , M. Bayliss , S. Bocquet , I. Chiu , A. H. Gonzalez , C. Gangkofner , N. Gupta , J. Hlavacek-Larrondo , M. McDonald , C. Reichardt , A. Rest

Galaxy Cluster Science with the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect

Studying galaxy clusters through their Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) imprint on the Cosmic Microwave Background has many important advantages. The total SZ signal is an accurate and precise tracer of the total pressure in the intra-cluster medium…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-19 Keith Grainge , Stefano Borgani , Sergio Colafrancesco , Chiara Ferrari , Anna Scaife , Paolo Marchegiani , S. Emritte , J. Weller

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

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 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

A Very Large ($\theta_{E}\gtrsim40$") Strong Gravitational Lens Selected with the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect: PLCK G287.0+32.9 ($z$ = 0.38)

Since galaxy clusters sit at the high-end of the mass function, the number of galaxy clusters both massive and concentrated enough to yield particularly large Einstein radii poses useful constraints on cosmological and structure formation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-04 Adi Zitrin , Stella Seitz , Anna Monna , Anton Koekemoer , Mario Nonino , Daniel Gruen , Italo Balestra , Marisa Girardi , Johannes Koppenhoefer , Amata Mercurio

Galaxy populations in the most distant SPT-SZ clusters - I. Environmental quenching in massive clusters at $1.4\lesssim z\lesssim1.7$

We present first results from a galaxy population study in the highest redshift galaxy clusters identified in the 2500 deg$^2$ South Pole Telescope Sunyaev Zel'dovich effect (SPT-SZ) survey. The cluster selection is to first order…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-13 V. Strazzullo , M. Pannella , J. J. Mohr , A. Saro , M. L. N. Ashby , M. B. Bayliss , S. Bocquet , E. Bulbul , G. Khullar , A. B. Mantz , S. A. Stanford , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , M. Brodwin , R. E. A. Canning , R. Capasso , I. Chiu , A. H. Gonzalez , N. Gupta , J. Hlavacek-Larrondo , M. Klein , M. McDonald , E. Noordeh , D. Rapetti , C. Reichardt , T. Schrabback , K. Sharon , B. Stalder