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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

Determination of the hot intracluster gas temperature from submillimeter measurements

Measurements of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (hereafter SZ) distorsion of the cosmic microwave background can give interesting physical informations on clusters of galaxies, provided that the electronic temperature of the gas is known. Previous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Pointecouteau , M. Giard , D. Barret

First lensing measurements of SZ-discovered clusters

We present the first lensing mass measurements of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) selected clusters. Using optical imaging from the Southern Cosmology Survey (SCS), we present weak lensing masses for three clusters selected by their SZ emission in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Rachel N. McInnes , Felipe Menanteau , Alan F. Heavens , John P. Hughes , Raul Jimenez , Richard Massey , Patrick Simon , Andy N. Taylor

Measuring the matter distribution within z=0.2 cluster lenses with XMM-Newton

We present an analysis of 7 clusters observed by XMM as part of our survey of 17 most X-ray luminous clusters of galaxies at z=0.2 selected for a comprehensive and unbiased study of the mass distribution in massive clusters. Using public…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. B. Marty , J. -P. Kneib , R. Sadat , S. Bardeau , O. Czoske , H. Ebeling , I. Smail

Cross-correlation Weak Lensing of SDSS galaxy Clusters II: Cluster Density Profiles and the Mass--Richness Relation

We interpret and model the statistical weak lensing measurements around 130,000 groups and clusters of galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey presented by Sheldon et al. 2007 (Paper I). We present non-parametric inversions of the 2D shear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-09-11 David E. Johnston , Erin S. Sheldon , Risa H. Wechsler , Eduardo Rozo , Benjamin P. Koester , Joshua A. Frieman , Timothy A. McKay , August E. Evrard , Matthew R. Becker , James Annis

Measurement of Galaxy Cluster Integrated Comptonization and Mass Scaling Relations with the South Pole Telescope

We describe a method for measuring the integrated Comptonization (YSZ) of clusters of galaxies from measurements of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect in multiple frequency bands and use this method to characterize a sample of galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-05 B. R. Saliwanchik , T. E. Montroy , K. A. Aird , M. Bayliss , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , S. Bocquet , 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 , W. R. Forman , E. M. George , M. D. Gladders , A. H. Gonzalez , N. W. Halverson , J. Hlavacek-Larrondo , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , J. D. Hrubes , C. Jones , 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 , S. S. Murray , D. Nurgaliev , S. Padin , A. Patej , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , A. Rest , J. Ruel , J. E. Ruhl , A. Saro , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , E. Shirokoff , H. G. Spieler , B. Stalder , S. A. Stanford , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. Story , C. W. Stubbs , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , A. Vikhlinin , R. Williamson , O. Zahn , A. Zenteno

Stability of Cool Cores During Galaxy Cluster Growth: A Joint $Chandra$/SPT Analysis of 67 Galaxy Clusters Along a Common Evolutionary Track Spanning 9 Gyr

We present the results of a joint analysis of $Chandra$ X-ray and South Pole Telescope (SPT) SZ observations targeting the first sample of galaxy clusters at $0.3 < z < 1.3$, selected to be the progenitors of well-studied nearby clusters…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-29 F. Ruppin , M. McDonald , L. E. Bleem , S. W. Allen , B. A. Benson , M. Calzadilla , G. Khullar , B. Floyd

Searching for cold gas traced by MgII quasar absorbers in massive X-ray-selected galaxy clusters

Almost 50% of galaxies in the local Universe are in clusters or groups coexisting with both hot and cold gas components. In the present study, we observationally probed the cold-gas content of X-ray-selected massive galaxy clusters with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-18 A. Y. Fresco , C. Peroux , A. Merloni , J. Comparat , R. Szakacs , S. Weng

Composite Bulges -- III. A Study of Nuclear Star Clusters in Nearby Spiral Galaxies

We present photometric and morphological analyses of nuclear star clusters (NSCs) -- very dense, massive star clusters present in the central regions of most galaxies -- in a sample of 33 massive disk galaxies within 20 Mpc, part of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-09 Aishwarya Ashok , Anil Seth , Peter Erwin , Victor P. Debattista , Adriana de Lorenzo-Cáceres , Dmitri A. Gadotti , Jairo Méndez-Abreu , John E. Beckman , Ralf Bender , Niv Drory , Deanne Fisher , Ulrich Hopp , Matthias Kluge , Tutku Kolcu , Witold Maciejewski , Kianusch Mehrgan , Taniya Parikh , Roberto Saglia , Marja Seidel , Jens Thomas

Subaru Weak Lensing survey -- II: Multi-object Spectroscopy and Cluster Masses

We present the first results of a MOS campaign to follow up cluster candidates located via weak lensing. Our main goals are to search for spatial concentrations of galaxies that are plausible optical counterparts of the weak lensing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Takashi Hamana , Satoshi Miyazaki , Nobunari Kashikawa , Richard S. Ellis , Richard J. Massey , Alexandre Refregier , James E. Taylor

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

Prospects of detecting soft X-ray emission from typical WHIM filaments around massive clusters and the Coma cluster soft excess

While hot ICM in galaxy clusters makes these objects powerful X-ray sources, the cluster's outskirts and overdense gaseous filaments might give rise to much fainter sub-keV emission. Cosmological simulations show a prominent "focusing"…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-31 E. Churazov , I. I. Khabibullin , K. Dolag , N. Lyskova , R. A. Sunyaev

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

Radio emission from a massive node of the cosmic web. A discovery powered by machine learning

Aims. We aim to understand the nature of the diffuse radio emission surrounding the massive galaxy cluster PSZ2 G083.29-31.03, at z=0.412, already known to host a radio halo. Our investigation was triggered by Radio U-Net, a novel machine…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-19 C. Stuardi , A. Botteon , M. Sereno , K. Umetsu , R. Gavazzi , A. Bonafede , C. Gheller

The SRG/eROSITA All-Sky Survey: Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Weak Gravitational Lensing by eRASS1 selected Galaxy Clusters

Number counts of galaxy clusters across redshift are a powerful cosmological probe, if a precise and accurate reconstruction of the underlying mass distribution is performed -- a challenge called mass calibration. With the advent of wide…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-17 S. Grandis , V. Ghirardini , S. Bocquet , C. Garrel , J. J. Mohr , A. Liu , M. Kluge , L. Kimmig , T. H. Reiprich , A. Alarcon , A. Amon , E. Artis , Y. E. Bahar , F. Balzer , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , G. Bernstein , E. Bulbul , A. Campos , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , R. Cawthon , C. Chang , R. Chen , I. Chiu , A. Choi , N. Clerc , J. Comparat , J. Cordero , C. Davis , J. Derose , H. T. Diehl , S. Dodelson , C. Doux , A. Drlica-Wagner , K. Eckert , J. Elvin-Poole , S. Everett , A. Ferte , M. Gatt , G. Giannini , P. Giles , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , I. Harrison , W. G. Hartley , K. Herner , E. M. Huf , F. Kleinebreil , N. Kuropatkin , P. F. Leget , N. Maccrann , J. Mccullough , A. Merloni , J. Myles , K. Nandra , A. Navarro-Alsina , N. Okabe , F. Pacaud , S. Pandey , J. Prat , P. Predehl , M. Ramos , M. Raveri , R. P. Rollins , A. Roodman , A. J. Ross , E. S. Rykoff , C. Sanchez , J. Sanders , T. Schrabback , L. F. Secco , R. Seppi , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , T. Shin , M. Troxel , I. Tutusaus , T. N. Varga , H. Wu , B. Yanny , B. Yin , X. Zhang , Y. Zhang , O. Alves , S. Bhargava , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , J. Carretero , M. Costanzi , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , P. Doel , I. Ferrero , B. Flaugher , D. Friedel , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , G. Gutierrez , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , N. Jeffrey , O. Lahav , S. Lee , J. L. Marshall , F. Menanteau , R. L. C. Ogando , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , A. K. Romer , E. Sanchez , M. Schubnell , M. Smith , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , N. Weaverdyck , J. Weller

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT): Beam Profiles and First SZ Cluster Maps

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) is currently observing the cosmic microwave background with arcminute resolution at 148 GHz, 218 GHz, and 277 GHz. In this paper, we present ACT's first results. Data have been analyzed using a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-23 A. D. Hincks , V. Acquaviva , P. Ade , P. Aguirre , M. Amiri , J. W. Appel , L. F. Barrientos , E. S. Battistelli , J. R. Bond , B. Brown , B. Burger , J. Chervenak , S. Das , M. J. Devlin , S. Dicker , W. B. Doriese , J. Dunkley , R. Dünner , T. Essinger-Hileman , R. P. Fisher , J. W. Fowler , A. Hajian , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , G. C. Hilton , M. Hilton , R. Hlozek , K. Huffenberger , D. Hughes , J. P. Hughes , L. Infante , K. D. Irwin , R. Jimenez , J. B. Juin , M. Kaul , J. Klein , A. Kosowsky , J. M. Lau , M. Limon , Y. -T. Lin , R. H. Lupton , T. Marriage , D. Marsden , K. Martocci , P. Mauskopf , F. Menanteau , K. Moodley , H. Moseley , C. B. Netterfield , M. D. Niemack , M. R. Nolta , L. A. Page , L. Parker , B. Partridge , H. Quintana , B. Reid , N. Sehgal , J. Sievers , D. N. Spergel , S. T. Staggs , O. Stryzak , D. Swetz , E. Switzer , R. Thornton , H. Trac , C. Tucker , L. Verde , R. Warne , G. Wilson , E. Wollack , Y. Zhao

A systematic survey for infrared star clusters with |b|<20deg using 2MASS

We used star density maps obtained from 2MASS to obtain a sample of star clusters in the entire Galactic Plane with |b|<20deg. A total of 1788 star cluster candidates are identified in this survey. Among those are 681 previously known open…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 D. Froebrich , A. Scholz , C. L. Raftery

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

Photometric redshifts and Galaxy Clusters for DES DR2, DESI DR9, and HSC-SSP PDR3 Data

Photometric redshift (photo-z) is a fundamental parameter for multi-wavelength photometric surveys, while galaxy clusters are important cosmological probers and ideal objects for exploring the dense environmental impact on galaxy evolution.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-01 Hu Zou , Jipeng Sui , Suijian Xue , Xu Zhou , Jun Ma , Zhimin Zhou , Jundan Nie , Tianmeng Zhang , Lu Feng , Zhixia Shen , Jiali Wang

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