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A Comparison of Algorithms for the Construction of SZ Cluster Catalogues

We evaluate the construction methodology of an all-sky catalogue of galaxy clusters detected through the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. We perform an extensive comparison of twelve algorithms applied to the same detailed simulations of the…

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LSST: a Complementary Probe of Dark Energy

The number of mass clusters and their distribution in redshift are very sensitive to the density of matter Omega_m and the equation of state of dark energy w. Using weak lens gravitational tomography one can detect clusters of dark matter,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. A. Tyson , D. M. Wittman , J. F. Hennawi , D. N. Spergel

Galaxy cluster matter profiles: I. Self-similarity, mass calibration, and observable-mass relation validation employing cluster mass posteriors

We present a study of the weak lensing inferred matter profiles $\Delta\Sigma(R)$ of 698 South Pole Telescope thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect selected and MCMF optically confirmed galaxy clusters in the redshift range $0.25 <z< 0.94$ that…

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Dark Energy Survey Year 1 results: Validation of weak lensing cluster member contamination estimates from P(z) decomposition

Weak lensing source galaxy catalogs used in estimating the masses of galaxy clusters can be heavily contaminated by cluster members, prohibiting accurate mass calibration. In this study we test the performance of an estimator for the extent…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 T. N. Varga , J. DeRose , D. Gruen , T. McClintock , S. Seitz , E. Rozo , M. Costanzi , B. Hoyle , N. MacCrann , A. A. Plazas , E. S. Rykoff , M. Simet , A. von der Linden , R. H. Wechsler , J. Annis , S. Avila , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , P. Doel , A. E. Evrard , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , J. L. Marshall , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , R. L. C. Ogando , A. K. Romer , 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 , Y. Zhang

Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: Cosmological Constraints from Cluster Abundances, Weak Lensing, and Galaxy Clustering

Galaxy clusters provide a unique probe of the late-time cosmic structure and serve as a powerful independent test of the $\Lambda$CDM model. This work presents the first set of cosmological constraints derived with ~16,000 optically…

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The WaZP galaxy cluster sample of the Dark Energy Survey Year 1

We present a new (2+1)D galaxy cluster finder based on photometric redshifts called Wavelet Z Photometric (WaZP) applied to DES first year (Y1A1) data. The results are compared to clusters detected by the South Pole Telescope (SPT) survey…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-24 M. Aguena , C. Benoist , L. N. da Costa , R. L. Ogando , J. Gschwend , H. Sampaio dos Santos , M. Lima , M. A. Maia , S. Allam , S. Avila , D. Bacon , E. Bertin , S. Bhargava , D. Brooks , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , M. Costanzi , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , S. Everett , A. Evrard , I. Ferrero , A. Ferté , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. Garcia-Bellido , P. Giles , R. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , S. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. James , T. Jeltema , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , P. Melchior , R. Miquel , R. Morgan , A. Palmese , F. Paz-Chinchon , A. Plazas Malagón , K. Romer , E. Sanchez , B. Santiago , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , C. To , D. Tucker , R. Wilkinson

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

Cosmology with wide-field SZ cluster surveys: Selection and Systematic Effects

The cosmological potential of large-scale structure observations for cosmology have been extensively discussed in the litterature. In particular, it has recently been shown how Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) cluster surveys can be used to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. B. Juin , D. Yvon , A. Refregier , C. Yeche

Studies of Structure Formation and Cosmology with Galaxy Cluster Surveys

Surveys of galaxy clusters provide a promising method of testing models of structure formation in the universe. Within the context of our standard structure formation scenario, surveys provide measurements of the geometry of the universe…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Joseph J. Mohr

The Red-Sequence Cluster Surveys

The Red-Sequence Cluster Surveys (RCS-1 and RCS-2) are large optical imaging surveys optimized to create well-characterized catalogs of clusters of galaxies up to a redshift of ~1. We describe our first cosmological analysis, using the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. K. C. Yee , M. D. Gladders , D. G. Gilbank , S. Majumdar , H. Hoekstra , E. Ellingson , the RCS-2 Collaboration

Impact of blending on weak lensing measurements with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Upcoming deep optical surveys such as the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time will scan the sky to unprecedented depths and detect billions of galaxies. This amount of detections will however cause the apparent…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-04 Manon Ramel , Cyrille Doux , Marine Kuna

Optical Cluster Cosmology with SDSS redMaPPer clusters and HSC-Y3 lensing measurements

We present cosmology results obtained from a blind joint analysis of the abundance, projected clustering, and weak lensing of galaxy clusters measured from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) redMaPPer cluster catalog and the Hyper-Suprime…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-25 Tomomi Sunayama , Hironao Miyatake , Sunao Sugiyama , Surhud More , Xiangchong Li , Roohi Dalal , Markus Michael Rau , Jingjing Shi , I-Non Chiu , Masato Shirasaki , Tianqing Zhang , Atsushi J. Nishizawa

Towards precision SZ cluster cosmology: from Planck to the Simons Observatory

As demonstrated by Planck, SPT, and ACT, the abundance of Sunyaev-Zeldovich-detected galaxy clusters across mass and redshift is a powerful cosmological probe. Upcoming experiments such as the Simons Observatory (SO) will detect over an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-30 Íñigo Zubeldia

Cosmology from Cluster SZ and Weak Lensing Data

Weak gravitational lensing and the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect provide complementary information on the composition of clusters of galaxies. Preliminary results from cluster SZ observations with the Very Small Array are presented. A Bayesian…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. J. Marshall , K. Lancaster , M. P. Hobson , K. J. B. Grainge

Multiprobe Cosmology from the Abundance of SPT Clusters and DES Galaxy Clustering and Weak Lensing

Cosmic shear, galaxy clustering, and the abundance of massive halos each probe the large-scale structure of the Universe in complementary ways. We present cosmological constraints from the joint analysis of the three probes, building on the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-14 S. Bocquet , S. Grandis , E. Krause , C. To , L. E. Bleem , M. Klein , J. J. Mohr , T. Schrabback , A. Alarcon , O. Alves , A. Amon , F. Andrade-Oliveira , E. J. Baxter , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , G. M. Bernstein , J. Blazek , H. Camacho , A. Campos , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , R. Cawthon , C. Chang , R. Chen , A. Choi , J. Cordero , M. Crocce , C. Davis , J. DeRose , H. T. Diehl , S. Dodelson , C. Doux , A. Drlica-Wagner , K. Eckert , T. F. Eifler , F. Elsner , J. Elvin-Poole , S. Everett , X. Fang , A. Ferté , P. Fosalba , O. Friedrich , J. Frieman , M. Gatti , G. Giannini , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , I. Harrison , W. G. Hartley , K. Herner , H. Huang , E. M. Huff , D. Huterer , M. Jarvis , N. Kuropatkin , P. -F. Leget , P. Lemos , A. R. Liddle , N. MacCrann , J. McCullough , J. Muir , J. Myles , A. Navarro-Alsina , S. Pandey , Y. Park , A. Porredon , J. Prat , M. Raveri , R. P. Rollins , A. Roodman , R. Rosenfeld , E. S. Rykoff , C. Sánchez , J. Sanchez , L. F. Secco , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , T. Shin , M. A. Troxel , I. Tutusaus , T. N. Varga , N. Weaverdyck , R. H. Wechsler , H. -Y. Wu , B. Yanny , B. Yin , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz , T. M. C. Abbott , P. A. R. Ade , M. Aguena , S. Allam , S. W. Allen , A. J. Anderson , B. Ansarinejad , J. E. Austermann , M. Bayliss , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , F. Bianchini , M. Brodwin , D. Brooks , L. Bryant , D. L. Burke , R. E. A. Canning , J. E. Carlstrom , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , 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 , M. E. S. Pereira , T. M. Davis , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , P. Doel , W. Everett , A. Farahi , B. Flaugher , A. M. Flores , B. Floyd , J. Gallicchio , E. Gaztanaga , E. M. George , M. D. Gladders , N. Gupta , G. Gutierrez , N. W. Halverson , S. R. Hinton , J. Hlavacek-Larrondo , G. P. Holder , D. L. Hollowood , W. L. Holzapfel , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , D. J. James , F. Kéruzoré , G. Khullar , K. Kim , L. Knox , R. Kraft , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , A. T. Lee , S. Lee , D. Li , C. Lidman , M. Lima , A. Lowitz , G. Mahler , A. Mantz , J. L. Marshall , M. McDonald , J. J. McMahon , J. Mena-Fernández , S. S. Meyer , R. Miquel , J. Montgomery , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , G. I. Noble , V. Novosad , R. L. C. Ogando , S. Padin , P. Paschos , S. Patil , A. A. Plazas Malagón , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. Roberson , A. K. Romer , C. Romero , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , L. Salvati , S. Samuroff , E. Sanchez , B. Santiago , A. Sarkar , A. Saro , K. K. Schaffer , K. Sharon , C. Sievers , G. Smecher , M. Smith , T. Somboonpanyakul , M. Sommer , B. Stalder , A. A. Stark , J. Stephen , V. Strazzullo , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. Tucker , D. L. Tucker , T. Veach , J. D. Vieira , A. von der Linden , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , W. L. K. Wu , V. Yefremenko , M. Young , J. A. Zebrowski , H. Zohren , DES Collaboration , SPT Collaboration

Probing Cosmology and Cluster Astrophysics with Multi-Wavelength Surveys I. Correlation Statistics

Upcoming multi-wavelength astronomical surveys will soon discover all massive galaxy clusters and provide unprecedented constraints on cosmology and cluster astrophysics. In this paper, we investigate the constraining power of the…

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Machine Learning Etudes in Astrophysics: Selection Functions for Mock Cluster Catalogs

Making mock simulated catalogs is an important component of astrophysical data analysis. Selection criteria for observed astronomical objects are often too complicated to be derived from first principles. However the existence of an…

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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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A Probabilistic Quantification of Galaxy Cluster Membership

Clusters of galaxies are important laboratories for understanding both galaxy evolution and constraining cosmological quantities. Any analysis of clusters, however, is best done when one can reliably determine which galaxies are members of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. J. Brunner , L. M. Lubin

Measuring the Growth of Structure with Spectroscopically Identified Groups and Clusters

Number counts of galaxy clusters offer a very promising probe of the Dark Energy (DE) equation-of-state parameter, $w$. The basic goal is to measure abundances of these objects as a function of redshift, compare this to a theoretical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 M. Davis , B. F. Gerke , A. L. Coil , M. C. Cooper , R. Yan , J. A. Newman , S. M. Faber , D. Koo , P. Guhathakurta