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A value of the Hubble constant has been determined from a comparison of the X-ray properties and Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect of the distant rich cluster of galaxies CL0016+16. The cluster, as imaged by the ROSAT PSPC, is significantly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 John P. Hughes , Mark Birkinshaw

We show how to place constraints on cluster physics by stacking the weak lensing signals from multiple clusters found through the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect. For a survey that covers about 200 sq. deg. both in SZ and weak lensing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Carolyn Sealfon , Licia Verde , Raul Jimenez

We present a non-parametric method to measure inhomogeneities in the intracluster medium (ICM) from X-ray observations of galaxy clusters. Analysing mock Chandra X-ray observations of simulated clusters, we show that our new method enables…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Andrea Morandi , Daisuke Nagai , Wei Cui

We present gas mass fractions of 38 massive galaxy clusters spanning redshifts from 0.14 to 0.89, derived from Chandra X-ray data and OVRO/BIMA interferometric Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect measurements. We use three models for the gas…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. LaRoque , M. Bonamente , J. Carlstrom , M. Joy , D. Nagai , E. Reese , K. Dawson

X-ray and Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect data can be combined to determine the distance to galaxy clusters. High-resolution X-ray data are now available from the Chandra Observatory, which provides both spatial and spectral information, and…

Interferometric observations of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect (SZE) toward clusters of galaxies provide sensitive cosmological probes. We present results from 1 cm observations (at BIMA and OVRO) of a large, intermediate redshift cluster…

Measurements of the Hubble constant to distant galaxy clusters using the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect are systematically low in comparison to values obtained by other means. These measurements usually assume a spherical isothermal $\beta$ model…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Wen-Ching Lin , Michael L. Norman , Greg L. Bryan

Cosmological constraints from cluster surveys rely on accurate mass estimates from the mass-observable relations. In order to avoid systematic biases and reduce uncertainties, we study the form and physical origin of the intrinsic scatter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 H. -Y. Karen Yang , Suman Bhattacharya , Paul M. Ricker

The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect of a cluster of galaxies is usually measured after background radio sources are removed from the cluster field. Gravitational lensing by the cluster potential leads to a systematic deficit in the residual…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Abraham Loeb , Alexandre Refregier

The Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect is a promising tool to study physical properties of the hot X-ray emitting intracluster medium (ICM) in galaxy clusters. To date, most SZ observations have been interpreted in combination with X-ray…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Andrea Morandi , Daisuke Nagai , Wei Cui

Galaxy clusters, the most massive collapsed structures, have been routinely used to determine cosmological parameters. When using clusters for cosmology, the crucial assumption is that they are relaxed. However, subarcminute resolution…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Sandor M. Molnar , Nathan C. Hearn , Joachim G. Stadel

We propose and test a new method based on Richardson-Lucy deconvolution to reconstruct three-dimensional gas density and temperature distributions in galaxy clusters from combined X-ray and thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich observations. Clusters…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Ewald Puchwein , Matthias Bartelmann

The possibility of determining the value of the Hubble constant using observations of galaxy clusters in X-ray and microwave wavelengths through the Sunyaev Zel\'dovich (SZ) effect has long been known. Previous measurements have been…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-27 Arpine Kozmanyan , Hervé Bourdin , Pasquale Mazzotta , Elena Rasia , Mauro Sereno

We perform a joint analysis of X-ray and Sunyaev Zel'dovich (SZ) effect data using an analytic model that describes the gas properties of galaxy clusters. The joint analysis allows the measurement of the cluster gas mass fraction profile…

In this study we use simulations of 128$^3$ particles to study the ellipticity and orientation of clusters of galaxies in N-body simulations of differing power-law initial spectra (P(k) \propto k^n ,n = +1, 0, -1, -2$), and density…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Randall J. Splinter , Adrian L. Melott , Angela Linn , Charles Buck , Jeremy Tinker

The hot gas in clusters of galaxies creates a distinctive spectral distortion in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) via the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect. To first order, the shape of the spectral distortion is fixed, but relativistic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-13 Adam D. Hincks , Ricardo Génova-Santos , Gemma Luzzi , Elia Stefano Battistelli

Gas masses tightly correlate with the virial masses of galaxy clusters, allowing for a precise determination of cosmological parameters by means of large-scale X-ray surveys. However, according to recent Suzaku X-ray measurements, gas mass…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 N. Battaglia , J. R. Bond , C. Pfrommer , J. L. Sievers

If the large-scale galaxy distribution is filamentary, as suggested by some observations and recent hydrodynamical simulations, then lengthwise views of filaments will apparently produce compact groups (CGs) that are in reality stretched…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Jeremiah P. Ostriker , Lori M. Lubin , Lars Hernquist

Knowledge of mass and concentration of galaxy clusters is crucial to understand their formation and evolution. Unbiased estimates require the understanding of the shape and orientation of the halo as well as its equilibrium status. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Mauro Sereno , Stefano Ettori , Keiichi Umetsu , Alessandro Baldi

In standard cosmology, the late Universe is assumed to be statistically homogeneous and isotropic. However, a recent study based on galaxy clusters by Migkas et al. (2021, arXiv:2103.13904) found an apparent spatial variation of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-02 A. Pandya , K. Migkas , T. H. Reiprich , A. Stanford , F. Pacaud , G. Schellenberger , L. Lovisari , M. E. Ramos-Ceja , N. T. Nguyen-Dang , S. Park