Related papers: Cosmology with the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect

A fast and accurate method for computing the Sunyaev-Zeldovich signal of hot galaxy clusters

New generation ground and space-based CMB experiments have ushered in discoveries of massive galaxy clusters via the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect, providing a new window for studying cluster astrophysics and cosmology. Many of the newly…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Jens Chluba , Daisuke Nagai , Sergey Sazonov , Kaylea Nelson

Trouble for cluster parameter estimation from blind SZ surveys?

(Abriged version) The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect of galaxy clusters is a tool to measure three quantities: Compton parameter, electron temperature, and cluster peculiar velocity. However, a major problem is non-removed contamination by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Nabila Aghanim , Steen H. Hansen , Guilaine Lagache

The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect and Large-Scale Structure

The thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (tSZ) effect is the inverse-Compton scattering of cosmic microwave background (CMB) photons off hot, ionized electrons, primarily located in galaxy groups and clusters. Recent years have seen immense…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-22 J. Colin Hill

Planck 2013 results. XX. Cosmology from Sunyaev-Zeldovich cluster counts

We present constraints on cosmological parameters using number counts as a function of redshift for a sub-sample of 189 galaxy clusters from the Planck SZ (PSZ) catalogue. The PSZ is selected through the signature of the Sunyaev--Zeldovich…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , C. Armitage-Caplan , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , F. Atrio-Barandela , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , R. Barrena , J. G. Bartlett , E. Battaner , R. Battye , K. Benabed , A. Benoît , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , I. Bikmaev , A. Blanchard , J. Bobin , J. J. Bock , H. Böhringer , A. Bonaldi , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , H. Bourdin , M. Bridges , M. L. Brown , M. Bucher , R. Burenin , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , J. -F. Cardoso , P. Carvalho , A. Catalano , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , R. -R. Chary , L. -Y Chiang , H. C. Chiang , G. Chon , P. R. Christensen , S. Church , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , A. Da Silva , H. Dahle , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , J. Démoclès , F. -X. Désert , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , K. Dolag , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , F. Finelli , I. Flores-Cacho , O. Forni , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , S. Fromenteau , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , R. T. Génova-Santos , M. Giard , G. Giardino , Y. Giraud-Héraud , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , F. K. Hansen , D. Hanson , D. Harrison , S. Henrot-Versillé , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , K. M. Huffenberger , G. Hurier , T. R. Jaffe , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , I. Khamitov , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , L. Knox , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , R. J. Laureijs , C. R. Lawrence , J. P. Leahy , R. Leonardi , J. León-Tavares , J. Lesgourgues , A. Liddle , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , B. Maffei , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Marcos-Caballero , M. Maris , D. J. Marshall , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , F. Matthai , P. Mazzotta , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , J. -B. Melin , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , A. Moss , D. Munshi , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , S. Osborne , C. A. Oxborrow , F. Paci , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , D. Paoletti , B. Partridge , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , L. Popa , T. Poutanen , G. W. Pratt , G. Prézeau , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , T. Riller , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , M. Roman , C. Rosset , G. Roudier , M. Rowan-Robinson , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , G. Savini , D. Scott , M. D. Seiffert , E. P. S. Shellard , L. D. Spencer , J. -L. Starck , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , F. Sureau , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , J. Tuovinen , M. Türler , G. Umana , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , J. Weller , M. White , S. D. M. White , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

An SZ-selected sample of the most massive galaxy clusters in the 2500-square-degree South Pole Telescope survey

The South Pole Telescope (SPT) is currently surveying 2500 deg^2 of the southern sky to detect massive galaxy clusters out to the epoch of their formation using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. This paper presents a catalog of the 26…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 R. Williamson , B. A. Benson , F. W. High , K. Vanderlinde , P. A. R. Ade , K. A. Aird , K. Andersson , R. Armstrong , M. L. N. Ashby , M. Bautz , G. Bazin , E. Bertin , L. E. Bleem , M. Bonamente , M. Brodwin , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , S. C. Chapman , A. Clocchiatti , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , S. Desai , M. A. Dobbs , J. P. Dudley , G. G. Fazio , R. J. Foley , W. R. Forman , G. Garmire , E. M. George , M. D. Gladders , A. H. Gonzalez , N. W. Halverson , 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 , M. Lueker , D. Luong-Van , D. P. Marrone , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , J. J. Mohr , T. E. Montroy , S. S. Murray , S. Padin , T. Plagge , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , 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 , S. A. Stanford , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. Story , C. W. Stubbs , J. D. Vieira , A. Vikhlinin , A. Zenteno

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Physical Properties and Purity of a Galaxy Cluster Sample Selected via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect

We present optical and X-ray properties for the first confirmed galaxy cluster sample selected by the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect from 148 GHz maps over 455 square degrees of sky made with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. These maps, coupled…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-28 Felipe Menanteau , Jorge Gonzalez , Jean-Baptiste Juin , Tobias A. Marriage , Erik Reese , Viviana Acquaviva , Paula Aguirre , John William Appel , Andrew J. Baker , L. Felipe Barrientos , Elia S. Battistelli , J. Richard Bond , Sudeep Das , Mark J. Devlin , Simon Dicker , Amruta J. Deshpande , Joanna Dunkley , Rolando Dunner , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Joseph W. Fowler , Amir Hajian , Mark Halpern , Matthew Hasselfield , Carlos Hernandez-Monteagudo , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renee Hlozek , John P. Hughes , Kevin M. Huffenberger , Leopoldo Infante , Kent D. Irwin , Jeff Klein , Arthur Kosowsky , Yen-Ting Lin , Danica Marsden , Kavilan Moodley , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , Lyman A. Page , Lucas Parker , Bruce Partridge , Jon Sievers , Neelima Sehgal , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Daniel Swetz , Eric Switzer , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Ryan Warne , Ed Wollack

Forecasted constraints on modified gravity from Sunyaev Zel'dovich tomography

Observational cosmology has become an important laboratory for testing General Relativity, with searches for modified gravity forming a significant portion of the science case for existing and future surveys. In this paper, we illustrate…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-23 Zhen Pan , Matthew C. Johnson

First measurement of the submillimetre Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect

We report the first detection of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich increment on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at submillimetre wavelengths in the direction of a cluster of galaxies.It was achieved towards the rich cluster Abell 2163, using the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 J. -M. Lamarre , M. Giard , E. Pointecouteau , J. -P. Bernard , G. Serra , F. Pajot , F. -X. Desert , I. Ristorcelli , J. -P. Torre , S. Church , N. Coron , J. -L. Puget , J. J. Bock

Removing the giants and learning from the crowd: a new SZ power spectrum method and revised Compton $y$-map analysis

The Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect provides a powerful cosmological probe, which traditionally is approached independently as cluster number count (CNC) or power spectrum (PS) analysis. Here, we devise a new method for analysing the $y$-map…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-24 Aditya Rotti , Boris Bolliet , Jens Chluba , Mathieu Remazeilles

Improving Constraints on Fundamental Physics Parameters with the Clustering of Sunyaev-Zeldovich Selected Galaxy Clusters

Upcoming millimeter experiments that probe the cosmic microwave background (CMB) will observe tens of thousands of galaxy clusters through the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich (tSZ) effect. tSZ selected clusters are powerful probes of cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-02 Dylan Cromer , Nicholas Battaglia , Mathew S. Madhavacheril

Gravitational lensing and the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect in the millimetre/submillimetre waveband

The intensity of the cosmic microwave background radiation in the fields of clusters of galaxies is modified by inverse Compton scattering in the hot intracluster gas - the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. The effect is expected to be most…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Andrew W. Blain

On the Detectability of the SZ Effect of Massive Young Galaxies

The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect expected to be associated with massive star-formation activity produced during the formation of the most luminous bulges of normal galaxies is discussed. Using 1-D chemohydrodynamical models for spheroidal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez , Roberto Terlevich , Elena Terlevich , Amancio Friaca , Enrique Gaztanaga

Galaxy Kinematics and Mass Calibration in Massive SZE Selected Galaxy Clusters to z=1.3

The galaxy phase-space distribution in galaxy clusters provides insights into the formation and evolution of cluster galaxies, and it can also be used to measure cluster mass profiles. We present a dynamical study based on $\sim$3000…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 R. Capasso , A. Saro , J. J. Mohr , A. Biviano , S. Bocquet , V. Strazzullo , S. Grandis , D. E. Applegate , M. B. Bayliss , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , M. Brodwin , E. Bulbul , J. E. Carlstrom , I. Chiu , J. P. Dietrich , N. Gupta , T. de Haan , J. Hlavacek-Larrondo , M. Klein , A. von der Linden , M. McDonald , D. Rapetti , C. L. Reichardt , K. Sharon , B. Stalder , S. A. Stanford , A. A. Stark , C. Stern , A. Zenteno

Spectral imaging of galaxy clusters with Planck

The Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect is a promising tool for detecting the presence of hot gas out to the galaxy cluster peripheries. We developed a spectral imaging algorithm dedicated to the SZ observations of nearby galaxy clusters with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-26 H. Bourdin , P. Mazzotta , E. Rasia

Mass Estimation of Galaxy Clusters with Deep Learning I: Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect

We present a new application of deep learning to infer the masses of galaxy clusters directly from images of the microwave sky. Effectively, this is a novel approach to determining the scaling relation between a cluster's Sunyaev-Zel'dovich…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-16 Nikhel Gupta , Christian L. Reichardt

A high-frequency study of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect morphology in galaxy clusters

High-frequency, high-resolution imaging of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect is an important technique to study the complex structures of the atmospheres of merging galaxy clusters. Such observations are sensitive to the details of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 D. A. Prokhorov , S. Colafrancesco , T. Akahori , E. T. Million , S. Nagataki , K. Yoshikawa

New Territory: SZ Cluster Surveys

The potential of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect for cluster studies has long been appreciated, although not yet fully exploited. Recent technological advances and improvements in observing strategies have changed this, to the point…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. G. Bartlett , A. Blanchard , D. Barbosa

Imaging the Thermal and Kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Signals in a Sample of Ten Massive Galaxy Clusters: Constraints on Internal Velocity Structures and Bulk Velocities

We have imaged the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect signals at 140 and 270 GHz towards ten galaxy clusters with Bolocam and AzTEC/ASTE. We also used Planck data to constrain the signal at large angular scales, Herschel-SPIRE images to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-31 Jack Sayers , Alfredo Montaña , Tony Mroczkowski , Grant W. Wilson , Michael Zemcov , Adi Zitrin , Nathália Cibirka , Sunil Golwala , David Hughes , Daisuke Nagai , Erik D. Reese , David Sánchez , John Zuhone

Cosmological Constraints from Galaxy Clusters in the 2500 square-degree SPT-SZ Survey

(abridged) We present cosmological constraints obtained from galaxy clusters identified by their Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect signature in the 2500 square degree South Pole Telescope Sunyaev Zel'dovich survey. We consider the 377 cluster…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-07 T. de Haan , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , S. W. Allen , D. E. Applegate , M. L. N. Ashby , M. Bautz , M. Bayliss , S. Bocquet , M. Brodwin , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , I. Chiu , H-M. Cho , A. Clocchiatti , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , S. Desai , J. P. Dietrich , M. A. Dobbs , A. N. Doucouliagos , R. J. Foley , W. R. Forman , G. P. Garmire , E. M. George , M. D. Gladders , A. H. Gonzalez , N. Gupta , N. W. Halverson , J. Hlavacek-Larrondo , H. Hoekstra , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , Z. Hou , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , C. Jones , R. Keisler , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , A. von der Linden , D. Luong-Van , A. Mantz , D. P. Marrone , M. McDonald , J. J. McMahon , S. S. Meyer , L. M. Mocanu , J. J. Mohr , S. S. Murray , S. Padin , C. Pryke , D. Rapetti , C. L. Reichardt , A. Rest , J. Ruel , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , A. Saro , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , T. Schrabback , E. Shirokoff , J. Song , H. G. Spieler , B. Stalder , S. A. Stanford , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. T. Story , C. W. Stubbs , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , A. Vikhlinin , R. Williamson , A. Zenteno

The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect in a sample of 31 clusters - a comparison between the X-ray predicted and WMAP observed CMB temperature decrement

The WMAP Q, V, and W band radial profiles of temperature deviation of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) were constructed for a sample of 31 randomly selected nearby clusters of galaxies in directions of Galactic latitude $|b| >$ 30$^o$.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Richard Lieu , Jonathan P. D. Mittaz , Shuang-Nan Zhang