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The largest uncertainty for cosmological studies using clusters of galaxies is introduced by our limited knowledge of the statistics of galaxy cluster structure, and of the scaling relations between observables and cluster mass. To improve…

We select galaxy cluster candidates from the high-redshift (BEST_Z > 0.9) end of the first SRG/eROSITA All-Sky Survey (eRASS1) galaxy cluster catalogue, for which we obtain moderately deep J-band imaging data with the OMEGA2000 camera at…

We present a stacked lensing analysis of 96 galaxy clusters selected by the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect in maps of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). We select foreground galaxy clusters with a $5\sigma$-level SZ threshold in…

We develop a galaxy cluster finding algorithm based on spectral clustering technique to identify optical counterparts and estimate optical redshifts for X-ray selected cluster candidates. As an application, we run our algorithm on a sample…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-07-15 Eman Mahmoud , Ali Takey , Amin Shoukry

We present MMT spectroscopic observations of two massive galaxy cluster candidates at redshift $z\sim0.07$ that show extended and diffuse X-ray emission in the ROSAT All Sky Survey (RASS) images. The targets were selected from a previous…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-30 Kaiyuan Chen , Weiwei Xu , Linhua Jiang

The gravitational redshift effect allows one to directly probe the gravitational potential in clusters of galaxies. Following up on Wojtak et al. [Nature (London) 477, 567 (2011)], we present a new measurement. We take advantage of new data…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-23 Iftach Sadeh , Low Lerh Feng , Ofer Lahav

The nature of dark energy is imprinted in the large-scale structure of the Universe and thus in the mass and redshift distribution of galaxy clusters. The upcoming eROSITA mission will exploit this method of probing dark energy by detecting…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-05 Katharina Borm , Thomas H. Reiprich , Irshad Mohammed , Lorenzo Lovisari

The Red-Sequence Cluster Survey (RCS) is a 100 square degree galaxy cluster survey designed to provide a large sample of optically selected clusters of galaxies with redshifts 0.1<z<1.4. The survey data are also useful for a variety of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Henk Hoekstra , Howard Yee , Mike Gladders

The deepest region of the ROSAT All-Sky Survey, at the North Ecliptic Pole, has been studied to produce a complete and unbiased X-ray selected sample of clusters of galaxies. This sample is used to investigate the nature of cluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 I. M. Gioia , J. P. Henry , C. R. Mullis , W. Voges , U. G. Briel , H. Boehringer , J. P. Huchra

We use the two-point correlation function to calculate the clustering properties of the recently completed SSRS2 survey. The redshift space correlation function for the magnitude-limited SSRS2 is given by xi(s)=(s/5.85 h-1 Mpc)^{-1.60} for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-25 C. N. A. Willmer , L. Nicolaci da Costa , P. S. Pellegrini

We find clusters and superclusters of galaxies using the Data Release 1 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Density fields with smoothing lengthst of 10 and 0.8 Mpc/h are calculated. We found that galaxies and clusters in a high-density…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Einasto , E. Tago , M. Einasto , E. Saar

Globular clusters will be present at high redshifts, near the very beginning of the galaxy formation process. Stellar evolution ensures that they will be much more luminous than today. We show that the redshift distribution at nano-Jansky…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. G. Carlberg

We present measurements of the masses of a sample of 25 moderate X-ray luminosity clusters of galaxies from the 160 square degree ROSAT survey. The masses were obtained from a weak lensing analysis of deep F814W images obtained using the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Henk Hoekstra , Megan Donahue , Christopher J. Conselice , Brian R. McNamara , G. Mark Voit

The Local Cluster Substructure Survey (LoCuSS, Smith et al.) is a systematic multi-wavelength survey of >100 X-ray luminous galaxy clusters (0.14<z<0.3) selected from the ROSAT all sky survey. We used data on 37 LoCuSS clusters from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. -Y. Zhang , A. Finoguenov , H. Boehringer , J. -P. Kneib , G. P. Smith , R. Kneissl , N. Okabe , H. Dahle

We apply a friends-of-friends algorithm to the HectoMAP redshift survey and cross-identify associated X-ray emission in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey data (RASS). The resulting flux limited catalog of X-ray cluster survey is complete to a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-28 Jubee Sohn , Gayoung Chon , Hans Böhringer , Margaret J. Geller , Antonaldo Diaferio , Ho Seong Hwang , Yousuke Utsumi , Kenneth J. Rines

We explore the accuracy of the clustering-based redshift inference within the MICE2 simulation. This method uses the spatial clustering of galaxies between a spectroscopic reference sample and an unknown sample. The goal of this study is to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-27 V. Scottez , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. Coupon , O. Ilbert , Y. Mellier

Some indications for tension have long been identified between cosmological constraints obtained from galaxy clusters and primary CMB measurements. Typically, assuming the matter density and fluctuations, as parameterized with Omega_m and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-21 Weiwei Xu , Miriam E. Ramos-Ceja , Florian Pacaud , Thomas H. Reiprich , Thomas Erben

Cosmological probes based on galaxy clusters rely on cluster number counts and large-scale structure information. X-ray cluster surveys are well suited for this purpose, since they are far less affected than optical surveys by projection…

We present measurements of the masses of 20 X-ray luminous clusters of galaxies at intermediate redshifts, determined from a weak lensing analysis of deep archival R-band data obtained using the Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope. Compared to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Henk Hoekstra