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Planck Intermediate Results. V. Pressure profiles of galaxy clusters from the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect

Taking advantage of the all-sky coverage and broad frequency range of the Planck satellite, we study the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) and pressure profiles of 62 nearby massive clusters detected at high significance in the 14-month nominal…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , F. Atrio-Barandela , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. Balbi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , J. G. Bartlett , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoit , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , R. Bhatia , I. Bikmaev , H. Boehringer , A. Bonaldi , J. R. Bond , S. Borgani , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , H. Bourdin , M. L. Brown , R. Burenin , C. Burigana , P. Cabella , J. -F. Cardoso , P. Carvalho , G. Castex , A. Catalano , L. Cayon , A. Chamballu , L. -Y Chiang , G. Chon , P. R. Christensen , E. Churazov , D. L. Clements , S. Colafrancesco , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , B. Comis , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , F. Cuttaia , A. Da Silva , H. Dahle , L. Danese , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , G. de Gasperis , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. Democles , F. -X. Desert , J. M. Diego , K. Dolag , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Dore , U. Dorl , M. Douspis , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , T. A. Ensslin , H. K. Eriksen , F. Finelli , I. Flores-Cacho , O. Forni , P. Fosalba , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Frommert , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , R. T. Genova-Santos , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Heraud , J. Gonzalez-Nuevo , K. M. Gorski , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , F. K. Hansen , D. Harrison , A. Hempel , S. Henrot-Versille , C. Hernandez-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , G. Hurier , T. R. Jaffe , A. H. Jaffe , T. Jagemann , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihanen , I. Khamitov , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , L. Knox , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lahteenmaki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , C. R. Lawrence , M. Le Jeune , R. Leonardi , A. Liddle , P. B. Lilje , M. Lopez-Caniego , G. Luzzi , J. F. Macias-Perez , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , F. Marleau , D. J. Marshall , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , S. Masi , M. Massardi , S. Matarrese , P. Mazzotta , S. Mei , A. Melchiorri , J. -B. Melin , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschaines , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , H. U. Norgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , S. Osborne , F. Pajot , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , R. Piffaretti , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , L. Popa , T. Poutanen , G. W. Pratt , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , W. T. Reach , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , T. Riller , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , M. Roman , C. Rosset , M. Rossetti , J. A. Rubino-Martin , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , G. Savini , D. Scott , G. F. Smoot , J. -L. Starck , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , J. Tuovinen , L. Valenziano , B. Van Tent , J. Varis , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , N. Welikala , S. D. M. White , M. White , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Comparison of Pressure Profiles of Massive Relaxed Galaxy Clusters using Sunyaev-Zel'dovich and X-ray Data

We present Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect observations of a sample of 25 massive relaxed galaxy clusters observed with the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Array (SZA), an 8-element interferometer that is part of the Combined Array for Research in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Massimiliano Bonamente , Nicole Hasler , Esra Bulbul , John E. Carlstrom , Thomas L. Culverhouse , Megan Gralla , Christopher Greer , David Hawkins , Ryan Hennessy , Marshall Joy , Jeffery Kolodziejczak , James W. Lamb , David Landry , Erik M. Leitch , Daniel P. Marrone , Amber Miller , Tony Mroczkowski , Stephen Muchovej , Thomas Plagge , Clem Pryke , Matthew Sharp , David Woody

Cosmology with Sunyaev-Zeldovich observations from space

In order to assess the potential of future microwave anisotropy space experiments for detecting clusters by their Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) thermal effect, we have simulated maps of the large scale distribution of their Compton parameter $y$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Aghanim , A. De Luca , F. R. Bouchet , G. Gispert , J. L. Puget

Mapping the hot gas temperature in galaxy clusters using X-ray and Sunyaev-Zel'dovich imaging

We propose a method to map the temperature distribution of the hot gas in galaxy clusters that uses resolved images of the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (tSZ) effect in combination with X-ray data. Application to images from the New IRAM KIDs…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-11 R. Adam , M. Arnaud , I. Bartalucci , P. Ade , P. André , A. Beelen , A. Benoît , A. Bideaud , N. Billot , H. Bourdin , O. Bourrion , M. Calvo , A. Catalano , G. Coiffard , B. Comis , A. D'Addabbo , F. -X. Désert , S. Doyle , C. Ferrari , J. Goupy , C. Kramer , G. Lagache , S. Leclercq , J. -F. Macías-Pérez , S. Maurogordato , P. Mauskopf , F. Mayet , A. Monfardini , F. Pajot , E. Pascale , L. Perotto , G. Pisano , E. Pointecouteau , N. Ponthieu , G. W. Pratt , V. Revéret , A. Ritacco , L. Rodriguez , C. Romero , F. Ruppin , K. Schuster , A. Sievers , S. Triqueneaux , C. Tucker , R. Zylka

A comparison of central temperatures of the intracluster gas determined from X-ray and SZ measurements

A combination of the X-ray imaging and SZ measurements of clusters permits an indirect determination of the radial temperature profiles of intracluster gas, which requires no assumption about the dynamical properties and the equation of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Tong-Jie Zhang , Xiang-Ping Wu

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

A Measurement of the Kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Signal Toward MACS J0717.5+3745

We report our analysis of MACS J0717.5+3745 using 140 and 268 GHz Bolocam data collected at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. We detect extended Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect signal at high significance in both Bolocam bands, and we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-16 Jack Sayers , Tony Mroczkowski , Michael Zemcov , Phil M. Korngut , James Bock , Esra Bulbul , Nicole G. Czakon , Eiichi Egami , Sunil R. Golwala , Patrick M. Koch , Kai-Yang Lin , Adam Mantz , Sandor M. Molnar , Leonidas Moustakas , Elena Pierpaoli , Tim D. Rawle , Erik D. Reese , Marie Rex , Jennifer A. Shitanishi , Seth Siegel , Keiichi Umetsu

Sunyaev-Zel'dovich-Measured Pressure Profiles from the Bolocam X-ray/SZ Galaxy Cluster Sample

We describe Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect measurements and analysis of the intracluster medium (ICM) pressure profiles of a set of 45 massive galaxy clusters imaged using Bolocam at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. We have used…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-28 Jack Sayers , Nicole G. Czakon , Adam Mantz , Sunil R. Golwala , Silvia Ameglio , Tom P. Downes , Patrick M. Koch , Kai-Yang Lin , Ben J. Maughan , Sandor M. Molnar , Leonidas Moustakas , Tony Mroczkowski , Elena Pierpaoli , Jennifer A. Shitanishi , Seth Siegel , Keiichi Umetsu , Nina Van der Pyl

Probing the cosmic microwave background temperature using the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect

We discuss the possibility to constrain the relation between redshift and temperature of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using multifrequency Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) observations. We have simulated a catalog of clusters of galaxies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Cathy Horellou , Martin Nord , Daniel Johansson , Anna Levy

Simulations of the Pairwise Kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Signal

The pairwise kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) signal from galaxy clusters is a probe of their line-of-sight momenta, and thus a potentially valuable source of cosmological information. In addition to the momenta, the amplitude of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-04 Samuel Flender , Lindsey Bleem , Hal Finkel , Salman Habib , Katrin Heitmann , Gilbert Holder

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

The SPT-Deep Cluster Catalog: Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Selected Clusters from Combined SPT-3G and SPTpol Measurements over 100 Square Degrees

We present a catalog of 500 galaxy cluster candidates in the SPT-Deep field: a 100 deg$^2$ field that combines data from the SPT-3G and SPTpol surveys to reach noise levels of 3.0, 2.2, and 9.0 $\mu$K-arcmin at 95, 150, and 220 GHz,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-24 K. Kornoelje , L. E. Bleem , E. S. Rykoff , 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 , L. Balkenhol , J. A. Beall , K. Benabed , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , F. Bianchini , S. Bocquet , F. R. Bouchet , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , M. Calzadilla , E. Camphuis , J. E. Carlstrom , A. Carnero Rosell , J. Carretero , C. L. Chang , P. Chaubal , H. C. Chiang , P. M. Chichura , A. Chokshi , T. -L. Chou , R. Citron , A. Coerver , C. Corbett Moran , M. Costanzi , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , L. N. da Costa , C. Daley , T. de Haan , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , K. R. Dibert , M. A. Dobbs , P. Doel , M. Doohan , A. Doussot , D. Dutcher , W. Everett , S. Everett , C. Feng , K. R. Ferguson , I. Ferrero , K. Fichman , B. Flaugher , B. Floyd , A. Foster , D. Friedel , J. Frieman , S. Galli , J. Gallicchio , A. E. Gambrel , J. Garc'ia-Bellido , R. W. Gardner , R. Gassis , M. Gatti , F. Ge , E. M. George , G. Giannini , N. Goeckner-Wald , S. Grandis , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , R. Gualtieri , F. Guidi , Guillaume Mahler , S. Guns , N. Gupta , G. Gutierrez , N. W. Halverson , S. R. Hinton , E. Hivon , G. P. Holder , D. L. Hollowood , W. L. Holzapfel , K. Honscheid , J. C. Hood , J. D. Hrubes , A. Hryciuk , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , J. Mena-Fernández , D. J. James , F. Kéruzoré , A. R. Khalife , M. Klein , L. Knox , M. Korman , K. Kuehn , C. -L. Kuo , O. Lahav , A. T. Lee , S. Lee , K. Levy , D. Li , M. Lima , A. E. Lowitz , A. Lowitz , C. Lu , A. Maniyar , J. L. Marshal , J. L. Marshall , E. S. Martsen , Matthew B. Bayliss , M. McDonald , J. J. McMahon , F. Menanteau , M. Millea , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , J. Montgomery , J. Myles , Y. Nakato , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , G. I. Noble , V. Novosad , R. L. C. Ogando , Y. Omori , A. Ouellette , S. Padin , Z. Pan , S. Patil , M. E. S. Pereira , K. A. Phadke , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malag'on , A. W. Pollak , K. Prabhu , C. Pryke , W. Quan , S. Raghunathan , M. Rahimi , A. Rahlin , C. L. Reichardt , M. Rodr'iguez-Monroy , A. K. Romer , M. Rouble , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , L. Salvati , S. Samuroff , E. Sanchez , A. Saro , K. K. Schaffer , E. Schiappucci , T. Schrabback , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , C. Sievers , G. Smecher , M. Smith , J. A. Sobrin , T. Somboonpanyakul , B. Stalder , A. A. Stark , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , C. Tandoi , G. Tarle , B. Thorne , C. To , C. Trendafilova , C. Tucker , C. Umilta , T. Veach , J. D. Vieira , M. Vincenzi , A. Vitrier , Y. Wan , G. Wang , N. Weaverdyck , J. Weller , N. Whitehorn , P. Wiseman , W. L. K. Wu , V. Yefremenko , M. R. Young , J. A. Zebrowski , Y. Zhang

"SZ spectroscopy" in the coming decade: Galaxy cluster cosmology and astrophysics in the submillimeter

Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effects were first proposed in the 1970s as tools to identify the X-ray emitting hot gas inside massive clusters of galaxies and obtain their velocities relative to the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Yet it is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-13 Kaustuv Basu , Jens Erler , Jens Chluba , Jacques Delabrouille , J. Colin Hill , Tony Mroczkowski , Michael D. Niemack , Mathieu Remazeilles , Jack Sayers , Douglas Scott , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Michael Zemcov , Manuel Aravena , James G. Bartlett , Nicholas Battaglia , Frank Bertoldi , Maude Charmetant , Sunil Golwala , Terry L. Herter , Pamela Klaassen , Eiichiro Komatsu , Benjamin Magnelli , Adam B. Mantz , P. Daniel Meerburg , Jean-Baptiste Melin , Daisuke Nagai , Stephen C. Parshley , Etienne Pointecouteau , Miriam E. Ramos-Ceja , Mateusz Ruszkowski , Neelima Sehgal , Gordon G. Stacey , Rashid Sunyaev

Detection of Hot Gas in Galaxy Groups via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect

Motivated by the observed shortfall of baryons in the local universe, we investigate the ability of high resolution cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments to detect hot gas in the outer regions of nearby group halos. We construct hot…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-15 K. Moodley , R. Warne , N. Goheer , H. Trac

A measurement of large-scale peculiar velocities of clusters of galaxies: technical details

This paper presents detailed analysis of large-scale peculiar motions derived from a sample of ~ 700 X-ray clusters and cosmic microwave background (CMB) data obtained with WMAP. We use the kinematic Sunyaev-Zeldovich (KSZ) effect combining…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 A. Kashlinsky , F. Atrio-Barandela , D. Kocevski , H. Ebeling

Cosmological Constraints from Sunyaev-Zel'dovich-Selected Clusters with X-ray Observations in the First 178 Square Degrees of the South Pole Telescope Survey

We use measurements from the South Pole Telescope (SPT) Sunyaev Zel'dovich (SZ) cluster survey in combination with X-ray measurements to constrain cosmological parameters. We present a statistical method that fits for the scaling relations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-06 B. A. Benson , T. de Haan , J. P. Dudley , C. L. Reichardt , K. A. Aird , K. Andersson , R. Armstrong , M. Bautz , M. Bayliss , G. Bazin , L. E. Bleem , M. Brodwin , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. M. Cho , A. Clocchiatti , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , S. Desai , M. A. Dobbs , R. J. Foley , W. R. Forman , E. M. George , M. D. Gladders , N. W. Halverson , F. W. High , 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 , 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 , T. E. Montroy , S. S. Murray , T. Natoli , S. Padin , T. Plagge , C. Pryke , 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 , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. Story , C. W. Stubbs , R. Suhada , A. van Engelen , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , A. Vikhlinin , R. Williamson , O. Zahn , A. Zenteno

Fundamental Plane of Sunyaev-Zeldovich clusters

Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) cluster surveys are considered among the most promising methods for probing dark energy up to large redshifts. However, their premise is hinged upon an accurate mass-observable relationship, which could be affected…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-29 Niayesh Afshordi

Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Surveys: Analytic treatment of cluster detection

Thanks to advances in detector technology and observing techniques, true Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) surveys will soon become a reality. This opens up a new window into the Universe, in many ways analogous to the X-ray band and inherently…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 James G. Bartlett

Deconstructing Thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich - Gravitational Lensing Cross-Correlations: Implications for the Intracluster Medium

Recent first detections of the cross-correlation of the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (tSZ) signal in Planck cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature maps with gravitational lensing maps inferred from the Planck CMB data and the CFHTLenS…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-28 N. Battaglia , J. C. Hill , N. Murray

Templates for the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Angular Power Spectrum

We present templates for the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) angular power spectrum based on four models for the nonlinear gas distribution. The frequency-dependent SZ temperature fluctuations, with thermal (TSZ) and kinetic (KSZ) contributions,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Hy Trac , Paul Bode , Jeremiah P. Ostriker