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The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Cosmology from Galaxy Clusters Detected via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect

We present constraints on cosmological parameters based on a sample of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich-selected galaxy clusters detected in a millimeter-wave survey by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. The cluster sample used in this analysis consists of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Neelima Sehgal , Hy Trac , Viviana Acquaviva , Peter A. R. Ade , Paula Aguirre , Mandana Amiri , John W. Appel , L. Felipe Barrientos , Elia S. Battistelli , J. Richard Bond , Ben Brown , Bryce Burger , Jay Chervenak , Sudeep Das , Mark J. Devlin , Simon R. Dicker , W. Bertrand Doriese , Joanna Dunkley , Rolando Dünner , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Ryan P. Fisher , Joseph W. Fowler , Amir Hajian , Mark Halpern , Matthew Hasselfield , Carlos Hernández-Monteagudo , Gene C. Hilton , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hlozek , David Holtz , Kevin M. Huffenberger , David H. Hughes , John P. Hughes , Leopoldo Infante , Kent D. Irwin , Andrew Jones , Jean Baptiste Juin , Jeff Klein , Arthur Kosowsky , Judy M. Lau , Michele Limon , Yen-Ting Lin , Robert H. Lupton , Tobias A. Marriage , Danica Marsden , Krista Martocci , Phil Mauskopf , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Harvey Moseley , Calvin B. Netterfield , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , Lyman A. Page , Lucas Parker , Bruce Partridge , Beth Reid , Blake D. Sherwin , Jon Sievers , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Daniel S. Swetz , Eric R. Switzer , Robert Thornton , Carole Tucker , Ryan Warne , Ed Wollack , Yue Zhao

The kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich tomography II: probing the circumgalactic medium

We propose the use of the kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) effect to probe the circumgalactic medium (CGM), with the aid of a spectroscopic survey covering the same area of a SZ survey. One can design an optimal estimator of the kSZ effect…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 Jiawei Shao , Taotao Fang

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

Detection of the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect with DES Year 1 and SPT

We detect the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) effect with a statistical significance of $4.2 \sigma$ by combining a cluster catalogue derived from the first year data of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) with CMB temperature maps from the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-26 B. Soergel , S. Flender , K. T. Story , L. Bleem , T. Giannantonio , G. Efstathiou , E. Rykoff , B. A. Benson , T. Crawford , S. Dodelson , S. Habib , K. Heitmann , G. Holder , B. Jain , E. Rozo , A. Saro , J. Weller , F. B. Abdalla , S. Allam , J. Annis , R. Armstrong , A. Benoit-Lévy , G. M. Bernstein , J. E. Carlstrom , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , F. J. Castander , I. Chiu , R. Chown , M. Crocce , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , T. de Haan , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , P. Doel , J. Estrada , A. E. Evrard , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , E. Gaztanaga , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , W. L. Holzapfel , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , R. Keisler , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , M. Lima , J. L. Marshall , M. McDonald , P. Melchior , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , B. Nord , R. Ogando , Y. Omori , A. A. Plazas , D. Rapetti , C. L. Reichardt , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , B. R. Saliwanchik , E. Sanchez , M. Schubnell , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , A. Stark , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , J. D. Vieira , A. R. Walker , N. Whitehorn

Finding Clusters in SZ Surveys

We use simulated maps to investigate the ability of high resolution, low noise surveys of the CMB to create catalogues of Clusters of galaxies by detecting the characteristic signature imprinted by the Sunyaev Zeldovich effect. We compute…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-18 Chris Vale , Martin White

Distances and Cosmology From Galaxy Cluster CMB Data

The measurement of angular diameter distance to galaxy clusters, through combined Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect data with X-ray emission observations, is now a well-known probe of cosmology. Using a combination of SZ data and a map of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Asantha Cooray

Studying clusters with Planck

We use mock Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZE) maps to investigate how well the Planck mission might find and characterize clusters of galaxies. We discuss different combinations of frequency maps and different methods for identifying cluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Martin White

High-Redshift Cool-Core Galaxy Clusters Detected via the Sunyaev--Zel'dovich Effect in the South Pole Telescope Survey

We report the first investigation of cool-core properties of galaxy clusters selected via their Sunyaev--Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. We use 13 galaxy clusters uniformly selected from 178 deg^2 observed with the South Pole Telescope (SPT) and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-10 D. R. Semler , R. Šuhada , K. A. Aird , M. L. N. Ashby , M. Bautz , M. Bayliss , G. Bazin , S. Bocquet , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , M. Brodwin , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. M. Cho , A. Clocchiatti , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , S. Desai , M. A. Dobbs , J. P. Dudley , R. J. Foley , E. M. George , M. D. Gladders , A. H. Gonzalez , N. W. Halverson , N. L. Harrington , 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 , C. L. Reichardt , A. Rest , J. Ruel , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , A. Saro , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , L. Shaw , E. Shirokoff , J. Song , H. G. Spieler , B. Stalder , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. Story , C. W. Stubbs , A. van Engelen , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , A. Vikhlinin , R. Williamson , O. Zahn , A. Zenteno

Sunyaev-Zel'dovich cluster surveys using a large beam

Sunyaev Zel'dovich cluster surveys can be used to constrain cosmological parameters. Extracting clusters from the primary anisotropies and the unresolved background from very faint clusters is simple when the telescope beam size is small (1…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Richard A. Battye , Jochen Weller

Science with an ngVLA: The Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect from Quasar and Starburst Winds

The Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect (SZE) can be used to detect the hot bubbles in the intergalactic medium blown by energetic winds from AGN and starbursts. By directly constraining the kinetic luminosity, age and total energy of the outflow, it…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-22 Mark Lacy , Suchetana Chatterjee , Avinanda Chakraborty , Brian Mason , Craig Sarazin , Amy Kimball , Kristina Nyland , Graca Rocha , Barney Rowe

An Unbiased Measurement of Ho through Cosmic Background Imager Observations of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in Nearby Galaxy Clusters

We present Ho results from Cosmic Background Imager (CBI) observations of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect (SZE) in 7 galaxy clusters, A85, A399, A401, A478, A754, A1651, and A2597. These observations are part of a program to study a complete,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. S. Udomprasert , B. S. Mason , A. C. S. Readhead , T. J. Pearson

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 SPTpol Extended Cluster Survey

We describe the observations and resultant galaxy cluster catalog from the 2770 deg$^2$ SPTpol Extended Cluster Survey (SPT-ECS). Clusters are identified via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect, and confirmed with a combination of archival…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-11 L. E. Bleem , S. Bocquet , B. Stalder , M. D. Gladders , P. A. R. Ade , S. W. Allen , A. J. Anderson , J. Annis , M. L. N. Ashby , J. E. Austermann , S. Avila , J. S. Avva , M. Bayliss , J. A. Beall , K. Bechtol , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , E. Bertin , F. Bianchini , C. Blake , M. Brodwin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , J. E. Carlstrom , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , C. L. Chang , H. C. Chiang , 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 , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , M. A. Dobbs , T. F. Eifler , W. Everett , B. Flaugher , B. Floyd , J. Frieman , J. Gallicchio , J. García-Bellido , E. M. George , D. W. Gerdes , A. Gilbert , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , N. Gupta , G. Gutierrez , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , J. W. Henning , C. Heymans , G. P. Holder , D. L. Hollowood , W. L. Holzapfel , K. Honscheid , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , S. Joudaki , G. Khullar , M. Klein , L. Knox , N. Kuropatkin , A. T. Lee , D. Li , C. Lidman , A. Lowitz , N. MacCrann , G. Mahler , M. A. G. Maia , J. L. Marshall , M. McDonald , J. J. McMahon , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , S. S. Meyer , R. Miquel , L. M. Mocanu , J. J. Mohr , J. Montgomery , A. Nadolski , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , G. Noble , V. Novosad , S. Padin , A. Palmese , D. Parkinson , S. Patil , F. Paz-Chinchón , A. A. Plazas , C. Pryke , N. S. Ramachandra , C. L. Reichardt , J. D. Remolina González , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , J. E. Ruhl , E. S. Rykoff , B. R. Saliwanchik , E. Sanchez , A. Saro , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , T. Schrabback , S. Serrano , K. Sharon , C. Sievers , G. Smecher , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , A. A. Stark , K. T. Story , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , T. Veach , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , J. Weller , N. Whitehorn , W. L. K. Wu , V. Yefremenko , Y. Zhang

The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect in WMAP data

Using WMAP 5 year data, we look for the average Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZE) signal from clusters of galaxies by stacking the regions around hundreds of known X-ray clusters. We detect the average SZE at a very high significance level.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-29 J. M Diego , B. Partridge

Testing cosmological models using relative mass-redshift abundance of SZ clusters

Recent detection of high-redshift, massive clusters through Sunyaev-Zel'dovich observations has opened up a new way to test cosmological models. It is known that detection of a single supermassive cluster at a very high redshift can rule…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-22 Arman Shafieloo , George F. Smoot

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

Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Predictions for the Planck Surveyor Satellite using the Hubble Volume Simulations

We use the billion-particle Hubble Volume simulations to make statistical predictions for the distribution of galaxy clusters that will be observed by the Planck Surveyor satellite through their effect on the cosmic microwave background --…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Scott T Kay , Andrew R Liddle , Peter A Thomas

The Hubble Constant from SZE Measurements in Low-Redshift Clusters

We present a determination of the Hubble constant from measurements of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect (SZE) in an orientation-unbiased sample of 7 z < 0.1 galaxy clusters. With improved X-ray models and a more accurate 32-GHz calibration, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Brian S. Mason , Steven T. Myers , A. C. S. Readhead

Peculiar Velocity Limits from Measurements of the Spectrum of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in Six Clusters of Galaxies

We have made measurements of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect in six galaxy clusters at z > 0.2 using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Infrared Experiment (SuZIE II) in three frequency bands between 150 and 350 GHz. Simultaneous multi-frequency…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. A. Benson , S. E. Church , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , K. M. Ganga , J. R. Hinderks , P. D. Mauskopf , B. Philhour , M. C. Runyan , K. L. Thompson

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