Cluster temperature profiles and Sunyaev-Zeldovich observations
Astrophysics
2009-11-10 v2
Abstract
Galaxy clusters are not iso-thermal, and the radial temperature dependence will affect the cluster parameters derived through the observation of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect. We show that the derived peculiar velocity will be systematically shifted by 10-20%. For future all-sky surveys one cannot rely on the observationally expensive X-ray observations to remove this systematic error, but one should instead reach for sufficient angular resolution to perform a deprojection in the SZ spectra. The Compton weighted electron temperature is accurately derived through SZ observations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0401391,
title = {Cluster temperature profiles and Sunyaev-Zeldovich observations},
author = {Steen H. Hansen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0401391},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 1 figure, minor typos corrected