MaxBCG: A Red Sequence Galaxy Cluster Finder
摘要
Measurements of galaxy cluster abundances, clustering properties, and mass to- light ratios in current and future surveys can provide important cosmological constraints. Digital wide-field imaging surveys, the recently-demonstrated fidelity of red-sequence cluster detection techniques, and a new generation of realistic mock galaxy surveys provide the means for construction of large, cosmologicallyinteresting cluster samples, whose selection and properties can be understood in unprecedented depth. We present the details of the "maxBCG" algorithm, a cluster-detection technique tailored to multi-band CCD-imaging data. MaxBCG primarily relies on an observational cornerstone of massive galaxy clusters: they are marked by an overdensity of bright, uniformly red galaxies. This detection scheme also exploits classical brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs), which are often found at the center of these same massive clusters. (ABRIDGED)
引用
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0701268,
title = {MaxBCG: A Red Sequence Galaxy Cluster Finder},
author = {Benjamin P. Koester and Timothy A. McKay and James Annis and Risa H. Wechsler and August E. Evrard and Eduardo Rozo and Lindsey Bleem and Erin S. Sheldon and David Johnston},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0701268},
year = {2014}
}
备注
39 pages, 16 figures, 1 table. Accepted to ApJ