Cosmological Constraints from Sunyaev-Zel'dovich-selected Clusters with X-Ray Observations in the First 178 deg^2 of the South Pole Telescope Survey

• Published in: The Astrophysical Journal
• Main Authors: Benson, B. A., Lueker, M., Padin, S., Shirokoff, E., Vieira, J. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Astronomical Society 2013
• Subjects: Hubble; South Pole; Wilkinson; South pole
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/37093/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/37093/1/0004-637X_763_2_147.pdf; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/37093/7/1112.5435v1.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130222-154859231

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 of the SZ and X-ray cluster observables with mass while...