Analysis of Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect mass–observable relations using South Pole Telescope observations of an X-ray selected sample of low-mass galaxy clusters and groups

• Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• Main Authors: Liu, J., Crites, A. T., Lueker, M., Padin, S., Shirokoff, E., Staniszewski, Z., Williamson, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Astronomical Society 2015
• Subjects: South Pole; Blanco; South pole
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/56801/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/56801/1/MNRAS-2015-Liu-2085-99.pdf; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/56801/2/1407.7520v1.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150421-085350386

We use microwave observations from the South Pole Telescope (SPT) to examine the Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect (SZE) signatures of a sample of 46 X-ray selected groups and clusters drawn from ∼6 deg^2 of the XMM–Newton Blanco Cosmology Survey. These systems extend to redshift z = 1.02 and probe the...