Measurement of Galaxy Cluster Integrated Comptonization and Mass Scaling Relations with the South Pole Telescope

• Published in: The Astrophysical Journal
• Main Authors: Saliwanchik, B. R., Lueker, M., Padin, S., Shirokoff, E., Vieira, J. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Astronomical Society 2015
• Subjects: galaxies: clusters: general; methods: data analysis; X-rays: galaxies: clusters; South Pole; Kavli; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/799/2/137

We describe a method for measuring the integrated Comptonization (Y_(SZ)) of clusters of galaxies from measurements of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect in multiple frequency bands and use this method to characterize a sample of galaxy clusters detected in the South Pole Telescope (SPT) data....