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: unknown
• Published: Royal Astronomical Society 2015
• Subjects: galaxies: clusters: general galaxies: clusters: intracluster medium cosmology: observations; Blanco; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv080

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 p...