Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Cluster Profiles measured with the South Pole Telescope

• Published in: The Astrophysical Journal
• Main Authors: Plagge, T., Benson, B. A., Ade, Peter A. R., Aird, K. A., Bleem, L. E., Carlstrom, J. E., Chang, C. L., Cho, H.-M., Crawford, T. M., Crites, A. T., de Haan, T., Dobbs, M. A., George, E. M., Hall, N. R., Halverson, N. W., Holder, G. P., Holzapfel, W. L., Hrubes, J. D., Joy, M., Keisler, R., Knox, L., Lee, A. T., Leitch, E. M., Lueker, M., Marrone, D., McMahon, J. J., Mehl, J., Meyer, S. S., Mohr, J. J., Montroy, T. E., Padin, S., Pryke, C., Reichardt, C. L., Ruhl, J. E., Schaffer, K. K., Shaw, L., Shirokoff, E., Spieler, H. G., Stalder, B., Staniszewski, Z., Stark, A. A., Vanderlinde, K., Vieira, J. D., Williamson, R., Zahn, O.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IOPScience 2010
• Subjects: QB Astronomy; Navarro; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/33687/; https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/716/2/1118

We present Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) measurements of 15 massive X-ray-selected galaxy clusters obtained with the South Pole Telescope (SPT). The SZ cluster signals are measured at 150 GHz, and concurrent 220 GHz data are used to reduce astrophysical contamination. Radial profiles are computed usi...