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Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect Imaging of MACS Galaxy Clusters at z greater than 0.5We present 30 GHz interferometric SZE measurements of a redshift limited, X-ray selected cluster sample from the Massive Cluster Survey (MACS). All eight of the high redshift (z.0.5, dec greater than -15) galaxy clusters were detected. Additional observations were made at 4.8 GHz with the Very Large Array to help constrain the amount of point source contamination to the SZE decrements. From SZE data alone, we derive electron temperatures in the range 5.5-18.5 keV and total masses between 1.5 and 2.6 x 10 circumflex 14 M_sun within a 65 arcsecond radius for the eight clusters. Six of the clusters are MACS discoveries, while two (C10016+1609 and MS 0451.6-0305) were detected by previous X-ray observations and have been recently observed with the Chandra observatory. The X-ray derived temperatures and masses for Cl0016+ 1609 and MS 0451.6-0305 are in good agreement with the SZE-derived values. Strong detections of the SZE signal in this sample of MACS objects confirms that they are hot, massive clusters.
Document ID
20030000540
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Laroque, S. J.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Joy, M.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Carlstrom, J. E.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Ebeling, H.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Bonamente, M.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Dawson, K. S.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Edge, A.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Holzapfel, W. L.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Miller, A. D.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Nagai, D.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Six, N. Frank
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2002
Subject Category
Astronomy
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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