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Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect Imaging of Macs Galaxy Clusters at =>0.5We present 30 GHz interferometric Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect (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, delta > -15 deg) 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(exp 14)/h solar masses within a 65 minute radius (0.28/h Mpc at z = 0.5) 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 C10016+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 confirm that they are hot, massive clusters.
Document ID
20030067612
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
LaRoque, Samuel
(Chicago Univ. Chicago, IL, United States)
Joy, Marshall
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Carlstrom, John E.
(Chicago Univ. Chicago, IL, United States)
Ebeling, Harald
(Hawaii Univ. Honolulu, HI, United States)
Bonamente, Massimiliano
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Dawson, Kyle S.
(California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Edge, Alastair
(Durham Univ. United Kingdom)
Holzapfel, William L.
(California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Miller, Amber D.
(Columbia Univ. New York, NY, United States)
Nagai, Daisuke
(Chicago Univ. Chicago, IL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2003
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal
Volume: 583
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-8253
CONTRACT_GRANT: HST-HF-0113
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF 00-96913
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGT8-52906
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-7986
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGT5-50173
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Public
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