Constraints on the richness–mass relation and the optical-SZE positional offset distribution for SZE-selected clusters
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McDonald, Michael A.
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We cross-match galaxy cluster candidates selected via their Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect (SZE) signatures in 129.1 deg[superscript 2] of the South Pole Telescope 2500d SPT-SZ survey with optically identified clusters selected from the Dark Energy Survey science verification data. We identify 25 clusters between 0.1 ≲ z ≲ 0.8 in the union of the SPT-SZ and redMaPPer (RM) samples. RM is an optical cluster finding algorithm that also returns a richness estimate for each cluster. We model the richness λ-mass relation with the following function 〈ln λ|M500〉 ∝ Bλln M500 + Cλln E(z) and use SPT-SZ cluster masses and RM richnesses λ to constrain the parameters. We find Bλ=1.14[superscript +0.21][subscript −0.18 and
Cλ=0.73[superscript +0.77][subscript −0.75]. The associated scatter in mass at fixed richness is σlnM|λ=0.18[superscript +0.08][subscript −0.05] at a characteristic richness λ = 70. We demonstrate that our model provides an adequate description of the matched sample, showing that the fraction of SPT-SZ-selected clusters with RM counterparts is consistent with expectations and that the fraction of RM-selected clusters with SPT-SZ counterparts is in mild tension with expectation. We model the optical-SZE cluster positional offset distribution with the sum of two Gaussians, showing that it is consistent with a dominant, centrally peaked population and a subdominant population characterized by larger offsets. We also cross-match the RM catalogue with SPT-SZ candidates below the official catalogue threshold significance ξ = 4.5, using the RM catalogue to provide optical confirmation and redshifts for 15 additional clusters with ξ ∈ [4, 4.5].
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2015-10Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space ResearchJournal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Oxford University Press
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Saro, A. et al. “Constraints on the Richness–mass Relation and the Optical-SZE Positional Offset Distribution for SZE-Selected Clusters.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 454.3 (2015): 2305–2319.
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0035-8711
1365-2966