Determining the Cosmic Distance Scale from Interferometric Measurements of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect

By E. Reese, J. Carlstrom, M. Joy, Joseph J. Mohr, L. Grego, W. Holzapfel. 2002

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We determine the distances to 18 galaxy clusters with redshifts ranging from z ~ 0.14 to 0.78 from a maximum likelihood joint analysis of 30 GHz interferometric Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect (SZE) and X-ray observations. We model the intracluster medium (ICM) using a spherical isothermal β model. We quantify the statistical and systematic uncertainties inherent to these direct distance measurements, and we determine constraints on the Hubble parameter for three different cosmologies. These distances imply a Hubble constant of 60 km s-1 Mpc-1 for an ΩM = 0.3, ΩΛ = 0.7 cosmology, where the uncertainties correspond to statistical followed by systematic at 68% confidence. With a sample of 18 clusters, systematic uncertainties clearly dominate. The systematics are observationally approachable and will be addressed in the coming years through the current generation of X-ray satellites (Chandra and XMM-Newton) and radio observatories (Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association, and Very Large Array). Analysis of high-redshift clusters detected in future SZE and X-ray surveys will allow a determination of the geometry of the universe from SZE-determined distances.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Constraints on the Equation of State of Dark Energy and the Hubble Constant from Stellar Ages and the Cosmic Microwave Background (2003, methodology): “…the joint likelihood analysis of WMAP+2dFGRS+Ly forest power spectrum (h ¼ 0:71þ0:04 0:08; Spergel et al. 2003), with gravitational lens time delay determinations (h ¼ 0:59þ0:12 0:07 0:03; Treu & Koopmans 2002), and Sunyaev-Zeldovich measurements (h ¼ 0:60þ0:04þ0:130:04 0:18 ; Reese et al. 2002).”
An alternative to the cosmological 'concordance model' (2003, background): “For instance, Sunyaev-Zeldovitch (S-Z) distances to 41 clusters give a value of 54+4 −3 km/s/Mpc in an E-deS universe (Reese et al. 2002); furthermore any clumping of the X-ray emitting gas would lower the actual value by up to ∼ 20%.”
Measuring the Three-dimensional Structure of Galaxy Clusters. I. Application to a Sample of 25 Clusters (2005, methodology): “The sample discussed by Reese et al. (2002) consists of 18 X-ray–selected clusters with z 0:14, 15 , and LX(0:1 2:4 keV) 5 ; 1044 h 250 ergs s 1 and for which highS/N detections of SZE, high-S/N X-ray imaging, and electron temperatures were available.”
Determination of the Cosmic Distance Scale from Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Effect and Chandra X-Ray Measurements of High-Redshift Galaxy Clusters (2005, methodology): “A detailed discussion of radio point sources is provided in Reese et al. (2002).”
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X-Ray and Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Effect Measurements of the Gas Mass Fraction in Galaxy Clusters (2006, methodology): “Reese et al. (2002) report that, for a cluster with Tx = 8.0 keV and with typical line of sight peculiar velocity of 300 km s−1 (Watkins 1997; Colberg et al. 2000), the kinetic SZE would be 4% of the thermal SZE for our 30 GHz observations.”
THE ATACAMA COSMOLOGY TELESCOPE: SUNYAEV–ZEL'DOVICH-SELECTED GALAXY CLUSTERS AT 148 GHz IN THE 2008 SURVEY (2010, background): “In the last decade, these geometric measurements have been expanded to statistically significant samples of clusters (e.g., the OVRO/BIMA studies by Reese et al. 2002 and Bonamente et al. 2006) and serve as an independent check on estimates that rely on the conventional extragalactic distance…”
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