Planck 2013 results. XX. Cosmology from Sunyaev–Zeldovich cluster counts
Cardiff University · Université Paris-Sud · +111 more institutions
Abstract
We present constraints on cosmological parameters using number counts as a function of redshift for a sub-sample of 189 galaxy clusters from the Planck SZ (PSZ) catalogue. The PSZ is selected through the signature of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect, and the sub-sample used here has a signal-to-noise threshold of seven, with each object confirmed as a cluster and all but one with a redshift estimate. We discuss the completeness of the sample and our construction of a likelihood analysis. Using a relation between mass M and SZ signal Y calibrated to X-ray measurements, we derive constraints on the power spectrum amplitude 8 and matter density parameter m in a flat CDM model. We test the robustness of our…
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Authors
254- PAP. A. R. AdeCorresponding
Cardiff University
- NAN. Aghanim
Université Paris-Sud, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
- CAC. Armitage-Caplan
University of Toronto, University of Oxford
- MAM. Arnaud
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Délégation Paris 7, Université Paris Cité, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation, CEA Paris-Saclay, Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
- MAM. Ashdown
University of Cambridge
Topics & keywords
- Physics
- Planck
- Astrophysics
- Cosmology
- Cluster (spacecraft)
- Astronomy
Funding
- NANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- USUK Space Agency
- SFScience Foundation Ireland
- PFPartnership for Advanced Computing in Europe AISBL
- CNCentre National d’Etudes SpatialesAward: IN2P3
- TTekes
- MMax-Planck-Gesellschaft
- CSChina Scholarship Council
- CNCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- MDMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación
- MDMinistério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior
- SAScience and Technology Facilities CouncilAward: IN2P3
- FPFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
- INInstitut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules