Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010apj...720..299c&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 720, Issue 1, pp. 299-305 (2010).
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Cosmic Background Radiation, Galaxies: Active, Submillimeter: General
Scientific paper
We perform a cross-correlation analysis of microwave data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe and photometric quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, testing for the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect from quasars. A statistically significant (2.5σ) temperature decrement exists in the 41 GHz microwave band. A two-component fit to the cross-correlation spectrum incorporating both dust emission and SZ yields a best-fit y parameter of (7.0 ± 3.4) × 10-7. A similar cross-correlation analysis with the luminous red galaxy sample from Sloan gives a best-fit y parameter of (5.3 ± 2.5) × 10-7. We discuss the possible physical origin of these signals, which is likely a combination of SZ effects from quasars and galaxy clusters. Both the Planck Surveyor satellite and the current ground-based arcminute-resolution microwave experiments will detect this signal with a higher statistical significance.
Chatterjee Suchetana
Ho Shirley
Kosowsky Arthur
Newman Jeffrey A.
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