Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-03-21
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 6 figures, ApJ Submitted
Scientific paper
We perform a maximum likelihood analysis of the cluster abundance measured in the SDSS using the maxBCG cluster finding algorithm. Our analysis is aimed at constraining the power spectrum normalization $\sigma_8$, and assumes flat cosmologies with a scale invariant spectrum, massless neutrinos, and CMB and supernova priors Omega_m*h^2=0.128+/-0.01 and h=0.72+/-0.05 respectively. Following the method described in the companion paper Rozo et al. 2007, we derive \sigma_8=0.92+/-0.10$ (1-sigma) after marginalizing over all major systematic uncertainties. We place strong lower limits on the normalization, sigma_8>0.76 (95% CL) (>0.68 at 99% CL). We also find that our analysis favors relatively low values for the slope of the Halo Occupation Distribution (HOD), alpha=0.83+/-0.06. The uncertainties of these determinations will substantially improve upon completion of an ongoing campaign to estimate dynamical, weak lensing, and X-ray cluster masses in the SDSS maxBCG cluster sample.
Annis James
Evrard August E.
Frieman Joshua A.
Johnston David
Koester Benjamin P.
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