Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2012-02-09
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
SZ clusters surveys like Planck, the South Pole Telescope, and the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, will soon be publishing several hundred SZ-selected systems. The key ingredient required to transport the mass calibration from current X-ray selected cluster samples to these SZ systems is the Ysz--Yx scaling relation. We constrain the amplitude, slope, and scatter of the Ysz--Yx scaling relation using SZ data from Planck, and X-ray data from Chandra. We find a best fit amplitude of \ln (D_A^2\Ysz/CY_X) = -0.202 \pm 0.024 at the pivot point CY_X=8\times 10^{-5} Mpc^2. This corresponds to a Ysz/Yx-ratio of 0.82\pm 0.024, in good agreement with X-ray expectations after including the effects of gas clumping. The slope of the relation is \alpha=0.916\pm 0.032, consistent with unity at \approx 2.3\sigma. We are unable to detect intrinsic scatter, and find no evidence that the scaling relation depends on cluster dynamical state.
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Rozo Eduardo
Vikhlinin Alexey
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