Systematic Errors in the Hubble Constant Based on Measurement of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect

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1997-02-07

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9702072v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

31 pages, Latex, 2 tables, 10 postscript figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ, scheduled for June 20, 1997

Scientific paper

10.1086/304176

Values of the Hubble constant reported to date which are based on measurement of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect in clusters of galaxies are systematically lower than those derived by other methods (e.g., Cepheid variable stars, or the Tully-Fisher relation). We investigate the possibility that systematic errors may be introduced into the analysis by the generally adopted assumptions that observed clusters are in hydrostatic equilibrium, are spherically symmetric, and are isothermal. We construct self-consistent theoretical models of merging clusters of galaxies using hydrodynamical/N-body simulations. We then compute the magnitude of Ho derived from the SZ effect at different times and at different projection angles both from first principles, and by applying each of the standard assumptions used in the interpretation of observations. Our results indicate that the assumption of isothermality in the evolving clusters can result in Ho being underestimated by 10-30% depending on both epoch and projection angle. Moreover, use of the projected, emission-weighted temperature profile under the assumption of spherical symmetry does not significantly improve the situation except in the case of more extreme mergers (i.e., those involving relatively gas-rich subclusters).

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