Galaxy Cluster Shapes and Systematic Errors in H0 Measured by the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect

Details Galaxy Cluster Shapes and Systematic Errors in H0 Measured by the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Galaxy Cluster Shapes and Systematic Errors in H0 Measured by the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect

1999-03-24

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9903379v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal, 24 March 1998; 4 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/307615

Imaging of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect in galaxy clusters combined with cluster plasma x-ray diagnostics can measure the cosmic distance scale to high redshift. Projecting the inverse-Compton scattering and x-ray emission along the cluster line-of-sight introduces systematic errors in the Hubble constant, H0, because the true shape of the cluster is not known. I present a study of the systematic errors in the value of H0, as determined by the x-ray and SZ properties of theoretical samples of triaxial isothermal ``beta'' model clusters, caused by projection effects and observer orientation. I calculate estimates for H0 for each cluster based on their large and small apparent angular core radii and their arithmetic mean. I demonstrate that the estimates for H0 for a sample of 25 clusters have 99.7% confidence intervals for the mean estimated H0 analyzing the clusters using either their large or mean angular core radius are within 14% of the ``true'' (assumed) value of H0 (and enclose it), for a triaxial beta model cluster sample possessing a distribution of apparent x-ray cluster ellipticities consistent with that of observed x-ray clusters. This limit on the systematic error in H0 caused by cluster shape assumes that each sample beta model cluster has fixed shape; deviations from constant shape within the clusters may introduce additional uncertainty or bias into this result.

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