Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-08-05
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Latex 5 pages, 4 figures, contribution to Dark Matter 2002 conference proceeding
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0920-5632(03)02078-4
Galaxy cluster surveys provide a powerful means of studying the density and nature of the dark energy. The redshift distribution of detected clusters in a deep, large solid angle SZE or X-ray survey is highly sensitive to the dark energy equation of state. Accurate constraints at the 5% level on the dark energy equation of state require that systematic biases in the mass estimators must be controlled at better than the ~10% level. Observed regularity in the cluster population and the availability of multiple, independent mass estimators suggests these precise measurements are possible. Using hydrodynamical simulations that include preheating, we show that the level of preheating required to explain local galaxy cluster structure has a dramatic effect on X-ray cluster surveys, but only a mild effect on SZE surveys. This suggests that SZE surveys may be optimal for cosmology while X-ray surveys are well suited for studies of the thermal history of the intracluster medium.
Bialek John Joseph
Evrard August E.
Haiman Zoltan
Mohr Joseph John
O'Shea Brian
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