Distances and Cosmology From Galaxy Cluster CMB Data

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2003-05-27

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0305515v1

Astrophys.J. 596 (2003) L127-L130

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/379312

The measurement of angular diameter distance to galaxy clusters, through combined Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect data with X-ray emission observations, is now a well-known probe of cosmology. Using a combination of SZ data and a map of the lensed CMB anisotropies by the galaxy cluster potential, we propose an alternative geometric technique to measure distance information primarily through cluster related multi-frequency CMB measurements. We discuss necessary requirements to implement this measurement, potential errors including systematic biases, and the extent to which cosmological parameters can be extracted. While individual cluster distances are not likely to be precise, with upcoming subarcminute resolution wide-area CMB observations, useful information on certain cosmological parameters, such as the equation of state of dark energy, can be obtained from a large sample of galaxy clusters.

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