SZ observations with AMI of the hottest galaxy clusters detected in the XMM-Newton Cluster Survey

We have obtained deep SZ observations towards 15 of the apparently hottest XMM Cluster Survey (XCS) clusters that can be observed with the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager (AMI). We use a Bayesian analysis to quantify the significance of our SZ detections. We detect the SZ effect at high significance to...

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Main Authors Consortium, AMI, Shimwell, Timothy W, Rodriguez-Gonzalvez, Carmen, Feroz, Farhan, Franzen, Thomas M O, Grainge, Keith J B, Hobson, Michael P, Hurley-Walker, Natasha, Lasenby, Anthony N, Lloyd-Davies, E J, Olamaie, Malak, Perrott, Yvette C, Pooley, Guy G, Rumsey, Clare, Romer, A Kathy, Saunders, Richard D E, Scaife, Anna M M, Schammel, Michel P, Scott, Paul F, Titterington, David J, Waldram, Elizabeth M
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 28.05.2013
Subjects
Bayesian analysis
Estimates
Galactic clusters
Galaxies
Parameter estimation
Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Temperature
XMM (spacecraft)
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Summary:We have obtained deep SZ observations towards 15 of the apparently hottest XMM Cluster Survey (XCS) clusters that can be observed with the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager (AMI). We use a Bayesian analysis to quantify the significance of our SZ detections. We detect the SZ effect at high significance towards three of the clusters and at lower significance for a further two clusters. Towards the remaining ten clusters, no clear SZ signal was measured. We derive cluster parameters using the XCS mass estimates as a prior in our Bayesian analysis. For all AMI-detected clusters, we calculate large-scale mass and temperature estimates while for all undetected clusters we determine upper limits on these parameters. We find that the large- scale mean temperatures derived from our AMI SZ measurements (and the upper limits from null detections) are substantially lower than the XCS-based core-temperature estimates. For clusters detected in the SZ, the mean temperature is, on average, a factor of 1.4 lower than temperatures from the XCS. For clusters undetected in SZ, the average 68% upper limit on the mean temperature is a factor of 1.9 below the XCS temperature.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1305.6654