Galaxy Clusters Selected via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in the SPTpol 100-square-degree Survey

N. Huang; L. E. Bleem; B. Stalder; P. A.R. Ade; S. W. Allen; A. J. Anderson; J. E. Austermann; J. S. Avva; J. A. Beall; A. N. Bender; B. A. Benson; F. Bianchini; S. Bocquet; M. Brodwin; J. E. Carlstrom; C. L. Chang; H. C. Chiang; R. Citron; C. Corbett Moran; T. M. Crawford; A. T. Crites; T. De Haan; M. A. Dobbs; W. Everett; B. Floyd; J. Gallicchio; E. M. George; A. Gilbert; M. D. Gladders; S. Guns; N. Gupta; N. W. Halverson; N. Harrington; J. W. Henning; G. C. Hilton; G. P. Holder; W. L. Holzapfel; J. D. Hrubes; J. Hubmayr; K. D. Irwin; G. Khullar; L. Knox; A. T. Lee; D. Li; A. Lowitz; M. McDonald; J. J. McMahon; S. S. Meyer; L. M. Mocanu; J. Montgomery; A. Nadolski; T. Natoli; J. P. Nibarger; G. Noble; V. Novosad; S. Padin; S. Patil; C. Pryke; C. L. Reichardt; J. E. Ruhl; B. R. Saliwanchik; A. Saro; J. T. Sayre; K. K. Schaffer; K. Sharon; C. Sievers; G. Smecher; A. A. Stark; K. T. Story; C. Tucker; K. Vanderlinde; T. Veach; J. D. Vieira; G. Wang; N. Whitehorn; W. L.K. Wu; V. Yefremenko

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Galaxy Clusters Selected via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in the SPTpol 100-square-degree Survey

N. Huang, L. E. Bleem, B. Stalder, P. A.R. Ade, S. W. Allen, A. J. Anderson, J. E. Austermann, J. S. Avva, J. A. Beall, A. N. Bender, B. A. Benson, F. Bianchini, S. Bocquet, M. Brodwin, J. E. Carlstrom, C. L. Chang, H. C. Chiang, R. Citron, C. Corbett Moran, T. M. CrawfordA. T. Crites, T. De Haan, M. A. Dobbs, W. Everett, B. Floyd, J. Gallicchio, E. M. George, A. Gilbert, M. D. Gladders, S. Guns, N. Gupta, N. W. Halverson, N. Harrington, J. W. Henning, G. C. Hilton, G. P. Holder, W. L. Holzapfel, J. D. Hrubes, J. Hubmayr, K. D. Irwin, G. Khullar, L. Knox, A. T. Lee, D. Li, A. Lowitz, M. McDonald, J. J. McMahon, S. S. Meyer, L. M. Mocanu, J. Montgomery, A. Nadolski, T. Natoli, J. P. Nibarger, G. Noble, V. Novosad, S. Padin, S. Patil, C. Pryke, C. L. Reichardt, J. E. Ruhl, B. R. Saliwanchik, A. Saro, J. T. Sayre, K. K. Schaffer, K. Sharon, C. Sievers, G. Smecher, A. A. Stark, K. T. Story, C. Tucker, K. Vanderlinde, T. Veach, J. D. Vieira, G. Wang, N. Whitehorn, W. L.K. Wu, V. Yefremenko

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We present a catalog of galaxy cluster candidates detected in 100 square degrees surveyed with the SPTpol receiver on the South Pole Telescope. The catalog contains 89 candidates detected with a signal-to-noise ratio greater than 4.6. The candidates are selected using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect at 95 and 150 GHz. Using both space- and ground-based optical and infrared telescopes, we have confirmed 81 candidates as galaxy clusters. We use these follow-up images and archival images to estimate photometric redshifts for 66 galaxy clusters and spectroscopic observations to obtain redshifts for 13 systems. An additional two galaxy clusters are confirmed using the overdensity of near-infrared galaxies only and are presented without redshifts. We find that 15 candidates (18% of the total sample) are at redshift z ≥ 1.0, with a maximum confirmed redshift of z_max = 1.38 ± 0.10. We expect this catalog to contain every galaxy cluster with M_500c = 2.6 ×10¹⁴M⊙ h₇₀^-1 and z > 0.25 in the survey area. The mass threshold is approximately constant above z = 0.25, and the complete catalog has a median mass of approximately M_500c = 2.7 ×10¹⁴M⊙ h₇₀^-1. Compared to previous SPT works, the increased depth of the millimeter-wave data (11.2 and 6.5 μK-arcmin at 95 and 150 GHz, respectively) makes it possible to find more galaxy clusters at high redshift and lower mass.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	110
Journal	Astronomical Journal
Volume	159
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab6a96
State	Published - Mar 2020
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Huang, N., Bleem, L. E., Stalder, B., Ade, P. A. R., Allen, S. W., Anderson, A. J., Austermann, J. E., Avva, J. S., Beall, J. A., Bender, A. N., Benson, B. A., Bianchini, F., Bocquet, S., Brodwin, M., Carlstrom, J. E., Chang, C. L., Chiang, H. C., Citron, R., Moran, C. C., ... Yefremenko, V. (2020). Galaxy Clusters Selected via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in the SPTpol 100-square-degree Survey. Astronomical Journal, 159(3), Article 110. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab6a96

Huang, N, Bleem, LE, Stalder, B, Ade, PAR, Allen, SW, Anderson, AJ, Austermann, JE, Avva, JS, Beall, JA, Bender, AN, Benson, BA, Bianchini, F, Bocquet, S, Brodwin, M, Carlstrom, JE, Chang, CL, Chiang, HC, Citron, R, Moran, CC, Crawford, TM, Crites, AT, Haan, TD, Dobbs, MA, Everett, W, Floyd, B, Gallicchio, J, George, EM, Gilbert, A, Gladders, MD, Guns, S, Gupta, N, Halverson, NW, Harrington, N, Henning, JW, Hilton, GC, Holder, GP, Holzapfel, WL, Hrubes, JD, Hubmayr, J, Irwin, KD, Khullar, G, Knox, L, Lee, AT, Li, D, Lowitz, A, McDonald, M, McMahon, JJ, Meyer, SS, Mocanu, LM, Montgomery, J, Nadolski, A, Natoli, T, Nibarger, JP, Noble, G, Novosad, V, Padin, S, Patil, S, Pryke, C, Reichardt, CL, Ruhl, JE, Saliwanchik, BR, Saro, A, Sayre, JT, Schaffer, KK, Sharon, K, Sievers, C, Smecher, G, Stark, AA, Story, KT, Tucker, C, Vanderlinde, K, Veach, T, Vieira, JD, Wang, G, Whitehorn, N, Wu, WLK & Yefremenko, V 2020, 'Galaxy Clusters Selected via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in the SPTpol 100-square-degree Survey', Astronomical Journal, vol. 159, no. 3, 110. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab6a96

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