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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
physics and astronomy
Evidence of galaxy cluster motions with the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect
Physical Review Letters, Volume 109, No. 4, Article 041101, Year 2012
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Using high-resolution microwave sky maps made by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, we for the first time present strong evidence for motions of galaxy clusters and groups via microwave background temperature distortions due to the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect. Galaxy clusters are identified by their constituent luminous galaxies observed by the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III. We measure the mean pairwise momentum of clusters, with a probability of the signal being due to random errors of 0.002, and the signal is consistent with the growth of cosmic structure in the standard model of cosmology. © 2012 American Physical Society.
Authors & Co-Authors
Hand, Nick
United States, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
United States, Princeton
Princeton University
Addison, Graeme E.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Aubourg, Éric
France, Paris
Université Paris Cité
Battaglia, Nicholas
United States, Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mellon University
Battistelli, Elia Stefano
Italy, Rome
Sapienza Università Di Roma
Bizyaev, Dmitry Anatolevich
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Bond, J. Richard
Canada, Toronto
L’institut Canadien D’astrophysique Théorique
Brewington, Howard J.
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Brinkmann, Jonathan V.
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Brown, Ben R.
United States, Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Das, Sudeep
United States, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
United States, Berkeley
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dawson, Kyle S.
United States, Salt Lake City
The University of Utah
Devlin, Mark J.
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Dunkley, Joanna
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Dünner, Rolando
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Eisenstein, Daniel J.
United States, Cambridge
Harvard College Observatory
Fowler, Joseph W.
United States, Gaithersburg
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gralla, Megan B.
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Hajian, Amir
Canada, Toronto
L’institut Canadien D’astrophysique Théorique
Halpern, Mark
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Hilton, Matt
United Kingdom, Nottingham
University of Nottingham
Hincks, Adam D.
Canada, Toronto
L’institut Canadien D’astrophysique Théorique
United States, Princeton
Princeton University
Hložek, Renée A.
United States, Princeton
Princeton University
Hughes, John P.
United States, New Brunswick
Rutgers University–new Brunswick
Infante, Leopoldo
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Irwin, Kent D.
United States, Gaithersburg
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Kosowsky, Arthur B.
United States, Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Lin, Yen Ting
Taiwan, Taipei
Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Malanushenko, Elena
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Malanushenko, Viktor P.
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Marriage, Tobias A.
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Marsden, Danica W.
United States, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
Menanteau, Felipe
United States, New Brunswick
Rutgers University–new Brunswick
Moodley, Kavilan
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Niemack, Michael D.
United States, Gaithersburg
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Nolta, Michael R.
Canada, Toronto
L’institut Canadien D’astrophysique Théorique
Oravetz, Daniel J.
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Page, Lyman A.
United States, Princeton
Princeton University
Palanque-Delabrouille, Nathalie
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Institut de Recherche Sur Les Lois Fondamentales de L'univers
Pan, Kaike
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Reese, Erik D.
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Schlegel, David J.
United States, Berkeley
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
P. Schneider, Donald P.
United States, University Park
Pennsylvania State University
Sehgal, Neelima
United States, Princeton
Princeton University
Shelden, Alaina
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Sievers, Jonathan L.
Canada, Toronto
L’institut Canadien D’astrophysique Théorique
United States, Princeton
Princeton University
Sifón, Cristóbal
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Simmons, Audrey E.
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Snedden, Stephanie A.
United States, Sunspot
Apache Point Observatory
Spergel, David N.
United States, Princeton
Princeton University
Staggs, Suzanne T.
United States, Princeton
Princeton University
Swetz, Daniel S.
United States, Gaithersburg
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Switzer, Eric R.
Canada, Toronto
L’institut Canadien D’astrophysique Théorique
Trac, H. Y.
United States, Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mellon University
Weaver, Benjamin Alan
United States, New York
The Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics
Wollack, Edward J.
United States, Greenbelt
Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center
Yéche, Christophe
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Institut de Recherche Sur Les Lois Fondamentales de L'univers
Zunckel, Caroline
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Statistics
Citations: 162
Authors: 58
Affiliations: 26
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.041101
ISSN:
00319007
e-ISSN:
10797114
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