The APEX Sunyaev-Zeldovich Galaxy Cluster Survey

• Applicants: Professor Dr. Frank Bertoldi; Professor Dr. Hans Böhringer
• Subject Area: Astrophysics and Astronomy
• Term: from 2005 to 2012
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5449752

• Final Report Year: 2012

Final Report Abstract

In four years of observations with the APEX telescope, we have imaged the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect (SZE) from over 40 galaxy clusters, encompassing a wide range in cluster mass and redshift. Over 30 of these clusters were detected with high significance. The analysis of the full data set is still ongoing. In conjunction with X-ray imaging we have used our SZ maps to model the intra-cluster gas physics, we have been pursuing multi-frequency imaging observations to study the 3-D distribution of gas and cluster dynamics, and we investigated SZE “contaminants” such as starburst and radio galaxies. The SPP support allowed us to participate as a central partner in this project together with our North-American colleagues in the development of the science goals, the planning and preparation of the observations, acquisition of time with APEX and other telescopes, the development of advanced data analysis tools, the support of the observations in Chile, the data analysis, and the scientific analysis and publication of the results.

Publications

• 2003, NewAR, 47, 933: APEX-SZ a Sunyaev-Zel’dovich galaxy cluster survey
  Schwan, D., et al.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newar.2003.09.008)
• 2006, NewAR, 50, 960: APEX-SZ first light and instrument status
  Dobbs, M., et al.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newar.2006.09.029)
• 2008, Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 151, 697: TES Bolometer Array for the APEX-SZ Camera
  Mehl, J., et al.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-008-9738-1)
• 2009, A&A, 506, 623: Multi-frequency imaging of the galaxy cluster Abell 2163 using the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect
  Nord, M., et al.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911746)
• 2009, ApJ, 701, 1958: Constraints on the High-ell Power Spectrum of Millimeter-Wave Anisotropies from APEX-SZ
  Reichardt, C. L., et al.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/701/2/1958)
• 2009, ApJ, 701, 42: Sunyaev-Zel’Dovich Effect Observations of the Bullet Cluster (1E 0657-56) with APEX-SZ
  Halverson, N. W., et al.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/701/1/42)
• 2009, Astro2010: The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, 96: Calibrating Galaxy Clusters as a Tool for Cosmology via Studies of the Intracluster Medium
  Golwala, S.R., et al.
  
• 2009, Astro2010: The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, 97: Understanding the State of the Intracluster Medium in Galaxy Clusters
  Golwala, S.R., et al.
  
• 2010, A&A, 514, A77: Submillimeter galaxies behind the Bullet cluster (1E 0657-56)
  Johansson, D., et al.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913833)
• 2010, A&A, 519, A29: Non-parametric modeling of the intra-cluster gas using APEX-SZ bolometer imaging data
  Basu, K., et al.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913334)
• 2011, A&A, 526, A18: The XMM-LSS survey: optical assessment and properties of different X-ray selected cluster classes
  Adami, C., et al.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015182)
• 2011, A&A, 529, A124: Redshift evolution of the 1.4 GHz volume averaged radio luminosity function in clusters of galaxies
  Sommer, M. W., et al.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201016150)
• 2011, MNRAS, 414, 1732: Precision cosmology with a wide area XMM cluster survey
  Pierre, M., et al.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18511.x)
• 2011, Review of Scientific Instruments, 82, 091301: Millimeterwave bolometer array receiver for the Atacama pathfinder experiment Sunyaev-Zel’dovich (APEX-SZ) instrument
  Schwan, D., et al.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3637460)
• (2012). A Sunyaev–Zel'dovich take on cluster radio haloes–I. Global scaling and bi-modality using Planck data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 421(1), L112-L116
  Basu, K.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2012.01217.x)
• Frequency multiplexed superconducting quantum interference device readout of large bolometer arrays for cosmic microwave background measurements. In: The Review of scientific instruments 83 (7), S. 73113
  Dobbs, M. A., et al.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737629)