The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect was previously measured in the Coma Cluster by the Owens Valley Radio Observatory and Millimeter and IR Testa Grigia Observatory experiments and recently also with the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe satellite. We assess the consistency of these results and their implications on the feasibility of high-frequency SZ work with ground-based telescopes. The unique data set from the combined measurements at six frequency bands is jointly analyzed, resulting in a best-fit value for the Thomson optical depth at the cluster center tau(0) = (5.35 +/- 0.67) x 10(-3). The combined X-ray and SZ determined properties of the gas are used to determine the Hubble constant. For isothermal gas with a beta density profile we derive; the H-0 = 84 +/- 26 km (s Mpc)(-1); the (1 sigma) error includes only observational SZ and X- ray uncertainties.
Triple experiment spectrum of the Sunyaev Zel'dovich effect in the Coma cluster: H0 / Battistelli, Elia Stefano; DE PETRIS, Marco; Lamagna, Luca; Luzzi, Gemma; Maoli, Roberto; Melchiorri, Alessandro; A., Orlando; E., Palladino; Savini, Giorgio; Y., Rephaeli; M., Shimon; S., Colafrancesco; E., Kreysa; M., Signore. - In: THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. - ISSN 0004-637X. - 598:(2003), pp. 75-78. [10.1086/380778]
Triple experiment spectrum of the Sunyaev Zel'dovich effect in the Coma cluster: H0
BATTISTELLI, Elia Stefano;DE PETRIS, Marco;LAMAGNA, Luca;LUZZI, GEMMA;MAOLI, Roberto;MELCHIORRI, Alessandro;SAVINI, Giorgio;
2003
Abstract
The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect was previously measured in the Coma Cluster by the Owens Valley Radio Observatory and Millimeter and IR Testa Grigia Observatory experiments and recently also with the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe satellite. We assess the consistency of these results and their implications on the feasibility of high-frequency SZ work with ground-based telescopes. The unique data set from the combined measurements at six frequency bands is jointly analyzed, resulting in a best-fit value for the Thomson optical depth at the cluster center tau(0) = (5.35 +/- 0.67) x 10(-3). The combined X-ray and SZ determined properties of the gas are used to determine the Hubble constant. For isothermal gas with a beta density profile we derive; the H-0 = 84 +/- 26 km (s Mpc)(-1); the (1 sigma) error includes only observational SZ and X- ray uncertainties.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.