Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: We present a catalog of 4195 optically confirmed Sunyaev–Zel’dovich (SZ) selected galaxy clusters detected with signal-to-noise ratio >4 in 13,211 deg 2 of sky surveyed by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT). Cluster candidates were selected by applying a multifrequency matched filter to 98 and 150 GHz maps constructed from ACT observations obtained from 2008 to 2018 and confirmed using deep, wide-area optical surveys. The clusters span the redshift range 0.04 < z < 1.91 (median z = 0.52). The catalog contains 222 z > 1 clusters, and a total of 868 systems are new discoveries. Assuming an SZ signal versus mass-scaling relation calibrated from X-ray observations, the sample has a 90% completeness mass limit of M 500c > 3.8 × 10 14 M ⊙ , evaluated at z = 0.5, for clusters detected at signal-to-noise ratio >5 in maps filtered at an angular scale of 2.′4. The survey has a large overlap with deep optical weak-lensing surveys that are being used to calibrate the SZ signal mass-scaling relation, such as the Dark Energy Survey (4566 deg 2 ), the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program (469 deg 2 ), and the Kilo Degree Survey (825 deg 2 ). We highlight some noteworthy objects in the sample, including potentially projected systems, clusters with strong lensing features, clusters with active central galaxies or star formation, and systems of multiple clusters that may be physically associated. The cluster catalog will be a useful resource for future cosmological analyses and studying the evolution of the intracluster medium and galaxies in massive clusters over the past 10 Gyr.
Authors: M. Hilton, C. Sifón, S. Naess, M. Madhavacheril, M. Oguri, E. Rozo, E. Rykoff, T. M. C. Abbott, S. Adhikari, M. Aguena, S. Aiola, S. Allam, S. Amodeo, A. Amon, J. Annis, B. Ansarinejad, C. Aros-Bunster, J. E. Austermann, S. Avila, D. Bacon, N. Battaglia, J. A. Beall, D. T. Becker, G. M. Bernstein, E. Bertin, T. Bhandarkar, S. Bhargava, J. R. Bond, D. Brooks, D. L. Burke, E. Calabrese, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, S. K. Choi, A. Choi, C. Conselice, L. N. da Costa, M. Costanzi, D. Crichton, K. T. Crowley, R. Dünner, E. V. Denison, M. J. Devlin, S. R. Dicker, H. T. Diehl, J. P. Dietrich, P. Doel, S. M. Duff, A. J. Duivenvoorden, J. Dunkley, S. Everett, S. Ferraro, I. Ferrero, A. Ferté, B. Flaugher, J. Frieman, P. A. Gallardo, J. García-Bellido, E. Gaztanaga, D. W. Gerdes, P. Giles, J. E. Golec, M. B. Gralla, S. Grandis, D. Gruen, R. A. Gruendl, J. Gschwend, G. Gutierrez, D. Han, W. G. Hartley, M. Hasselfield, J. C. Hill, G. C. Hilton, A. D. Hincks, S. R. Hinton, S-P. P. Ho, K. Honscheid, B. Hoyle, J. Hubmayr, K. M. Huffenberger, J. P. Hughes, A. T. Jaelani, B. Jain, D. J. James, T. Jeltema, S. Kent, K. Knowles, B. J. Koopman, K. Kuehn, O. Lahav, M. Lima, Y-T. Lin, M. Lokken, S. I. Loubser, N. MacCrann, M. A. G. Maia, T. A. Marriage, J. Martin, J. McMahon, P. Melchior, F. Menanteau, R. Miquel, H. Miyatake, K. Moodley, R. Morgan, T. Mroczkowski, F. Nati, L. B. Newburgh, M. D. Niemack, A. J. Nishizawa, R. L. C. Ogando, J. Orlowski-Scherer, L. A. Page, A. Palmese, B. Partridge, F. Paz-Chinchón, P. Phakathi, A. A. Plazas, N. C. Robertson, A. K. Romer, A. Carnero Rosell, M. Salatino, E. Sanchez, E. Schaan, A. Schillaci, N. Sehgal, S. Serrano, T. Shin, S. M. Simon, M. Smith, M. Soares-Santos, D. N. Spergel, S. T. Staggs, E. R. Storer, E. Suchyta, M. E. C. Swanson, G. Tarle, D. Thomas, C. To, H. Trac, J. N. Ullom, L. R. Vale, J. Van Lanen, E. M. Vavagiakis, J. De Vicente, R. D. Wilkinson, E. J. Wollack, Z. Xu, Y. Zhang
Institutions: University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Flatiron Institute, Perimeter Institute, University of Arizona, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, NSF NOIRLab, Universidade de São Paulo, Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Cornell University, Durham University, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, University of Portsmouth, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, University of Pennsylvania, University of Sussex, University of Toronto, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Cardiff University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Stanford University, University College London, Princeton University, University of California, Santa Cruz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of Oslo, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, University of Michigan, University of Chicago, Stony Brook University, Columbia University, Research Center for the Early Universe, The University of Tokyo, The University of Queensland, Florida State University, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Bandung Institute of Technology, Kindai University, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, Yale University, Australian Astronomical Optics, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Johns Hopkins University, North-West University, Nagoya University, The Ohio State University, University of Nottingham, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Institute for High Energy Physics, Trieste Astronomical Observatory, University of Manchester, National Observatory, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe, National Institute for Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, University of California, Santa Cruz, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Ohio State University, California Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins University, University of Portsmouth, National Centre for Supercomputing Applications, Space Telescope Science Institute, Centres de Recerca de Catalunya, Flatiron Health, University College London, European Commission, University of Sussex, Queen's University Belfast, Durham University, National Research Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Academia Sinica, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, Generalitat de Catalunya, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Inyuvesi Yakwazulu-Natali, Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, National Central University, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo, Institut de Física d'Altes Energies, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Toray Science Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Office of Science, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Ohio State University, Science Mission Directorate, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, European Regional Development Fund, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Division of Astronomical Sciences, High Energy Physics, Integrated Electronics Engineering Center, Binghamton University, Planetary Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Fermilab, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Awards: G1039895795, University of Sussex Astronomy Consolidated Grant 2020-2023, G1265542407, G1294705454, G1313983767, G132386199, G1328166135, G154696372, G1635920164, G1682672702, G1813527838, PROPOSAL TO EXPLORE THE FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUENTS OF THE UNIVERSE FUNDING YEARS FY 2018-2020, G1993551506, Observations to Constrain the Origins of Hot Gas Between Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies Across Cosmic Time, G2401681081, Analysis of Atacama Cosmology Telescope data: cosmology beyond Planck, G265847165, G272672434, G28351344, BROAD BANDWIDTH METAMATERIAL ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS FOR MEASUREMENT OF THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP BROAD-BAND METAMATERIAL, THIS PROPOSAL SEEKS SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MILLIMETER-WAVELENGTH MULTICHROIC POLARIMETERS OPTIMIZED FOR DETECTING COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND, Additional AGP funding - supplementary to Sussex Consolidated Grant ST/L000652/1, G3154116105, G3204085874, Gravitational Physics from the Cosmic Microwave Background, G3485823607, On the Trail of the Most Massive Galaxy Clusters in the Observable Universe, Consolidated Grant Astronomy Observation and Theory 2019-2022, G3663515235, G3715052068, G3800303133, The Dark Energy Survey Data Management Operations, University of Sussex Astronomy Consolidated Grant 2017-2020, Astrophysics and Cosmology Research at the JBCA 2020-2023, G387521742, Precision cosmology from early and late-time surveys., G3965623739, G3968781304, G4112406114, G419118642, Gravitational Physics from the Cosmic Microwave Background, G4300914624, A Programme of Technology, Astrophysics and Cosmology in Cardiff 2019-22, G4404904460, G4474636675, G454676879, Mapping Dark Matter on Large and Small Scales with the Cosmic Microwave Background, G490073602, G496129201, G498139845, Collaborative Research with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT): Probing Fundamental Physics Through Observations of Cosmic Structure, G5633881658, Advanced ACTPol, Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit (CASU): Filling the Astronomical Data Lake (2020-2024), G585908603, Discovering Properties of Neutrinos, Inflation, and Dark Energy Using the Cosmic Microwave Background, G6302033403, G6370404480, G642528487, G6480793128, G6514723317, G6598239468, G6619390584, G6676276723, A NEO SEARCH PROGRAM USING THE PAN-STARRS PS1 TELESCOPETHE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO USE T, G6731467812, G6936026503, Gravitational Physics from the Cosmic Microwave Background, G7047877648, G716412294, Management and Operations of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, G7290792616, G7406122311, The Dark Energy Survey: Education and Public Outreach, G7688207967, G7711421660, MAPPING DARK MATTER ON SMALL SCALES WITH THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND, G7744236773, Pan-STARRS1: Operations; Public Data Release; Education and Outreach, G7788408655, G7835623888, 紀伊半島四万十累帯の破砕帯地すべりの発生と予測に関する基礎的研究, ACTPol: The Atacama Cosmology Telescope with Polarization, G833430883, Collaborative Research: The Dark Energy Survey Data Management Operations, CAREER: Probing Fundamental Physics and Cosmic Structure by Maximizing the Impact of Next Generation Microwave Surveys, G86560745, PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF GALAXY CLUSTERS WITH OPTICAL AND CMB SURVEYS
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