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most citedCANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey

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astro-ph.CO2023

SPT-SZ MCMF: An extension of the SPT-SZ catalog over the DES region

M. Klein, J. J. Mohr, S. Bocquet +104

We present an extension to a Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect (SZE) selected cluster catalog based on observations from the South Pole Telescope (SPT); this catalog extends to lower signa…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 22 cited

Extending empirical constraints on the SZ-mass scaling relation to higher redshifts via HST weak lensing measurements of nine clusters from the SPT-SZ survey at

Hannah Zohren, Tim Schrabback, Sebastian Bocquet +17

We present a Hubble Space Telescope (HST) weak gravitational lensing study of nine distant and massive galaxy clusters with redshifts ($z_\mathrm{medi…

astro-ph.CO2021

Combining Planck and SPT cluster catalogs: cosmological analysis and impact on Planck scaling relation calibration

L. Salvati, A. Saro, S. Bocquet +41

We provide the first combined cosmological analysis of South Pole Telescope (SPT) and Planck cluster catalogs. The aim is to provide an independent calibration for Planck scaling r…

astro-ph.CO2021★ 62 cited

Cosmological Constraints from Gas Mass Fractions of Massive, Relaxed Galaxy Clusters

Adam B. Mantz, Steven W. Allen, Rebecca E. A. Canning +14

We present updated cosmological constraints from measurements of the gas mass fractions () of massive, dynamically relaxed galaxy clusters. Our new data set has greater le…

astro-ph.CO2021★ 19 cited

Improving cosmological constraints from galaxy cluster number counts with CMB-cluster-lensing data: Results from the SPT-SZ survey and forecasts for the future

P. S. Chaubal, C. L. Reichardt, N. Gupta +40

We show the improvement to cosmological constraints from galaxy cluster surveys with the addition of CMB-cluster lensing data. We explore the cosmological implications of adding ma…

astro-ph.CO2021

Mapping the intracluster medium temperature in the era of NIKA2 and MUSTANG-2

F. Ruppin, R. Adam, P. Ade +50

We present preliminary results from an on-going program that aims at mapping the intracluster medium (ICM) temperature of high redshift galaxy clusters from the MaDCoWS sample usin…

astro-ph.CO2021★ 18 cited

The History of Metal Enrichment Traced by X-ray Observations of High Redshift Galaxy Clusters

Anthony M. Flores, Adam B. Mantz, Steven W. Allen +7

We present the analysis of deep X-ray observations of 10 massive galaxy clusters at redshifts , with the primary goal of measuring the metallicity of the intraclus…

astro-ph.CO2021★ 22 cited

Weak lensing mass modeling bias and the impact of miscentring

Martin W. Sommer, Tim Schrabback, Douglas E. Applegate +4

Parametric modeling of galaxy cluster density profiles from weak lensing observations leads to a mass bias, whose detailed understanding is critical in deriving accurate mass-obser…

astro-ph.CO2021★ 16 cited

The HST See Change Program: I. Survey Design, Pipeline, and Supernova Discoveries

Brian Hayden, David Rubin, Kyle Boone +53

The See Change survey was designed to make cosmological measurements by efficiently discovering high-redshift Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) and improving cluster mass measureme…

astro-ph.CO2021★ 34 cited

Exploring the contamination of the DES-Y1 Cluster Sample with SPT-SZ selected clusters

S. Grandis, J. J. Mohr, M. Costanzi +73

We perform a cross validation of the cluster catalog selected by the red-sequence Matched-filter Probabilistic Percolation algorithm (redMaPPer) in Dark Energy Survey year 1 (DES-Y…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 32 cited

Stability of Cool Cores During Galaxy Cluster Growth: A Joint /SPT Analysis of 67 Galaxy Clusters Along a Common Evolutionary Track Spanning 9 Gyr

F. Ruppin, M. McDonald, L. E. Bleem +5

We present the results of a joint analysis of X-ray and South Pole Telescope (SPT) SZ observations targeting the first sample of galaxy clusters at , selec…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 41 cited

Mass calibration of distant SPT galaxy clusters through expanded weak lensing follow-up observations with HST, VLT & Gemini-South

T. Schrabback, S. Bocquet, M. Sommer +18

Expanding from previous work we present weak lensing measurements for a total sample of 30 distant () massive galaxy clusters from the South Pole Telescope…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 22 cited

Deep XMM-Newton Observations of the Most Distant SPT-SZ Galaxy Cluster

Adam B. Mantz, Steven W. Allen, R. Glenn Morris +5

We present results from a 577 ks XMM-Newton observation of SPT-CL J0459-4947, the most distant cluster detected in the South Pole Telescope 2500 square degree (SPT-SZ) survey, and…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 9 cited

The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey: SZ effect Verification with the Atacama Compact Array -- Localization and Cluster Analysis

Luca Di Mascolo, Tony Mroczkowski, Eugene Churazov +9

The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey (MaDCoWS) provides a catalog of high-redshift () infrared-selected galaxy clusters. However, the verifica…

astro-ph.CO2019★ 2 cited

Mapping the gas thermodynamic properties of the massive cluster merger MOO J11421527 at z = 1.2

F. Ruppin, R. Adam, P. Ade +51

We present the results of the analysis of the very massive cluster MOO J11421527 at a redshift based on high angular resolution NIKA2 Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) and $Chan…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 80 cited

Measurement of the Splashback Feature around SZ-selected Galaxy Clusters with DES, SPT and ACT

T. Shin, S. Adhikari, E. J. Baxter +107

We present a detection of the splashback feature around galaxy clusters selected using their Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) signal. Recent measurements of the splashback feature around op…

astro-ph.CO2017★ 21 cited

First Weak-lensing Results from "See Change": Quantifying Dark Matter in the Two Z>1.5 High-redshift Galaxy Clusters SPT-CL J2040-4451 and IDCS J1426+3508

M. James Jee, Jongwan Ko, Saul Perlmutter +4

We present a weak-lensing study of SPT-CLJ2040-4451 and IDCSJ1426+3508 at z=1.48 and 1.75, respectively. The two clusters were observed in our "See Change" program, a HST survey of…

astro-ph.CO2016★ 23 cited

Velocity Segregation and Systematic Biases In Velocity Dispersion Estimates With the SPT-GMOS Spectroscopic Survey

Matthew. B. Bayliss, Kyle Zengo, Jonathan Ruel +15

The velocity distribution of galaxies in clusters is not universal; rather, galaxies are segregated according to their spectral type and relative luminosity. We examine the velocit…

astro-ph.CO2016★ 52 cited

SPT-GMOS: A Gemini/GMOS-South Spectroscopic Survey of Galaxy Clusters in the SPT-SZ Survey

M. B. Bayliss, J. Ruel, C. W. Stubbs +75

We present the results of SPT-GMOS, a spectroscopic survey with the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on Gemini South. The targets of SPT-GMOS are galaxy clusters identified…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 204 cited

Mapping the Galaxy Color-Redshift Relation: Optimal Photometric Redshift Calibration Strategies for Cosmology Surveys

Daniel Masters, Peter Capak, Daniel Stern +17

Calibrating the photometric redshifts of >10^9 galaxies for upcoming weak lensing cosmology experiments is a major challenge for the astrophysics community. The path to obtaining t…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 39 cited

IDCS J1426.5+3508: The Most Massive Galaxy Cluster at

Mark Brodwin, Michael McDonald, Anthony H. Gonzalez +4

We present a deep (100 ks) Chandra observation of IDCS J1426.5+3508, a spectroscopically confirmed, infrared-selected galaxy cluster at . This cluster is the most massive…

astro-ph.CO2014★ 91 cited

A Measurement of Gravitational Lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background by Galaxy Clusters Using Data from the South Pole Telescope

E. J. Baxter, R. Keisler, S. Dodelson +72

Clusters of galaxies are expected to gravitationally lens the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and thereby generate a distinct signal in the CMB on arcminute scales. Measurements…

astro-ph.CO2014★ 44 cited

The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey. III. Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Masses of Galaxy Clusters at

M. Brodwin, C. H. Greer, E. M. Leitch +14

We present CARMA 30 GHz Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) observations of five high-redshift (), infrared-selected galaxy clusters discovered as part of the all-sky Massive and…

astro-ph.CO2014★ 708 cited

Galaxy Clusters Discovered via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in the 2500-square-degree SPT-SZ survey

L. E. Bleem, B. Stalder, T. de Haan +71

We present a catalog of galaxy clusters selected via their Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect signature from 2500 deg of South Pole Telescope (SPT) data. This work represents the c…