Using clusters in SZE + x-ray surveys as an ensemble of rulers to constrain cosmology
arXiv:1005.0388 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.82.081301
Abstract
Ongoing and upcoming surveys in x-rays and SZE are expected to jointly detect many clusters due to the large overlap in sky coverage. We show that, these clusters can be used as an ensemble of rulers to estimate the angular diameter distance, d_A(z). This comes at no extra observational cost, as these clusters form a subset of a much larger sample, assembled to build cluster number counts dn/dz. On using this d_A(z), the dark energy constraints can be improved by factors of 1.5 - 4, over those from just dn/dn. Even in the presence of a mass follow-up of 100 clusters (done for mass calibration), the dark energy constraints can be further tightened by factors of 2 - 3 . Adding d_A(z) from clusters is similar to adding d_L(z), from the SNe observations; for eg., dn/dn (from ACT/SPT) plus d_A(z) is comparable to dn/dz plus d_L(z) in constraining Omega_m and sigma_8.
arXiv comment5 pages, 3 figures and 2 tables; contains significant revisions; matches published version in PRD
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