Constraining the Rotational Kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in Massive Galaxy Clusters

Abstract

We constrain the rotational kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (rkSZ) effect in Planck data using a sample of rotating galaxy clusters identified in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We extract cluster-centered cutouts from Planck cosmic microwave background (CMB) maps that have been cleaned of thermal SZ signal. Using previous constraints on the cluster rotation vectors determined from the motions of galaxies, we fit for the amplitude of the rkSZ effect in the CMB cutouts, marginalizing over parameters describing the cluster electron distribution. We also employ an alternative, less model-dependent approach to measuring the rkSZ signal that involves measuring the dipole induced by the rkSZ in rotation velocity-oriented CMB stacks. In both cases, we find roughly $2\sigma$ evidence for a rkSZ signal consistent with the expected amplitude and morphology. We comment on future directions for measurements of the rkSZ signal.

10 pages, 4 figures; comments welcome!

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