Detection of a CMB decrement towards the z = 3.8 quasar pair PC1643+4631A&B
arXiv:astro-ph/9611218 · doi:10.1086/310564
Abstract
In a 15-GHz Ryle-Telescope observation of PC1643+4631 A & B, a pair of quasars at redshifts z = 3.79 and 3.83 separated by 198 arcsec on the sky, we find a decrement in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) of -380 +/- 64 uJy in a 110 arcsec x 175 arcsec beam. Assuming this to be a Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect due to an intervening cluster, the minimum magnitude of the central temperature decrement is 560 uK. A serendipitous ROSAT observation shows that there is no X-ray-luminous cluster in the direction of the decrement at z < 1. The implied gas mass is >~ 2 x 10^{14} solar masses (assuming a temperature of ~ 5 keV), indicating a total mass of > 10^{15} solar masses. This result demonstrates the existence of a massive system too distant to be detected by its emission, but which can be found via its imprint on the CMB.
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