Measurement of the Hubble Constant from X-ray and 2.1 mm Observations of Abell 2163

Abstract

We report 2.1 mm observations of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (S-Z) effect; these observations confirm our previous detection of a decrement in the Cosmic Microwave Background intensity towards the cluster Abell 2163. The S-Z data are analyzed using the relativistically correct expression for the Comptonization. We begin by assuming the intracluster (IC) gas to be isothermal at the emission weighted average temperature determined by a combined analysis of the ASCA and GINGA X-ray satellite observations. Combining the X-ray and S-Z measurements, we determine the Hubble constant to be H_0(q_0=0.5)= 60 +40/-23 km/s/Mpc, where the uncertainty is dominated by the systematic difference in the ASCA and GINGA determined IC gas temperatures. ASCA observations suggest the presence of a significant thermal gradient in the IC gas. We determine $H_0$ as a function of the assumed IC gas thermal structure. Using the ASCA determined thermal structure and keeping the emission weighted average temperature the same as in the isothermal case, we find H_0(q_0=0.5)= 78 +54/-28 km/s/Mpc. Including additional uncertainties due to cluster asphericity, peculiar velocity, IC gas clumping, and astrophysical confusion, we find H_0(q_0=0.5)= 78 +60/-40 km/s/Mpc.

24 pages, 10 postscript figures, LaTeX(aaspptwo.sty), ApJ(in press)

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