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most citedCluster Cosmology Constraints from the 2500 deg SPT-SZ Survey: Inclusion of Weak Gravitational Lensing Data from Magellan and the Hubble Space Telescope

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astro-ph.CO2026

Resolving 3 Exotic Hyperbolic-Umbilic Lensing Configurations in the "Cosmic Mantis": An Exploration of RXJ0437.1+0043 with JWST

Catherine Cerny, David J. Lagattuta, Keren Sharon +12

We present an updated strong lensing model for the galaxy cluster RXJ0437.1+0043 (z=0.285) using new JWST NIRCam imaging in four pass-bands. The cluster field notably displays at l…

astro-ph.CO2026

Galaxy Clusters Selected via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in 5 year data from the SPT-3G Main Survey

L. E. Bleem, M. Klein, K. Kornoelje +148

We report a new galaxy cluster catalog, selected using the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect, from 5 years of observations of the SPT-3G Main field. Drawn from arcminute-resol…

astro-ph.CO2025

SLICE -- Combining Strong Lensing and X-ray in AC 114. Further Insights into the Merger Scenario

Marceau Limousin, Benjamin Beauchesne, Keren Sharon +14

AC114 is a historically significant galaxy cluster, being one of the first strong lensing clusters detected from the ground in the early 1990s, prior to the launch of the HST. Desp…

astro-ph.CO2025

Tracing Structure: Shape and Centroid Deviations in 39 Strong Lensing Clusters as a Test of Cluster Formation Predictions

Raven Gassis, Matthew B. Bayliss, Keren Sharon +10

Strong lensing galaxy clusters provide a unique and powerful way to test simulation-derived structure predictions that follow from Cold Dark Matter (CDM) cosmology. Specific…

astro-ph.CO2025

The Chandra Strong Lens Sample: Measuring the Dynamical States and Relaxation Fraction of a Sample of 28 Strong Lensing Selected Galaxy Clusters

Raven Gassis, Matthew B. Bayliss, Michael McDonald +10

We present the results of our dynamical state proxy measurements performed on 28 strong lensing galaxy clusters from the Sloan Giant Arcs Survey (SGAS). Using Chandra ACIS-I/S X-ra…

astro-ph.CO2025

A Strong Gravitational Lensing Model of PSZ2 G118.46+39.32

Isaac Smith, Catherine Cerny, Keren Sharon +4

We present the first strong gravitational lensing model for the cluster PSZ2 G118.46+39.32 (z = 0.3967) using new NIRCam imaging from the Strong LensIng and Cluster Evolution (SLIC…

astro-ph.CO2025

The z=1.03 Merging Cluster SPT-CL J0356-5337: New Strong Lensing Analysis with HST and MUSE

Grace Smith, Guillaume Mahler, Kate Napier +8

We present a strong lensing analysis and reconstruct the mass distribution of SPT-CL J0356-5337, a galaxy cluster at redshift z = 1.034. Our model supersedes previous models by mak…

astro-ph.CO2025★ 4 cited

Strong LensIng and Cluster Evolution (SLICE) with JWST: Early Results, Lens Models, and High-Redshift Detections

Catherine Cerny, Guillaume Mahler, Keren Sharon +24

We leverage JWST's superb resolution to derive strong lensing mass maps of 14 clusters, spanning a redshift range of and a mass range of $M_{500}\sim2-12 \times…

astro-ph.CO2024

Multiprobe Cosmology from the Abundance of SPT Clusters and DES Galaxy Clustering and Weak Lensing

S. Bocquet, S. Grandis, E. Krause +216

Cosmic shear, galaxy clustering, and the abundance of massive halos each probe the large-scale structure of the Universe in complementary ways. We present cosmological constraints…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 7 cited

SPT Clusters with DES and HST Weak Lensing. II. Cosmological Constraints from the Abundance of Massive Halos

S. Bocquet, S. Grandis, L. E. Bleem +193

We present cosmological constraints from the abundance of galaxy clusters selected via the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect in South Pole Telescope (SPT) data with a simultan…

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.CO2023★ 6 cited

SPT Clusters with DES and HST Weak Lensing. I. Cluster Lensing and Bayesian Population Modeling of Multi-Wavelength Cluster Datasets

S. Bocquet, S. Grandis, L. E. Bleem +130

We present a Bayesian population modeling method to analyze the abundance of galaxy clusters identified by the South Pole Telescope (SPT) with a simultaneous mass calibration using…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 1 cited

Redshift Evolution of the Feedback / Cooling Equilibrium in the Core of 48 SPT Galaxy Clusters: A Joint -SPT-ATCA analysis

F. Ruppin, M. McDonald, J. Hlavacek-Larrondo +17

We analyze the cooling and feedback properties of 48 galaxy clusters at redshifts selected from the South Pole Telescope (SPT) catalogs to evolve like the progenito…

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★ 30 cited

Evolution of the Thermodynamic Properties of Clusters of Galaxies out to Redshift of 1.8

V. Ghirardini, E. Bulbul, R. Kraft +11

The thermodynamic properties of the hot plasma in galaxy clusters retains information on the processes leading to the formation and evolution of the gas in their deep, dark matter…

astro-ph.CO2019★ 207 cited

The SPTpol Extended Cluster Survey

L. E. Bleem, S. Bocquet, B. Stalder +135

We describe the observations and resultant galaxy cluster catalog from the 2770 deg SPTpol Extended Cluster Survey (SPT-ECS). Clusters are identified via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich…

astro-ph.CO2019★ 82 cited

Galaxy Clusters Selected via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in the SPTpol 100-Square-Degree Survey

N. Huang, L. E. Bleem, B. Stalder +74

We present a catalog of galaxy cluster candidates detected in 100 square degrees surveyed with the SPTpol receiver on the South Pole Telescope. The catalog contains 89 candidates d…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 368 cited

Cluster Cosmology Constraints from the 2500 deg SPT-SZ Survey: Inclusion of Weak Gravitational Lensing Data from Magellan and the Hubble Space Telescope

S. Bocquet, J. P. Dietrich, T. Schrabback +77

We derive cosmological constraints using a galaxy cluster sample selected from the 2500~deg SPT-SZ survey. The sample spans the redshift range and contains 343 c…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 128 cited

X-ray Properties of SPT Selected Galaxy Clusters at 0.2<z<1.5 Observed with XMM-Newton

Esra Bulbul, I-Non Chiu, Joseph J. Mohr +22

We present measurements of the X-ray observables of the intra-cluster medium (ICM), including luminosity , ICM mass , emission-weighted mean temperature , and in…