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SPT-CL J0417-4748: A Deep Chandra Study of a Relaxed Galaxy Cluster Without Central Star Formation
Taweewat Somboonpanyakul, Adam B. Mantz, Steven W. Allen +7
We present an in-depth Chandra X-ray analysis of the galaxy cluster SPT-CL J04174748 (hereafter SPT J0417), at z = 0.58, with a focus on its thermodynamic properties and the app…
Multiwavelength Characterization of a Dynamically Relaxed Cool Core Galaxy Cluster at
Anthony M. Flores, Adam B. Mantz, Steven W. Allen +5
We present imaging and spectroscopic analyses of Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of ACT-CL J0123.50428, one of the most massive, highest redshift galaxy clusters detected wi…
Deep Chandra Observations of the z = 1.16 Relaxed, Cool-core Galaxy Cluster SPT-CL J2215-3537
Haley R. Stueber, Adam B. Mantz, Steven W. Allen +10
Galaxy clusters serve as a unique and valuable laboratory for probing cosmological models and understanding astrophysics at the high-mass limit of structure formation. Clusters tha…
The Concentration-Mass Relation of Massive, Dynamically Relaxed Galaxy Clusters: Agreement Between Observations and CDM Simulations
Elise Darragh-Ford, Adam B. Mantz, Elena Rasia +5
The relationship linking a galaxy cluster's total mass with the concentration of its mass profile and its redshift is a fundamental prediction of the Cold Dark Matter (CDM) paradig…
The Evolution and Mass Dependence of Galaxy Cluster Pressure Profiles at 0.05 0.60 and M M
Jack Sayers, Adam B. Mantz, Elena Rasia +5
We have combined X-ray observations from Chandra with Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect data from Planck and Bolocam to measure intra-cluster medium pressure profiles from 0.03R$_{500…
The History of Metal Enrichment Traced by X-ray Observations of High Redshift Galaxy Clusters
Anthony M. Flores, Adam B. Mantz, Steven W. Allen +7
We present the analysis of deep X-ray observations of 10 massive galaxy clusters at redshifts , with the primary goal of measuring the metallicity of the intraclus…
Measuring using X-ray and SZ effect observations of dynamically relaxed galaxy clusters
Jenny T. Wan, Adam B. Mantz, Jack Sayers +3
We use a sample of 14 massive, dynamically relaxed galaxy clusters to constrain the Hubble Constant, , by combining X-ray and Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect signals measured w…
Spectroscopic Quantification of Projection Effects in the SDSS redMaPPer Galaxy Cluster Catalogue
J. Myles, D. Gruen, A. B. Mantz +12
Projection effects, whereby galaxies along the line-of-sight to a galaxy cluster are mistakenly associated with the cluster halo, present a significant challenge for optical cluste…
Deep XMM-Newton Observations of the Most Distant SPT-SZ Galaxy Cluster
Adam B. Mantz, Steven W. Allen, R. Glenn Morris +5
We present results from a 577 ks XMM-Newton observation of SPT-CL J0459-4947, the most distant cluster detected in the South Pole Telescope 2500 square degree (SPT-SZ) survey, and…
Improved Cosmological Constraints from SDSS redMaPPer Clusters via X-ray Follow-up of a Complete Subsample of Systems
Matthew Kirby, Eduardo Rozo, R. Glenn Morris +7
We improve upon the cosmological constraints derived from the abundance and weak-lensing data of redMaPPer clusters detected in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Specifically, w…
Ellipticity of Brightest Cluster Galaxies as tracer of halo orientation and weak-lensing mass bias
Ricardo Herbonnet, Anja von der Linden, Steve W. Allen +4
Weak-lensing measurements of the masses of galaxy clusters are commonly based on the assumption of spherically symmetric density profiles. Yet, the cold dark matter model predicts…
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…
The Metallicity of the Intracluster Medium Over Cosmic Time: Further Evidence for Early Enrichment
Adam B. Mantz, Steven W. Allen, R. Glenn Morris +4
We use Chandra X-ray data to measure the metallicity of the intracluster medium (ICM) in 245 massive galaxy clusters selected from X-ray and Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect surveys,…
Center-Excised X-ray Luminosity as an Efficient Mass Proxy for Future Galaxy Cluster Surveys
Adam B. Mantz, Steven W. Allen, R. Glenn Morris +1
The cosmological constraining power of modern galaxy cluster catalogs can be improved by obtaining low-scatter mass proxy measurements for even a small fraction of sources. In the…
Cosmology and Astrophysics from Relaxed Galaxy Clusters V: Consistency with Cold Dark Matter Structure Formation
Adam B. Mantz, Steven W. Allen, R. Glenn Morris
This is the fifth in a series of papers studying the astrophysics and cosmology of massive, dynamically relaxed galaxy clusters. Our sample comprises 40 clusters identified as bein…
Weighing the Giants V: Galaxy Cluster Scaling Relations
Adam B. Mantz, Steven W. Allen, R. Glenn Morris +6
We present constraints on the scaling relations of galaxy cluster X-ray luminosity, temperature and gas mass (and derived quantities) with mass and redshift, employing masses from…
Deep Chandra study of the truncated cool core of the Ophiuchus cluster
N. Werner, I. Zhuravleva, R. E. A. Canning +7
We present the results of a deep (280 ks) Chandra observation of the Ophiuchus cluster, the second-brightest galaxy cluster in the X-ray sky. The cluster hosts a truncated cool cor…
Cosmology and astrophysics from relaxed galaxy clusters - IV: Robustly calibrating hydrostatic masses with weak lensing
D. E. Applegate, A. Mantz, S. W. Allen +8
This is the fourth in a series of papers studying the astrophysics and cosmology of massive, dynamically relaxed galaxy clusters. Here, we use measurements of weak gravitational le…
Cosmology and Astrophysics from Relaxed Galaxy Clusters III: Thermodynamic Profiles and Scaling Relations
Adam B. Mantz, Steven W. Allen, R. Glenn Morris +1
This is the third in a series of papers studying the astrophysics and cosmology of massive, dynamically relaxed galaxy clusters. Our sample comprises 40 clusters identified as bein…
Cosmology and Astrophysics from Relaxed Galaxy Clusters I: Sample Selection
Adam B. Mantz, Steven W. Allen, R. Glenn Morris +3
This is the first in a series of papers studying the astrophysics and cosmology of massive, dynamically relaxed galaxy clusters. Here we present a new, automated method for identif…
Optical & Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Observations of a New Sample of Distant Rich Galaxy Clusters in the ROSAT All Sky Survey
A. Buddendiek, T. Schrabback, C. H. Greer +15
Finding a sample of the most massive clusters with redshifts can provide an interesting consistency check of the cold dark matter (CDM) model. Here we present result…
New constraints on gravity from clusters of galaxies
Matteo Cataneo, David Rapetti, Fabian Schmidt +6
The abundance of massive galaxy clusters is a powerful probe of departures from General Relativity (GR) on cosmic scales. Despite current stringent constraints placed by stellar an…
Weighing the Giants IV: Cosmology and Neutrino Mass
Adam B. Mantz, Anja von der Linden, Steven W. Allen +14
We employ robust weak gravitational lensing measurements to improve cosmological constraints from measurements of the galaxy cluster mass function and its evolution, using X-ray se…
Cosmology and Astrophysics from Relaxed Galaxy Clusters II: Cosmological Constraints
Adam B. Mantz, Steven W. Allen, R. Glenn Morris +5
We present cosmological constraints from measurements of the gas mass fraction, , for massive, dynamically relaxed galaxy clusters. Our data set consists of Chandra observ…