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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…
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…
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…
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…
SLICE: SPT-CL J0546-5345 -- A prominent strong-lensing cluster at
Joseph F. V. Allingham, Adi Zitrin, Miriam Golubchik +15
Massive galaxy clusters act as prominent strong-lenses. Due to a combination of observational biases, cluster evolution and lensing efficiency, most of the known cluster lenses lie…
The SPT-Deep Cluster Catalog: Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Selected Clusters from Combined SPT-3G and SPTpol Measurements over 100 Square Degrees
K. Kornoelje, L. E. Bleem, E. S. Rykoff +191
We present a catalog of 500 galaxy cluster candidates in the SPT-Deep field: a 100 deg field that combines data from the SPT-3G and SPTpol surveys to reach noise levels of 3.0,…
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…
X-ray and optical analysis of the distant, merging double cluster SPT-CLJ2228-5828, its gas bridge, and shock front
K. Migkas, M. W. Sommer, T. Schrabback +15
Galaxy cluster mergers are excellent laboratories for studying a wide variety of different physical phenomena. Such a unique system is the distant SPT-CLJ2228-5828 cluster merger l…
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…
Understanding Shape and Centroid Deviations in 39 Strong Lensing Galaxy Clusters in Various Dynamical States
Raven Gassis, Matthew B. Bayliss, Keren Sharon +8
Through observational tests of strong lensing galaxy clusters, we can test simulation derived structure predictions that follow from Cold Dark Matter (CDM) cosmology. The sh…
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…
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…
Hubble Constant Measurement from Three Large-Separation Quasars Strongly Lensed by Galaxy Clusters
Kate Napier, Keren Sharon, Håkon Dahle +5
Tension between cosmic microwave background-based and distance ladder-based determinations of the Hubble constant motivates pursuit of independent methods that ar…
Extending empirical constraints on the SZ-mass scaling relation to higher redshifts via HST weak lensing measurements of nine clusters from the SPT-SZ survey at
Hannah Zohren, Tim Schrabback, Sebastian Bocquet +17
We present a Hubble Space Telescope (HST) weak gravitational lensing study of nine distant and massive galaxy clusters with redshifts ($z_\mathrm{medi…
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…
Mass calibration of distant SPT galaxy clusters through expanded weak lensing follow-up observations with HST, VLT & Gemini-South
T. Schrabback, S. Bocquet, M. Sommer +18
Expanding from previous work we present weak lensing measurements for a total sample of 30 distant () massive galaxy clusters from the South Pole Telescope…
Constraining the masses of high-redshift clusters with weak lensing: Revised shape calibration testing for the impact of stronger shears and increased blending
B. Hernandez-Martin, T. Schrabback, H. Hoekstra +7
WL measurements have well-known shear estimation biases, which can be partially corrected for with the use of image simulations. We present an analysis of simulated images that mim…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Baryon Content in a Sample of 91 Galaxy Clusters Selected by the South Pole Telescope at 0.2 < z < 1.25
I. Chiu, J. J. Mohr, M. McDonald +89
We estimate total mass (), intracluster medium (ICM) mass () and stellar mass () in a Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZE) selected sample of 91 ga…
The Remarkable Similarity of Massive Galaxy Clusters From z~0 to z~1.9
M. McDonald, S. W. Allen, M. Bayliss +12
We present the results of a Chandra X-ray survey of the 8 most massive galaxy clusters at z>1.2 in the South Pole Telescope 2500 deg^2 survey. We combine this sample with previousl…