Resolving the merging Planck cluster PLCK G147.3-16.6 with GISMO
Creators
- 1. U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20375 (United States)
- 2. California Institute of Technology 301-17, 1200 E California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
- 3. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States)
- 4. Observational Cosmology Lab., Code 665, NASA at Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 (United States)
- 5. National Radio Astronomy Observatory, P.O. Box O, 1003 Lopezville Road, Socorro, NM 87801-0387 (United States)
Description
The Planck satellite has recently completed an all-sky galaxy cluster survey exploiting the thermal Sunyaev–Zel'dovich (SZ) effect to locate some of the most massive systems observable. With a median redshift of , the clusters found by Planck at are proving to be exceptionally massive and/or disturbed systems. One notable Planck discovery at z = 0.645, PLCK G147.3-16.6, has an elongated core and hosts a radio halo, indicating it is likely in the process of merging. We present a 16.″5 resolution SZ observation of this high-z merger using the Goddard-IRAM Superconducting 2-Millimeter Observer, and compare it to X-ray follow-up observations with XMM-Newton. We find the SZ pressure substructure is offset from the core components seen in X-ray. We interpret this as possible line of sight temperature or density substructure due to the on-going merger.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/808/1/L6Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Astrophysical Journal Letters
- Journal Volume
- 808
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- [5 p.]
- ISSN
- 2041-8205
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 51039849
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COSMOLOGY; DENSITY; GALAXY CLUSTERS; RED SHIFT; SATELLITES; X-RAY GALAXIES
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMIC RAY SOURCES; COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES; EVALUATION; GALAXIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES