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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 581, 期 1, 页码 53-85出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/344137
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cosmic microwave background; cosmology : observations; distance scale; galaxies : clusters : general; techniques : interferometric
We determine the distances to 18 galaxy clusters with redshifts ranging from zsimilar to0.14 to 0.78 from a maximum likelihood joint analysis of 30 GHz interferometric Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect(SZE) and X-ray observations. We model the intracluster medium (ICM) using a spherical isothermal beta model. We quantify the statistical and systematic uncertainties inherent to these direct distance measurements, and we determine constraints on the Hubble parameter for three different cosmologies. These distances imply a Hubble constant of 60(-4-18)(+4+13) km s(-1) Mpc(-1) for an Omega(M)=0.3, Omega(Lambda)=0.7 cosmology, where the uncertainties correspond to statistical followed by systematic at 68% confidence. With a sample of 18 clusters, systematic uncertainties clearly dominate. The systematics are observationally approachable and will be addressed in the coming years through the current generation of X-ray satellites (Chandra and XMM-Newton) and radio observatories (Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association, and Very Large Array). Analysis of high-redshift clusters detected in future SZE and X-ray surveys will allow a determination of the geometry of the universe from SZE-determined distances.
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