Constraints on the richness-mass relation and the optical-SZE positional offset distribution for SZE-selected clusters

Saro, A.; Bocquet, S.; Rozo, E.; Benson, B. A.; Mohr, J.; Rykoff, E. S.; Soares-Santos, M.; Bleem, L.; Dodelson, S.; Melchior, P.; Sobreira, F.; Upadhyay, V.; Weller, J.; Abbott, T.; Abdalla, F. B.; Allam, S.; Armstrong, R.; Banerji, M.; Bauer, A. H.; Bayliss, M.; Benoit-Lévy, A.; Bernstein, G. M.; Bertin, E.; Brodwin, M.; Brooks, D.; Buckley-Geer, E.; Burke, D. L.; Carlstrom, J. E.; Capasso, R.; Capozzi, D.; Carnero Rosell, A.; Carrasco Kind, M.; Chiu, I.; Covarrubias, R.; Crawford, T. M.; Crocce, M.; D'Andrea, C. B.; Da Costa, L. N.; Depoy, D. L.; Desai, S.; De Haan, T.; Diehl, H. T.; Dietrich, J. P.; Doel, P.; Cunha, C. E; Eifler, T. F.; Evrard, A. E.; Fausti Neto, A.; Fernandez, E.; Flaugher, B.; Fosalba, P.; Frieman, J.; Gangkofner, C.; Gaztanaga, E.; Gerdes, D.; Gruen, D.; Gruendl, R. A.; Gupta, N.; Hennig, C.; Holzapfel, W. L.; Honscheid, K.; Jain, B.; James, D.; Kuehn, K.; Kuropatkin, N.; Lahav, O.; T. S., Li; Lin, H.; Maia, M. A. G.; March, M.; Marshall, J. L.; Martini, Paul; Mcdonald, M.; Miller, C. J.; Miquel, R.; Nord, B.; Ogando, R.; Plazas, A. A.; Reichardt, C. L.; Romer, A. K.; Roodman, A.; Sako, M.; Sanchez, E.; Schubnell, M.; Sevilla, I.; Smith, R. C.; Stalder, B.; Stark, A. A.; Strazzullo, V.; Suchyta, E.; Swanson, M. E. C.; Tarle, G.; Thaler, J.; Thomas, D.; Tucker, D.; Vikram, V.; Von Der Linden, A.; Walker, A. R.; Wechsler, R. H.; Wester, W.; Zenteno, A.; Ziegler, K. E.

doi:10.1093/mnras/stv2141

We cross-match galaxy cluster candidates selected via their Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZE) signatures in 129.1 deg2 of the South Pole Telescope 2500d SPT-SZ survey with optically identified clusters selected from the Dark Energy Survey science verification data. We identify 25 clusters between 0.1 ≲ z ≲ 0.8 in the union of the SPT-SZ and redMaPPer (RM) samples. RM is an optical cluster finding algorithm that also returns a richness estimate for each cluster. We model the richness λ-mass relation with the following function ∝ Bλln M500 + Cλln E(z) and use SPT-SZ cluster masses and RM richnesses λ to constrain the parameters. We find B_λ = 1.14^{+0.21}_{-0.18} and C_λ =0.73^{+0.77}_{-0.75}. The associated scatter in mass at fixed richness is σ _{ln M|λ } = 0.18^{+0.08}_{-0.05} at a characteristic richness λ = 70. We demonstrate that our model provides an adequate description of the matched sample, showing that the fraction of SPT-SZ-selected clusters with RM counterparts is consistent with expectations and that the fraction of RM-selected clusters with SPT-SZ counterparts is in mild tension with expectation. We model the optical-SZE cluster positional offset distribution with the sum of two Gaussians, showing that it is consistent with a dominant, centrally peaked population and a subdominant population characterized by larger offsets. We also cross-match the RM catalogue with SPT-SZ candidates below the official catalogue threshold significance ξ = 4.5, using the RM catalogue to provide optical confirmation and redshifts for 15 additional clusters with ξ ∈ [4, 4.5].

Constraints on the richness-mass relation and the optical-SZE positional offset distribution for SZE-selected clusters / Saro, A.; Bocquet, S.; Rozo, E.; Benson, B. A.; Mohr, J.; Rykoff, E. S.; Soares-Santos, M.; Bleem, L.; Dodelson, S.; Melchior, P.; Sobreira, F.; Upadhyay, V.; Weller, J.; Abbott, T.; Abdalla, F. B.; Allam, S.; Armstrong, R.; Banerji, M.; Bauer, A. H.; Bayliss, M.; Benoit-Lévy, A.; Bernstein, G. M.; Bertin, E.; Brodwin, M.; Brooks, D.; Buckley-Geer, E.; Burke, D. L.; Carlstrom, J. E.; Capasso, R.; Capozzi, D.; Carnero Rosell, A.; Carrasco Kind, M.; Chiu, I.; Covarrubias, R.; Crawford, T. M.; Crocce, M.; D'Andrea, C. B.; da Costa, L. N.; Depoy, D. L.; Desai, S.; de Haan, T.; Diehl, H. T.; Dietrich, J. P.; Doel, P.; Cunha, C. E; Eifler, T. F.; Evrard, A. E.; Fausti Neto, A.; Fernandez, E.; Flaugher, B.; Fosalba, P.; Frieman, J.; Gangkofner, C.; Gaztanaga, E.; Gerdes, D.; Gruen, D.; Gruendl, R. A.; Gupta, N.; Hennig, C.; Holzapfel, W. L.; Honscheid, K.; Jain, B.; James, D.; Kuehn, K.; Kuropatkin, N.; Lahav, O.; Li, T. S.; Lin, H.; Maia, M. A. G.; March, M.; Marshall, J. L.; Martini, Paul; Mcdonald, M.; Miller, C. J.; Miquel, R.; Nord, B.; Ogando, R.; Plazas, A. A.; Reichardt, C. L.; Romer, A. K.; Roodman, A.; Sako, M.; Sanchez, E.; Schubnell, M.; Sevilla, I.; Smith, R. C.; Stalder, B.; Stark, A. A.; Strazzullo, V.; Suchyta, E.; Swanson, M. E. C.; Tarle, G.; Thaler, J.; Thomas, D.; Tucker, D.; Vikram, V.; von der Linden, A.; Walker, A. R.; Wechsler, R. H.; Wester, W.; Zenteno, A.; Ziegler, K. E.. - In: MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. - ISSN 0035-8711. - 454:3(2015), pp. 2305-2319. [10.1093/mnras/stv2141]