The atacama cosmology telescope (ACT): Beam profiles and first SZ cluster maps

A. D. Hincks; V. Acquaviva; P. A.R. Ade; P. Aguirre; M. Amiri; J. W. Appel; L. F. Barrientos; E. S. Battistelli; J. R. Bond; B. Brown; B. Burger; J. Chervenak; S. Das; M. J. Devlin; S. R. Dicker; W. B. Doriese; J. Dunkley; R. Dünner; T. Essinger-Hileman; R. P. Fisher; J. W. Fowler; A. Hajian; M. Halpern; M. Hasselfield; C. Hernández-Monteagudo; G. C. Hilton; M. Hilton; R. Hlozek; K. M. Huffenberger; D. H. Hughes; J. P. Hughes; L. Infante; K. D. Irwin; R. Jimenez; J. B. Juin; M. Kaul; J. Klein; A. Kosowsky; J. M. Lau; M. Limon; Y. T. Lin; R. H. Lupton; T. A. Marriage; D. Marsden; K. Martocci; P. Mauskopf; F. Menanteau; K. Moodley; H. Moseley; C. B. Netterfield; M. D. Niemack; M. R. Nolta; L. A. Page; L. Parker; B. Partridge; H. Quintana; B. Reid; N. Sehgal; J. Sievers; D. N. Sperge; S. T. Staggs; O. Stryzak; D. S. Swetz; E. R. Switzer; R. Thornton; H. Trac; C. Tucker; L. Verde; R. Warne; G. Wilson; E. Wollack; Y. Zhao

doi:10.1088/0067-0049/191/2/423

The atacama cosmology telescope (ACT): Beam profiles and first SZ cluster maps

A. D. Hincks
, V. Acquaviva
, P. A.R. Ade
, P. Aguirre
, M. Amiri
, J. W. Appel
, L. F. Barrientos
, E. S. Battistelli
, J. R. Bond
, B. Brown
, B. Burger
, J. Chervenak
, S. Das
, M. J. Devlin
, S. R. Dicker
, W. B. Doriese
, J. Dunkley
, R. Dünner
, T. Essinger-Hileman
, R. P. Fisher

J. W. Fowler, A. Hajian, M. Halpern, M. Hasselfield, C. Hernández-Monteagudo, G. C. Hilton, M. Hilton, R. Hlozek, K. M. Huffenberger, D. H. Hughes, J. P. Hughes, L. Infante, K. D. Irwin, R. Jimenez, J. B. Juin, M. Kaul, J. Klein, A. Kosowsky, J. M. Lau, M. Limon, Y. T. Lin, R. H. Lupton, T. A. Marriage, D. Marsden, K. Martocci, P. Mauskopf, F. Menanteau, K. Moodley, H. Moseley, C. B. Netterfield, M. D. Niemack, M. R. Nolta, L. A. Page, L. Parker, B. Partridge, H. Quintana, B. Reid, N. Sehgal, J. Sievers, D. N. Sperge, S. T. Staggs, O. Stryzak, D. S. Swetz, E. R. Switzer, R. Thornton, H. Trac, C. Tucker, L. Verde, R. Warne, G. Wilson, E. Wollack, Y. Zhao

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Abstract

TheAtacamaCosmology Telescope (ACT) is currently observing the cosmicmicrowave background with arcminute resolution at 148 GHz, 218 GHz, and 277 GHz. In this paper, we present ACT's first results. Data have been analyzed using a maximum-likelihood map-making method which uses B-splines to model and remove the atmospheric signal. It has been used to make high-precision beam maps from which we determine the experiment's window functions. This beam information directly impacts all subsequent analyses of the data. We also used the method to map a sample of galaxy clusters via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect and show five clusters previously detected with X-ray or SZ observations. We provide integrated Compton-y measurements for each cluster. Of particular interest is our detection of the z = 0.44 component of A3128 and our current non-detection of the low-redshift part, providing strong evidence that the further cluster is more massive as suggested by X-ray measurements. This is a compelling example of the redshift-independent mass selection of the SZ effect.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	423-438
Number of pages	16
Journal	Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
Volume	191
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/191/2/423
State	Published - Dec 2010

Keywords

Cosmic background radiation
Cosmology: observations
Galaxies: clusters: general
Methods: data analysis

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Hincks, A. D., Acquaviva, V., Ade, P. A. R., Aguirre, P., Amiri, M., Appel, J. W., Barrientos, L. F., Battistelli, E. S., Bond, J. R., Brown, B., Burger, B., Chervenak, J., Das, S., Devlin, M. J., Dicker, S. R., Doriese, W. B., Dunkley, J., Dünner, R., Essinger-Hileman, T., ... Zhao, Y. (2010). The atacama cosmology telescope (ACT): Beam profiles and first SZ cluster maps. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 191(2), 423-438. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/191/2/423

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