PIRSA:09040040

Characterizing the SPT cluster selection function

Shaw, L. (2009). Characterizing the SPT cluster selection function. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/09040040

Shaw, Laurie. Characterizing the SPT cluster selection function. Perimeter Institute, May. 01, 2009, https://pirsa.org/09040040 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:09040040,
            doi = {10.48660/09040040},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/09040040},
            author = {Shaw, Laurie},
            keywords = {Cosmology},
            language = {en},
            title = {Characterizing the SPT cluster selection function},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2009},
            month = {may},
            note = {PIRSA:09040040 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Laurie Shaw McGill University

DOI 10.48660/09040040
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Abstract

Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect (SZE) experiments such as the South Pole Telescope (SPT) are currently surveying a large area of sky searching for clusters via their imprint on the CMB. In order to use the resulting cluster catalogues for cosmology, it is necessary to know the mass- and redshift-dependent cluster selection function. I will describe ongoing work to understand and characterize the current SPT cluster yield, using synthetic SZ sky maps constructed from cosmological simulations and noise models calibrated against SPT data.