Characterizing the SPT cluster selection function
APA
Shaw, L. (2009). Characterizing the SPT cluster selection function. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/09040040
MLA
Shaw, Laurie. Characterizing the SPT cluster selection function. Perimeter Institute, May. 01, 2009, https://pirsa.org/09040040
BibTex
@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}} }
McGill University
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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.