PIRSA:09040051

The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect as a probe of violent cluster mergers

Komatsu, E. (2009). The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect as a probe of violent cluster mergers. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/09040051

Komatsu, Eiichiro. The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect as a probe of violent cluster mergers. Perimeter Institute, Apr. 29, 2009, https://pirsa.org/09040051 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:09040051,
            doi = {10.48660/09040051},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/09040051},
            author = {Komatsu, Eiichiro},
            keywords = {Cosmology},
            language = {en},
            title = {The Sunyaev-Zel{\textquoteright}dovich effect as a probe of violent cluster mergers},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2009},
            month = {apr},
            note = {PIRSA:09040051 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Eiichiro Komatsu

Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Garching

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Abstract
In 2001 we made an unexpected discovery of a very bright SZ spot toward the X-ray luminous cluster RXJ1347-1145, which was significantly displaced from the center of the cluster's gravitational potential. One of the possible interpretations is that this spot is a signature of a violent merger in this cluster. This sypothesis has been confirmed by the subsequent Chandra X-ray observations. In this talk I will report on recent results from our follow-up observation of XJ1347-1145 with Suzaku X-ray telescope. Our studies show that the SZ effect, when it is mapped with a fine angular resolution of order 10 arc-seconds, provides a powerful probe of violent cluster mergers.