Further Sunyaev-Zel'dovich observations of two Planck ERCSC clusters with the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager

Michael Brown, Natasha Hurley-Walker, Michael L. Brown, Matthew L. Davies, Farhan Feroz, Thomas M O Franzen, Keith Grainge, Michael P. Hobson, Anthony Lasenby, Malak Olamaie, Guy Pooley, Carmen Rodríguez-Gonzálvez, D. E. Richard Saunders, Michel P. Schammel, M. M. Anna Scaife, Paul F. Scott, Timothy Shimwell, David Titterington, Elizabeth Waldram

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    Abstract

    We present follow-up observations of two galaxy clusters detected blindly via the Sunyaev- Zel'dovich (SZ) effect and released in the Planck Early Release Compact Source Catalogue. We use the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager, a dual-array 14-18 GHz radio interferometer. After radio source subtraction, we find a SZ decrement of integrated flux density -1.08 ± 0.10 mJy towards PLCKESZ G121.11+57.01, and improve the position measurement of the cluster, finding the centre to be RA 12h59m36.s4, Dec +60°04'46."8, to an accuracy of 20 arcsec. The region of PLCKESZ G115.71+17.52 contains strong extended emission, so we are unable to confirm the presence of this cluster via the SZ effect. © 2011 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. © 2011 RAS.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)L75-L79
    JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
    Volume414
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jun 2011

    Keywords

    • Cosmology: observations
    • Galaxies: clusters: individual: PLCKESZG115.71+17.52, PLCKESZG121.11+57.01
    • Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal

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