Weak lensing analysis of SZ-selected clusters of galaxies from the SPT and Planck surveys

We present the weak lensing analysis of the Wide-Field Imager Sunyaev–Zel'dovich Cluster of Galaxy (WISCy) sample, a set of 12 clusters of galaxies selected for their Sunyaev–Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. After developing new and improved methods for background selection and determination of geo...

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Published in:Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2014-08, Vol.442 (2), p.1507-1544
Main Authors: Gruen, D., Seitz, S., Brimioulle, F., Kosyra, R., Koppenhoefer, J., Lee, C.-H., Bender, R., Riffeser, A., Eichner, T., Weidinger, T., Bierschenk, M.
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Summary:We present the weak lensing analysis of the Wide-Field Imager Sunyaev–Zel'dovich Cluster of Galaxy (WISCy) sample, a set of 12 clusters of galaxies selected for their Sunyaev–Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. After developing new and improved methods for background selection and determination of geometric lensing scaling factors from absolute multiband photometry in cluster fields, we compare the weak lensing mass estimate with public X-ray and SZ data. We find consistency with hydrostatic X-ray masses with no significant bias, no mass dependent bias and less than 20 per cent intrinsic scatter and constrain $f_{\rm{gas},500c}=0.128^{+0.029}_{-0.023}$ . We independently calibrate the South Pole Telescope significance–mass relation and find consistency with previous results. The comparison of weak lensing mass and Planck Compton parameters, whether extracted self-consistently with a mass–observable relation (MOR) or using X-ray prior information on cluster size, shows significant discrepancies. The deviations from the MOR strongly correlate with cluster mass and redshift. This could be explained either by a significantly shallower than expected slope of Compton decrement versus mass and a corresponding problem in the previous X-ray based mass calibration, or a size or redshift dependent bias in SZ signal extraction.
ISSN:0035-8711
1365-2966
DOI:10.1093/mnras/stu949