Which galaxy clusters are recent mergers?

Lead Research Organisation: University of Cambridge
Department Name: Physics

Abstract

The Planck satellite has produced the first all-sky sample of galaxy clusters selected via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. SZ has the advantage over the main existing way of finding clusters, that of X-ray imaging, because SZ is less biased to the concentration of gas produced by shocking during a merger. Recent mergers are expected to give enhanced values of (X-ray-measured temperature) / (SZ-measured-temperature). The Arcminute MIcrokelvin Imager (AMI) is an SZ telescope that measures SZ temperatures, and the project will use this to follow up on the large Planck cluster subset in the northern sky and get to grips with long-standing uncertainties about cluster merger statuses.

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Studentship Projects

Project Reference Relationship Related To Start End Student Name
ST/N50399X/1 01/10/2015 31/03/2021
1803590 Studentship ST/N50399X/1 01/10/2016 31/03/2020 Patrick Elwood
ST/T505997/1 01/10/2019 30/09/2023
1803590 Studentship ST/T505997/1 01/10/2016 31/03/2020 Patrick Elwood