SPT-SZ MCMF: an extension of the SPT-SZ catalogue over the DES region

M. Klein, J. J. Mohr, S. Bocquet, M. Aguena, S. W. Allen, O. Alves, B. Ansarinejad, M. L.N. Ashby, D. Bacon, M. Bayliss, B. A. Benson, L. E. Bleem, M. Brodwin, D. Brooks, E. Bulbul, D. L. Burke, R. E.A. Canning, J. E. Carlstrom, A. C. Rosell, J. CarreteroC. L. Chang, C. Conselice, M. Costanzi, A. T. Crites, L. N. Da Costa, M. E.S. Pereira, T. M. Davis, J. De Vicente, S. Desai, T. De Haan, M. A. Dobbs, P. Doel, I. Ferrero, A. M. Flores, J. Frieman, E. M. George, G. Giannini, M. D. Gladders, A. H. Gonzalez, S. Grandis, D. Gruen, R. A. Gruendl, G. Gutierrez, N. W. Halverson, S. R. Hinton, G. P. Holder, D. L. Hollowood, W. L. Holzapfel, K. Honscheid, J. D. Hrubes, N. Huang, D. J. James, G. Khullar, K. Kim, L. Knox, R. Kraft, F. Kéruzoré, A. T. Lee, D. Luong-Van, G. Mahler, A. Mantz, D. P. Marrone, J. L. Marshall, M. McDonald, J. J. McMahon, J. Mena-Fernández, F. Menanteau, S. S. Meyer, R. Miquel, J. Myles, S. Padin, A. Pieres, A. A. Plazas Malagón, C. Pryke, C. L. Reichardt, K. Reil, J. Roberson, A. K. Romer, C. Romero, J. E. Ruhl, B. R. Saliwanchik, L. Salvati, E. Sanchez, A. Saro, K. K. Schaffer, T. Schrabback, M. Schubnell, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, K. Sharon, E. Shirokoff, M. Smith, T. Somboonpanyakul, B. Stalder, S. A. Stanford, A. A. Stark, V. Strazzullo, E. Suchyta, M. E.C. Swanson, G. Tarle, C. To, K. Vanderlinde, J. D. Vieira, A. Von Der Linden, N. Weaverdyck, R. Williamson, P. Wiseman, M. Young

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Abstract

We present an extension to a Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect (SZE) selected cluster catalogue based on observations from the South Pole Telescope (SPT); this catalogue extends to lower signal to noise than the previous SPT-SZ catalogue and therefore includes lower mass clusters. Optically derived redshifts, centres, richnesses, and morphological parameters together with catalogue contamination and completeness statistics are extracted using the multicomponent matched filter (MCMF) algorithm applied to the S/N > 4 SPT-SZ candidate list and the Dark Energy Survey (DES) photometric galaxy catalogue. The main catalogue contains 811 sources above S/N = 4, has 91 per cent purity, and is 95 per cent complete with respect to the original SZE selection. It contains in total 50 per cent more clusters and twice as many clusters above z = 0.8 in comparison to the original SPT-SZ sample. The MCMF algorithm allows us to define subsamples of the desired purity with traceable impact on catalogue completeness. As an example, we provide two subsamples with S/N > 4.25 and S/N > 4.5 for which the sample contamination and cleaning-induced incompleteness are both as low as the expected Poisson noise for samples of their size. The subsample with S/N > 4.5 has 98 per cent purity and 96 per cent completeness and is part of our new combined SPT cluster and DES weak-lensing cosmological analysis. We measure the number of false detections in the SPT-SZ candidate list as function of S/N, finding that it follows that expected from assuming Gaussian noise, but with a lower amplitude compared to previous estimates from simulations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3973-3990
Number of pages18
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume531
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2024

Keywords

  • galaxies: clusters: general
  • galaxies: clusters: intracluster medium
  • galaxies: distances and redshifts

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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