Spectroscopic Confirmation and Velocity Dispersions for 20 Planck Galaxy Clusters at 0.16 < z < 0.78

Stefania Amodeo, Simona Mei, Spencer A. Stanford, Charles R. Lawrence, James G. Bartlett, Daniel Stern, Ranga Ram Chary, Hyunjin Shim, Francine R. Marleau, Jean Baptiste Melin, Carmen Rodríguez-Gonzálvez

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Abstract

We present Gemini and Keck spectroscopic redshifts and velocity dispersions for 20 clusters detected via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect by the Planck space mission, with estimated masses in the range. Cluster members were selected for spectroscopic follow-up with Palomar, Gemini, and Keck optical and (in some cases) infrared imaging. Seven cluster redshifts were measured for the first time with this observing campaign, including one of the most distant Planck clusters confirmed to date, at , PSZ2 G085.95+25.23. The spectroscopic redshift catalogs of members of each confirmed cluster are included as online tables. We show the galaxy redshift distributions and measure the cluster velocity dispersions. The cluster velocity dispersions obtained in this paper were used in a companion paper to measure the Planck mass bias and to constrain the cluster velocity bias.

Original languageEnglish
Article number36
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume853
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Jan 2018

Keywords

  • cosmology: observations
  • galaxies: clusters: general
  • galaxies: distances and redshifts Supporting material: machine
  • readable table

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