Speaker
Description
I will present recent Sunyaev-Zeldovich observations of clusters of galaxies with the
NIKA prototype at the IRAM 30-m telescope together with the forthcoming
tSZ observation program with the NIKA2 camera.
Summary
Arcmin resolution thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich (tSZ) observations (e.g.
SPT, ACT and Planck) only allowed detailed studies of the intra cluster
medium morphology for low redshift clusters (z < 0.2).
The development of precision cosmology with clusters requires
high-angular resolution observations to extend the understanding of galaxy
cluster towards high redshift. NIKA2 is a wide-field (6.5 arcmin field
of view) dual-band camera, operated at 100 mK and containing ~ 3500 KID
(Kinetic Inductance Detectors), designed to observe the millimeter sky
at 150 and 260 GHz,
with an angular resolution of 18 and 12 arcsec respectively.
The NIKA2 camera has been installed on the IRAM 30-m telescope (Pico
Veleta, Spain) in September 2015.
The NIKA2 tSZ observation program will allow us to observe a large
sample of clusters (50) at redshifts above 0.5. As a pathfinder for NIKA2, several clusters of galaxies have been observed at the IRAM 30-m telescope with the NIKA prototype to cover the
various configurations and observation conditions expected for NIKA2.
