Speaker
Description
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 clusters towards high redshift. NIKA2 is a wide-field (6.5 arcmin field of view) dual-band camera, operated at 100 mK and containing ~3000
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 and is currently being commissioned.
The NIKA2 tSZ observation program will allow us to observe a large sample of clusters (50) at redshifts between 0.5 and 1.
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.
I will present recent tSZ 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.
| Author's Name | Mayet |
|---|---|
| Author's Institute | LPSC Grenoble |
| Author's e-mail | mayet@lpsc.in2p3.fr |
| Abstract Title | High-resolution SZ cartography of clusters of galaxies with the NIKA2 camera at the IRAM 30-m telescope |
| Subject | Astro/Cosmo |
