Observational probes of cosmic acceleration

DH Weinberg, MJ Mortonson, DJ Eisenstein, C Hirata… - Physics reports, 2013 - Elsevier
The accelerating expansion of the universe is the most surprising cosmological discovery in
many decades, implying that the universe is dominated by some form of “dark energy” with …

Supplement:“localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914”(2016, ApJL, 826, L13)

BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
This Supplement provides supporting material for Abbott et al.(2016a). We briefly summarize
past electromagnetic (EM) follow-up efforts as well as the organization and policy of the …

The RedMaPPer galaxy cluster catalog from DES science verification data

ES Rykoff, E Rozo, D Hollowood… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe updates to the redMaPPer algorithm, a photometric red-sequence cluster finder
specifically designed for large photometric surveys. The updated algorithm is applied to …

The SRG/eROSITA All-Sky Survey-Optical identification and properties of galaxy clusters and groups in the western galactic hemisphere

M Kluge, J Comparat, A Liu, F Balzer, E Bulbul… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
The first SRG/eROSITA All-Sky Survey (eRASS1) provides the largest intracluster medium-
selected galaxy cluster and group catalog covering the western Galactic hemisphere …

Finding high-redshift strong lenses in DES using convolutional neural networks

C Jacobs, T Collett, K Glazebrook… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract We search Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year 3 imaging data for galaxy–galaxy
strong gravitational lenses using convolutional neural networks. We generate 250 000 …

The XMM Cluster Survey: optical analysis methodology and the first data release

N Mehrtens, AK Romer, M Hilton… - Monthly Notices of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The XMM Cluster Survey (XCS) is a serendipitous search for galaxy clusters using
all publicly available data in the XMM–Newton Science Archive. Its main aims are to …

Self-similar scaling and evolution in the galaxy cluster X-ray luminosity–temperature relation

BJ Maughan, PA Giles, SW Randall… - Monthly Notices of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the form and evolution of the X-ray luminosity–temperature (LX–kT) relation
of a sample of 114 galaxy clusters observed with Chandra at 0.1< z< 1.3. The clusters were …

The growth of intracluster light in XCS-HSC galaxy clusters from 0.1 < z < 0.5

KE Furnell, CA Collins, LS Kelvin… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We estimate the intracluster light (ICL) component within a sample of 18 clusters detected in
the XMM Cluster Survey (XCS) data using the deep (∼ 26.8 mag) Hyper Suprime-Cam …

The massive and distant clusters of WISE survey. I. Survey overview and a catalog of> 2000 galaxy clusters at z≃ 1

AH Gonzalez, DP Gettings, M Brodwin… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey (MaDCoWS), a search for
galaxy clusters at 0.7≲ z≲ 1.5 based upon data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer …

Dark Energy Surveyed Year 1 results: calibration of cluster mis-centring in the redMaPPer catalogues

Y Zhang, T Jeltema, DL Hollowood… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The centre determination of a galaxy cluster from an optical cluster finding algorithm can be
offset from theoretical prescriptions or N-body definitions of its host halo centre. These …