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A Comparison and Joint Analysis of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Measurements from Planck and Bolocam for a set of 47 Massive Galaxy Clusters
We measure the SZ signal toward a set of 47 clusters with a median mass of
M and a median redshift of 0.40 using data from
Planck and the ground-based Bolocam receiver. When Planck XMM-like masses are
used to set the scale radius , we find consistency between
the integrated SZ signal, , derived from Bolocam and Planck
based on gNFW model fits using A10 shape parameters, with an average ratio of
(allowing for the % Bolocam flux calibration
uncertainty). We also perform a joint fit to the Bolocam and Planck data using
a modified A10 model with the outer logarithmic slope allowed to vary,
finding (measurement error followed by
intrinsic scatter). In addition, we find that the value of scales with
mass and redshift according to . This mass scaling is in good agreement with recent
simulations. We do not observe the strong trend of with redshift seen
in simulations, though we conclude that this is most likely due to our sample
selection. Finally, we use Bolocam measurements of to test the
accuracy of the Planck completeness estimate. We find consistency, with the
actual number of Planck detections falling approximately below the
expectation from Bolocam. We translate this small difference into a constraint
on the the effective mass bias for the Planck cluster cosmology results, with
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A Cyfip2-Dependent Excitatory Interneuron Pathway Establishes the Innate Startle Threshold
\u27\u27This project was a collaboration with labs at the University of Pennsylvania, North Carolina State University, University of Wisconsin at Madison, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and featured senior thesis work by Haverford Biology alum Ben Miltenberg \u2717.\u27\u27 -- author-supplied abstract
Thermodynamic entropy as an indicator for urban sustainability?
As foci of economic activity, resource consumption, and the production of material waste and pollution, cities represent both a major hurdle and yet also a source of great potential for achieving the goal of sustainability. Motivated by the desire to better understand and measure sustainability in quantitative terms we explore the applicability of thermodynamic entropy to urban systems as a tool for evaluating sustainability. Having comprehensively reviewed the application of thermodynamic entropy to urban systems we argue that the role it can hope to play in characterising sustainability is limited. We show that thermodynamic entropy may be considered as a measure of energy efficiency, but must be complimented by other indices to form part of a broader measure of urban sustainability
A Comparison and Joint Analysis of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Measurements from Planck and Bolocam for a set of 47 Massive Galaxy Clusters
We measure the Sunyaev–Zel'dovich (SZ) signal toward a set of 47 clusters with a median mass of 9.5 × 10^(14) M_☉ and a median redshift of 0.40 using data from Planck and the ground-based Bolocam receiver. When Planck XMM-like masses are used to set the scale radius θ_s, we find consistency between the integrated SZ signal, Y_(5R500), derived from Bolocam and Planck based on generalized Navarro, Frenk, and White model fits using A10 shape parameters, with an average ratio of 1.069 ± 0.030 (allowing for the ≃ 5% Bolocam flux calibration uncertainty). We also perform a joint fit to the Bolocam and Planck data using a modified A10 model with the outer logarithmic slope β allowed to vary, finding β = 6.13 ± 0.16 ± 0.76 (measurement error followed by intrinsic scatter). In addition, we find that the value of β scales with mass and redshift according to β ∝ M^(0.077 ± 0.026) x (1 + z))^(-0.06 ± 0.09). This mass scaling is in good agreement with recent simulations. We do not observe the strong trend of β with redshift seen in simulations, though we conclude that this is most likely due to our sample selection. Finally, we use Bolocam measurements of Y 500 to test the accuracy of the Planck completeness estimate. We find consistency, with the actual number of Planck detections falling approximately 1σ below the expectation from Bolocam. We translate this small difference into a constraint on the effective mass bias for the Planck cluster cosmology results, with (1 - b)=0.93 ± 0.06
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