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Extended SZ map of the most luminous X-ray cluster, RXJ1347-1145

E. Pointecouteau, M. Giard, F. X. Désert, B. Alain, J. P. Bernard, J. M. Lamarre, N. Coron

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0012309

Abstract

We present in this letter a high resolution (22'' FWHM) extended map at 2.1mm of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect toward the most luminous X-ray cluster, RXJ1347-1145. These observations have been performed with the DIABOLO photometer working at the focus of the 30m IRAM radiotelescope. We have derived a projected gas mass of (1.1 0.1)× 1014 h50-5/2M within an angular radius of θ=74'' (ie: projected radius of 0.6Mpc, H0=50km/s/Mpc, Ωm=0.3, ΩΛ=0.7). This result matches very well the expected gas mass from the cluster models of X-ray data. With an unprecedented sensitivity level our measurement does not show significant departure from a spherical distribution. The data analysis also allows us to characterize the 2.1mm flux of a well known radio source lying in the center of the cluster: FRS(2.1mm)=5.7 1.6mJy.

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