Extraction of cluster parameters from Sunyaev - Zeldovich effect observations with simulated annealing optimization
Oct, 2003Citations per year
Abstract: (arXiv)
We present a user-friendly tool for the analysis of data from Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect observations. The tool is based on the stochastic method of simulated annealing, and allows the extraction of the central values and error-bars of the 3 SZ parameters, Comptonization parameter, y, peculiar velocity, v_p, and electron temperature, T_e. The f77-code SASZ will allow any number of observing frequencies and spectral band shapes. As an example we consider the SZ parameters for the COMA cluster.Note:
- 8 pages, 2 figures. code + user guide can be downloaded from http://krone.physik.unizh.ch/~hansen/sz/
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