AMiBA Observations, Data Analysis and Results for Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effects

Authors :: Wu, J. -H. P.
Ho, P. T. P.
Huang, C. -W. L.
Koch, P. M.
Liao, Y. -W.
Lin, K. -Y.
Liu, G. -C.
Molnar, S. M.
Nishioka, H.
Umetsu, K.
Wang, F. -C.
Altamirano, P.
Birkinshaw, M.
Chang, C. -H.
Chang, S. -H.
Chang, S. -W.
Chen, M. -T.
Chiueh, T.
Han, C. -C.
Huang, Y. -D.
Hwang, Y. -J.
Jiang, H.
Kesteven, M.
Kubo, D. Y.
Lancaster, K.
Li, C. -T.
Martin-Cocher, P.
Oshiro, P.
Raffin, P.
Wei, T.
Wilson, W.
Source :: NASA Astrophysics Data System
Abstract: We present observations, analysis and results for the first-year operation of AMiBA, an interferometric experiment designed to study cosmology via the measurement of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). AMiBA is the first CMB interferometer operating at 3 mm to have reported successful results, currently with seven close-packed antennas of 60-cm diameter giving a synthesized resolution of around 6'. During 2007 AMiBA detected the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effects (SZE) of six galaxy clusters at redshift 0.091<br />Accepted by ApJ (Dec.23, 2008); 11 pages, 9 figures, 6 tables