Detection of a cosmic microwave background decrement toward the z = 3.8 quasar pair PC 1643+4631A, B
Astrophysical Journal 479:1 PART II (1997)
Abstract:
In a 15 GHz Ryle Telescope observation of PC 1643+4631A, B, a pair of quasars at redshifts z = 3.79 and 3.83 separated by 198″ on the sky, we find a decrement in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) of -380 ± 64 μJy in a 110″ × 175″ beam. Assuming this to be a Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect due to an intervening cluster, the minimum magnitude of the central temperature decrement is 560 μK. A serendipitous ROSAT observation shows that there is no X-ray-luminous cluster in the direction of the decrement at z < 1. The implied gas mass is ≳2 × 1014 M⊙ (assuming a temperature of ∼5 keV), indicating a total mass of more than 1015 M⊙. This result demonstrates the existence of a massive system too distant to be detected by its emission, but which can be found via its imprint on the CMB. © 1997. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.Multiwavelength observations of GX 339−4
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