The Sunyaev-Zel’Dovich Effect And Hubble’s Constant

Grainge, K.

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K. Grainge⁵

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Combining measurements of the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect with X-ray data allows calculation of a direct, physical estimate of Hubble’s Constant (H ₀) without the need for distance-ladder-type arguments. I discuss the random and systematic errors inherent in this method of estimating H ₀, and present the preliminary results obtained for A2218 of H _O = 38 ⁺¹⁷₋₁₂ km^-1Mpc^-1. These two clusters of galaxies are part of an orientation unbiased, X-ray selected sample.

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Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, France and Leiden Observatory, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
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Astrophysics Department, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
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Grainge, K. (1998). The Sunyaev-Zel’Dovich Effect And Hubble’s Constant. In: Bremer, M.N., Jackson, N., Pérez-Fournon, I. (eds) Observational Cosmology. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 226. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5238-9_15

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