Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect

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astrophysical effect cosmological probe radiative transfer phenomenon

The Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect is a distortion of the cosmic microwave background radiation caused by high-energy electrons in galaxy clusters, used as a powerful probe of large-scale structure and cosmology.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sunyaev–Zel’dovich cluster catalogs	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astrophysical effect ⓘ cosmological probe ⓘ radiative transfer phenomenon ⓘ
affects	cosmic microwave background radiation NERFINISHED ⓘ
causedBy	high-energy electrons in galaxy clusters ⓘ hot intracluster medium ⓘ inverse Compton scattering ⓘ
complementaryTo	X-ray cluster observations ⓘ
dependsOn	electron pressure along the line of sight ⓘ
detectedBy	Atacama Cosmology Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ Planck satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ South Pole Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ
distorts	CMB intensity spectrum ⓘ CMB temperature anisotropies ⓘ
field	astrophysics ⓘ cosmology ⓘ
firstDescribedBy	Rashid Sunyaev NERFINISHED ⓘ Yakov Zel’dovich NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstDescribedIn	1970s ⓘ
hasType	kinetic Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect NERFINISHED ⓘ relativistic Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect NERFINISHED ⓘ thermal Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect NERFINISHED ⓘ
independentOf	redshift of the galaxy cluster ⓘ
measuredBy	CMB experiments ⓘ interferometric radio telescopes ⓘ millimeter-wave telescopes ⓘ
namedAfter	Rashid Sunyaev NERFINISHED ⓘ Yakov Zel’dovich NERFINISHED ⓘ
observableAs	CMB temperature decrement at low frequencies ⓘ CMB temperature increment at high frequencies ⓘ
occursIn	galaxy clusters ⓘ large-scale structure filaments ⓘ
probes	growth of structure in the universe ⓘ intracluster medium thermodynamics ⓘ
quantifiedBy	Compton y-parameter NERFINISHED ⓘ
redshiftIndependenceReason	surface brightness conservation ⓘ
relatedTo	X-ray emission from galaxy clusters ⓘ
sensitiveTo	electron density ⓘ electron temperature ⓘ
theoreticalBasis	inverse Compton scattering of CMB photons ⓘ
usedFor	constraining cosmological parameters ⓘ detecting galaxy clusters ⓘ estimating cluster total mass ⓘ mapping baryon distribution in the universe ⓘ measuring Hubble constant ⓘ measuring cluster gas pressure ⓘ probing dark energy ⓘ studying large-scale structure ⓘ
uses	cosmic microwave background photons ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Pole Telescope → researchFocus → Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect ⓘ

ESA Planck Legacy Archive → dataType → Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunyaev–Zel’dovich cluster catalogs