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Holes in the Microwave Sky

1997/07/06 by J. G. Bartlett, A. Blanchard, Bartlett, J. G. +5
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9707059

Proceedings of the PPEUC conference held in Cambridge, UK, April 7-11, 1997

arxiv created 1997/07/06 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We discuss the implications of two possible, recent Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) detections for which no optical or X--ray counterparts have been found. This suggests that the objects reside at high redshift, which is difficult to reconcile with a critical cosmology. We develop this argument and find that an open model with \Omo=0.2 remains consistent with what we currently know about the two objects. The reasoning also demonstrates the utility of SZ cluster searches.

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