Cluster cosmology with the NIKA2 SZ Large Program
F. Mayet, R. Adam, P. A. R. Ade, P. André, A. Andrianasolo, M. Arnaud, H. Aussel, I. Bartalucci, A. Beelen, A. Benoı̂t, A. Bideaud, O. Bourrion, M. Calvo Gomez, A. Catalano, B. Comis, M. De Petris, F.–X. Désert, S. Doyle, E. F. C. Driessen, A. Gómez, J. Goupy, F. Kéruzoré, C. Krämer, B. Ladjelate, G. Lagache, S. Leclercq, J.-F. Lestrade, J. F. Macías–Pérez, P. Mauskopf, A. Monfardini, L. Perotto, G. Pisano, É. Pointecouteau, N. Ponthieu, G. W. Pratt, V. Revéret, A. Ritacco, C. Romero, H. Roussel, F. Ruppin, K. Schüster, S. Shu, A. Sievers, C. Tucker, R. Zylka
Abstract
The main limiting factor of cosmological analyses based on thermal Sunyaev-Zel’dovich (SZ) cluster statistics comes from the bias and systematic uncertainties that affect the estimates of the mass of galaxy clusters. High-angular resolution SZ observations at high redshift are needed to study a potential redshift or morphology dependence of both the mean pressure profile and of the mass-observable scaling relation used in SZ cosmological analyses. The NIKA2 camera is a new generation continuum instrument installed at the IRAM 30-m telescope. With a large field of view, a high angular resolution and a high-sensitivity, the NIKA2 camera has unique SZ mapping capabilities. In this paper, we present the NIKA2 SZ large program, aiming at observing a large sample of clusters at redshifts between 0.5 and 0.9, and the characterization of the first cluster oberved with NIKA2.