Tijmen provided 10 mock catalogs covering 2500 deg^2 containing SZ as well as X-ray Yx data.

Remember: In our approach, the number counts only use SZ data and the clusters' redshifts. The SZ scaling relation parameters are calibrated through direct comparison with Xray and/or velocity dispersion mass observables.
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Previous passed tests¶

• I tested the mass calibration (fixed cosmology and no number counts) on several catalogs. The input values were recovered within 1 sigma.

Method¶

Here I present the result of the analysis of Tijmen's mock catalogs. Details about the code verification can be found here http://redmine.usm.uni-muenchen.de/documents/5
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Results for flat LCDM cosmology - contour plots can be found below¶

Constraints without the CMB, BAO, SNIa¶

This is useful to understand the constraining power of galaxy cluster cosmology. It also serves as a cross check of the compatibility of Yx and velocity dispersion mass calibration.
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Results for flat LCDM cosmology - contour plots can be found below¶

Discussion¶

It seems like my cluster constraints are not tight enough compared to Brad's. This could be due to the additional distance information included in the Yx profiles. I will check as soon as the profile fitting is available and ready.
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Contour plots: gammaCDM.pdf

Status¶

Using CMB+BAO+SNIa+H0 I obtain the results that I should. However, when adding the clusters the PMC does not converge any more. So, I started different tests to understand what is happening.

• The external data work, see the contour plots nuCDM_WMAP_BAO_SNIa_H0.pdf
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