A complete sample of massive maxbcg clusters for scaling relations great progress on galaxy clusters has been made in the last several years with SZ and optical surveys. Some new puzzles also…
Ended Grant For Research Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- NNX16AH32G
- Awardee
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The University Of Alabama In Huntsville UEI HB6KNGVNJRU1
- Awarding agency
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Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $76,985
Award facts
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $76,985.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 100% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- NAICS code
- Not on record
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition · 0 offers Basic Research
- Pricing
- Other
- Place of performance
- Huntsville, AL 35805, USA
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| Action | Obligated | Date |
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| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Funding Only Action | $0 | |
| Original award | $76,985 |
About this award
This federal contract award, identified as NNX16AH32G, was granted by a civilian federal agency, the Shared Services Center, to The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a public research university. The $76,985.00 grant supports UAH's research to complete a sample of 38 massive MaxBCG galaxy clusters, which will help understand a mismatch observed between Planck Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) flux measurements and model expectations for these clusters. The research aims to directly compare X-ray-derived pressure content with SZ flux measurements to shed light on this puzzle and constrain important scaling relations. This grant is not associated with a set-aside program. UAH has a history of supporting government missions through federal contracts and grants in areas such as missile defense, space exploration, and scientific research.
Description
A complete sample of massive maxbcg clusters for scaling relations great progress on galaxy clusters has been made in the last several years with SZ and optical surveys. Some new puzzles also emerged and one of them is the mismatch between the stacked planck SZ fluxes and the model expectations for the maxbcg clusters. While previous studies regarding this puzzle require the calibration of the true mass and the standard pressure template, we bypass the intermediate steps to directly compare the pressure content derived from the x-RAY data with the SZ flux, for massive maxbcg clusters. This proposal requests XMM data for 7 clusters to complete a sample of 38 most massive maxbcg clusters observed with either XMM or chandra. The results will shed light on the mismatch puzzle and constrain the important scaling relations like Y.J. - n & Y.J. - y...SZ.
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Who was awarded contract NNX16AH32G?
NNX16AH32G was awarded to The University Of Alabama In Huntsville by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on March 23, 2016.
How much is contract NNX16AH32G worth?
The government has obligated $76,985 on NNX16AH32G.
Was contract NNX16AH32G competed?
The extent of competition for NNX16AH32G was full and open competition. The government received 0 offers.
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