Evidence of Galaxy Cluster Motions with the Kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect

Using high-resolution microwave sky maps made by the Atacama CosmologyTelescope, we for the first time present strong evidence for motions ofgalaxy clusters and groups via microwave background temperaturedistortions due to the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect. Galaxyclusters are identified by their constituent luminous galaxies observedby the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, part of the SloanDigital Sky Survey III. We measure the mean pairwise momentum ofclusters, with a probability of the signal being due to random errors of0.002, and the signal is consistent with the growth of cosmic structurein the standard model of cosmology.