Lensing Sunyaev-Zel'dovich clusters

Full-sky microwave surveys like the upcoming Planck satellite mission will detect of order 10(4) galaxy clusters through their thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect. I investigate the properties of the gravitationally lensing subsample of these clusters. The main results are: (1) The combined sample comprises greater than or similar to 70% of the complete sample. (2) It is confined to redshifts 0.2 +/- 0.1, and to masses (5 +/- 3) 10(14) M-.. (3) Using a particular measure for the weak lensing effect, viz. the aperture mass, cluster masses can be determined with a relative accuracy of similar to 20% if their density profile is known. Consequently. the mass function of the combined sample can accurately be measured. (4) For low-density universes, I predict a sharp peak in the measured (aperture) mass function near 5 10(14) M-. and explain its origin, showing that the peak will be absent in high-density universes. (5) The location of the peak and the exponential decrease of the mass function on its high-mass side will allow the determination of the amplitude of the dark-matter power spectrum on the cluster scale and the baryon fraction in clusters, and constrain the thermal history of the intracluster gas.