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Low-l CMB Power Loss in String Inflation

The lack of power on large scales (l < 40) might have been observed by the PLANCK satellite. We argue that this putative feature can be explained by a phase of fast roll at the onset of inflation. We show that in the context of single field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-17 Francisco G. Pedro , Alexander Westphal

Cosmic microwave background constraints on dark energy dynamics: analysis beyond the power spectrum

We consider the distribution of the non-Gaussian signal induced by weak lensing on the primary total intensity cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies. Our study focuses on the three point statistics exploiting an harmonic analysis…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Fabio Giovi , Carlo Baccigalupi , Francesca Perrotta

Leakage of power from dipole to higher multipoles due to non-symmetric WMAP beam

A number of studies of WMAP and Planck claimed the low multipole (specially quadrupole) power deficiency in CMB power spectrum. Anomaly in the orientations of the low multipoles have also been claimed. There is a possibility that the power…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-11 Santanu Das , Tarun Souradeep

Weak Lensing of the CMB: Sampling Errors on B-Modes

The B modes generated by the lensing of CMB polarization are a primary target for the upcoming generation of experiments and can potentially constrain quantities such as the neutrino mass and dark energy equation of state. The net sample…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-12 Kendrick M. Smith , Wayne Hu , Manoj Kaplinghat

Planck 2015 results. XXI. The integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect

This paper presents a study of the ISW effect from the Planck 2015 temperature and polarization data release. The CMB is cross-correlated with different LSS tracers: the NVSS, SDSS and WISE catalogues, and the Planck 2015 lensing map. This…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-14 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benot , A. Benoit-Lvy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. J. Bock , A. Bonaldi , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , B. Casaponsa , A. Catalano , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , S. Church , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , F. -X. Dsert , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Dor , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enlin , H. K. Eriksen , J. Fergusson , R. Fernandez-Cobos , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frejsel , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , R. T. Gnova-Santos , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Hraud , E. Gjerlw , J. Gonzlez-Nuevo , K. M. Grski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , F. K. Hansen , D. Hanson , D. L. Harrison , S. Henrot-Versill , C. Hernndez-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , K. M. Huffenberger , G. Hurier , S. Ili_ , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihnen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lhteenmki , J. -M. Lamarre , M. Langer , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , J. Lesgourgues , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vrnle , M. Lpez-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , Y. -Z. Ma , J. F. Macas-Prez , G. Maggio , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , A. Marcos-Caballero , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martnez-Gonzlez , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , P. McGehee , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschnes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , A. Moss , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , H. U. Nrgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , C. A. Oxborrow , F. Paci , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , L. Popa , G. W. Pratt , G. Przeau , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , W. T. Reach , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , A. Renzi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , M. Rossetti , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubio-Martn , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , M. Savelainen , G. Savini , B. M. Schaefer , D. Scott , M. D. Seiffert , E. P. S. Shellard , L. D. Spencer , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , J. Tuovinen , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , F. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Confirmation of the detection of B-modes in the Planck polarization maps

One of the main problems for extracting the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) from submm/mm observations is to correct for the Galactic components, mainly synchrotron, free - free and thermal dust emission with the required accuracy.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen

CMB Lensing Beyond the Power Spectrum: Cosmological Constraints from the One-Point PDF and Peak Counts

Unprecedentedly precise cosmic microwave background (CMB) data are expected from ongoing and near-future CMB Stage-III and IV surveys, which will yield reconstructed CMB lensing maps with effective resolution approaching several arcminutes.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-09 Jia Liu , J. Colin Hill , Blake D. Sherwin , Andrea Petri , Vanessa Böhm , Zoltán Haiman

CMB lensing and primordial squeezed non-Gaussianity

Squeezed primordial non-Gaussianity can strongly constrain early-universe physics, but it can only be observed on the CMB after it has been gravitationally lensed. We give a new simple non-perturbative prescription for accurately…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 Ruth Pearson , Antony Lewis , Donough Regan

CMB Lensing Power Spectrum Biases from Galaxies and Clusters using High-angular Resolution Temperature Maps

The lensing power spectrum from cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature maps will be measured with unprecedented precision with upcoming experiments, including upgrades to ACT and SPT. Achieving significant improvements in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 A. van Engelen , S. Bhattacharya , N. Sehgal , G. P. Holder , O. Zahn , D. Nagai

Planck 2015 results. XVI. Isotropy and statistics of the CMB

We test the statistical isotropy and Gaussianity of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies using observations made by the Planck satellite. Our results are based mainly on the full Planck mission for temperature, but also…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-21 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , Y. Akrami , P. K. Aluri , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoît , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. J. Bock , A. Bonaldi , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , B. Casaponsa , A. Catalano , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , S. Church , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , D. Contreras , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , M. Cruz , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , F. -X. Désert , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , Y. Fantaye , J. Fergusson , R. Fernandez-Cobos , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frejsel , A. Frolov , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , C. Gauthier , T. Ghosh , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Héraud , E. Gjerløw , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , F. K. Hansen , D. Hanson , D. L. Harrison , S. Henrot-Versillé , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , Z. Huang , K. M. Huffenberger , G. Hurier , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , J. Kim , T. S. Kisner , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , J. Lesgourgues , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , H. Liu , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , G. Maggio , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , D. Marinucci , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , P. McGehee , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , K. Mikkelsen , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , D. Molinari , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , A. Moss , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , C. A. Oxborrow , F. Paci , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , N. Pant , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , T. J. Pearson , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , L. Popa , G. W. Pratt , G. Prézeau , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , A. Renzi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , M. Rossetti , A. Rotti , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , M. Savelainen , G. Savini , D. Scott , M. D. Seiffert , E. P. S. Shellard , T. Souradeep , L. D. Spencer , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , T. Trombetti , M. Tucci , J. Tuovinen , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , J. P. Zibin , A. Zonca

Cosmological parameter constraints from CMB lensing with cosmic voids

We investigate the potential of using cosmic voids as a probe to constrain cosmological parameters through the gravitational lensing effect of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and make predictions for the next generation surveys. By…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-19 Teeraparb Chantavat , Utane Sawangwit , P. M. Sutter , Benjamin D. Wandelt

Joint analysis of DES Year 3 data and CMB lensing from SPT and Planck II: Cross-correlation measurements and cosmological constraints

Cross-correlations of galaxy positions and galaxy shears with maps of gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) are sensitive to the distribution of large-scale structure in the Universe. Such cross-correlations are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-15 C. Chang , Y. Omori , E. J. Baxter , C. Doux , A. Choi , S. Pandey , A. Alarcon , O. Alves , A. Amon , F. Andrade-Oliveira , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , G. M. Bernstein , F. Bianchini , J. Blazek , L. E. Bleem , H. Camacho , A. Campos , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , R. Cawthon , R. Chen , J. Cordero , T. M. Crawford , M. Crocce , C. Davis , J. DeRose , S. Dodelson , A. Drlica-Wagner , K. Eckert , T. F. Eifler , F. Elsner , J. Elvin-Poole , S. Everett , X. Fang , A. Ferté , P. Fosalba , O. Friedrich , M. Gatti , G. Giannini , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , I. Harrison , K. Herner , H. Huang , E. M. Huff , D. Huterer , M. Jarvis , A. Kovacs , E. Krause , N. Kuropatkin , P. -F. Leget , P. Lemos , A. R. Liddle , N. MacCrann , J. McCullough , J. Muir , J. Myles , A. Navarro-Alsina , Y. Park , A. Porredon , J. Prat , M. Raveri , R. P. Rollins , A. Roodman , R. Rosenfeld , A. J. Ross , E. S. Rykoff , C. Sánchez , J. Sanchez , L. F. Secco , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , T. Shin , M. A. Troxel , I. Tutusaus , T. N. Varga , N. Weaverdyck , R. H. Wechsler , W. L. K. Wu , B. Yanny , B. Yin , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Allam , J. Annis , D. Bacon , B. A. Benson , E. Bertin , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , J. E. Carlstrom , J. Carretero , C. L. Chang , R. Chown , M. Costanzi , L. N. da Costa , A. T. Crites , M. E. S. Pereira , T. de Haan , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , M. A. Dobbs , P. Doel , W. Everett , I. Ferrero , B. Flaugher , D. Friedel , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , E. M. George , T. Giannantonio , N. W. Halverson , S. R. Hinton , G. P. Holder , D. L. Hollowood , W. L. Holzapfel , K. Honscheid , J. D. Hrubes , D. J. James , L. Knox , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , A. T. Lee , M. Lima , D. Luong-Van , M. March , J. J. McMahon , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , S. S. Meyer , R. Miquel , L. Mocanu , J. J. Mohr , R. Morgan , T. Natoli , S. Padin , A. Palmese , F. Paz-Chinchón , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , M. Rodríguez-Monroy , A. K. Romer , J. E. Ruhl , E. Sanchez , K. K. Schaffer , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , E. Shirokoff , M. Smith , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. To , J. D. Vieira , J. Weller , R. Williamson

The Lyman-$\alpha$ power spectrum - CMB lensing convergence cross-correlation

We investigate the three-point correlation between the Lyman-$\alpha$ forest and the CMB weak lensing ($\delta_F \delta_F \kappa$) expressed as the cross-correlation between the CMB weak lensing field and local variations in the forest…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-24 Chi-Ting Chiang , Anže Slosar

The full squeezed CMB bispectrum from inflation

The small-scale CMB temperature we observe on the sky is modulated by perturbations that were super-horizon at recombination, giving differential focussing and lensing that generate a non-zero bispectrum even for single-field inflation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Antony Lewis

Constraints on Cosmological Parameters from the Angular Power Spectrum of a Combined 2500 deg$^2$ SPT-SZ and Planck Gravitational Lensing Map

We report constraints on cosmological parameters from the angular power spectrum of a cosmic microwave background (CMB) gravitational lensing potential map created using temperature data from 2500 deg$^2$ of South Pole Telescope (SPT) data…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-04 G. Simard , Y. Omori , K. Aylor , E. J. Baxter , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H-M. Cho , R. Chown , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , W. B. Everett , E. M. George , N. W. Halverson , N. L. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. P. Holder , Z. Hou , W. L. Holzapfel , J. D. Hrubes , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , D. Luong-Van , A. Manzotti , J. J. McMahon , S. S. Meyer , L. M. Mocanu , J. J. Mohr , T. Natoli , S. Padin , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , E. Shirokoff , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. T. Story , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , R. Williamson , W. L. K. Wu

Future Parameter Constraints from Weak Lensing CMB and Galaxy Lensing Power- and Bispectra

Upcoming stage 4 surveys, such as the Simons Observatory, LSST, and Euclid, are poised to measure weak gravitational lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and galaxies with unprecedented precision. While the power spectrum is the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-07 Jonas Frugte , P. Daniel Meerburg

On the joint analysis of CMB temperature and lensing-reconstruction power spectra

Gravitational lensing provides a significant source of cosmological information in modern CMB parameter analyses. It is measured in both the power spectrum and trispectrum of the temperature fluctuations. These observables are often treated…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-30 Marcel M. Schmittfull , Anthony Challinor , Duncan Hanson , Antony Lewis

Probing the Origins of Voids in the Distribution of Galaxies

If the voids that we see today in the distribution of galaxies existed at recombination, they will leave an imprint on the cosmic microwave background (CMB). On the other hand, if these voids formed much later, their effect on the CMB will…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Louise M. Ord , Martin Kunz , Hugues Mathis , Joseph Silk

The CMB cold spot: texture, cluster or void?

The non-Gaussian cold spot found in the WMAP data has created controversy about its origin. Here we calculate the Bayesian posterior probability ratios for three different models that could explain the cold spot. A recent work claimed that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Cruz , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , P. Vielva , J. M. Diego , M. Hobson , N. Turok

CMBR Weak Lensing and HI 21-cm Cross-correlation Angular Power Spectrum

Weak gravitational lensing of the CMBR manifests as a secondary anisotropy in the temperature maps. The effect, quantified through the shear and convergence fields imprint the underlying large scale structure (LSS), geometry and evolution…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-19 Tapomoy Guha Sarkar