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Planck intermediate results. XLII. Large-scale Galactic magnetic fields

Recent models for the large-scale Galactic magnetic fields in the literature have been largely constrained by synchrotron emission and Faraday rotation measures. We use three different but representative models to compare their predicted…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-14 Planck Collaboration , R. Adam , P. A. R. Ade , M. I. R. Alves , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , F. Couchot , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , K. Dolag , O. Doré , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , K. Ferrière , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , T. Ghosh , M. Giard , E. Gjerløw , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , F. K. Hansen , D. L. Harrison , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , M. Hobson , A. Hornstrup , G. Hurier , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , J. P. Leahy , R. Leonardi , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , G. Maggio , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , A. Melchiorri , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , N. Oppermann , E. Orlando , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , R. Paladini , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , L. Perotto , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , G. W. Pratt , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , A. Renzi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , M. Rossetti , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , M. Savelainen , D. Scott , L. D. Spencer , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , A. W. Strong , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , 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

Isotropy analyses of the Planck convergence map

The presence of matter in the path of relic photons causes distortions in the angular pattern of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature fluctuations, modifying their properties in a slight but measurable way. Recently, the Planck…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-11 G. A. Marques , C. P. Novaes , A. Bernui , I. S. Ferreira

New Extraction of the Cosmic Birefringence from the Planck 2018 Polarization Data

We search for evidence of parity-violating physics in the Planck 2018 polarization data, and report on a new measurement of the cosmic birefringence angle, $\beta$. The previous measurements are limited by the systematic uncertainty in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 Yuto Minami , Eiichiro Komatsu

Discrepancies between CFHTLenS cosmic shear & Planck: new physics or systematic effects?

There is currently a discrepancy in the measured value of the amplitude of matter clustering, parameterised using $\sigma_8$, inferred from galaxy weak lensing, and cosmic microwave background data, which could be an indication of new…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-15 Thomas D. Kitching , Licia Verde , Alan F. Heavens , Raul Jimenez

The effect of signal digitisation in CMB experiments

Signal digitisation may produce significant effects in balloon - borne or space CMB experiments, since the limited bandwidth for downlink of data requires imposes a large quantisation step q applied on board by the instrument acquisition…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Maris , D. Maino , C. Burigana , A. Mennella , M. Bersanelli , F. Pasian

Planck 2013 results. XVIII. Gravitational lensing-infrared background correlation

The multi-frequency capability of the Planck satellite provides information both on the integrated history of star formation (via the cosmic infrared background, or CIB) and on the distribution of dark matter (via the lensing effect on the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-29 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , C. Armitage-Caplan , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , F. Atrio-Barandela , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , J. G. Bartlett , S. Basak , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoît , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , M. Bethermin , P. Bielewicz , J. Bobin , J. J. Bock , A. Bonaldi , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , M. Bridges , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , L. -Y Chiang , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , S. Church , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , F. -X. Désert , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , M. Giard , G. Giardino , Y. Giraud-Héraud , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , F. K. Hansen , D. Hanson , D. Harrison , S. Henrot-Versillé , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , K. M. Huffenberger , T. R. Jaffe , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , L. Knox , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , F. Lacasa , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , R. J. Laureijs , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , J. León-Tavares , J. Lesgourgues , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , B. Maffei , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , D. J. Marshall , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , F. Matthai , P. Mazzotta , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , D. Munshi , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , S. Osborne , C. A. Oxborrow , F. Paci , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , L. Popa , T. Poutanen , G. W. Pratt , G. Prézeau , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , T. Riller , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , G. Roudier , M. Rowan-Robinson , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , G. Savini , D. Scott , M. D. Seiffert , P. Serra , E. P. S. Shellard , L. D. Spencer , J. -L. Starck , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , F. Sureau , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , J. Tuovinen , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , S. D. M. White , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Cosmological parameters after WMAP5: forecasts for Planck and future galaxy surveys

The Planck satellite is expected to improve the measurement of most cosmological parameters by several factors with respect to current WMAP results. The actual performance may depend upon various aspects of the data analysis. In this paper…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-02 L. P. L. Colombo , E. Pierpaoli , J. R. Pritchard

Breaking the degeneracy between polarization efficiency and cosmological parameters in CMB experiments

Accurate cosmological parameter estimates using polarization data of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) put stringent requirements on map calibration, as highlighted in the recent results from the Planck satellite. In this paper, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-21 Silvia Galli , W. L. Kimmy Wu , Karim Benabed , François Bouchet , Thomas M. Crawford , Eric Hivon

The anomaly of the CMB power with the latest Planck data

The lack of power anomaly is an unexpected feature observed at large angular scales in the CMB maps produced by the COBE, WMAP and Planck satellites. This signature, which consists in a missing of power with respect to that predicted by the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-20 M. Billi , R. B. Barreiro , E. Martínez-González

Updated and Projected Cosmic Microwave Background Bounds on WIMP Annihilation

We derive updated Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) constraints on annihilating dark matter, and present forecasts for upcoming CMB surveys. We show that the addition of recent temperature, polarization, and lensing data from ground-based…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-12 Charlotte Myers , Dominic Agius , Daniele Gaggero , Angelo Ricciardone

Testing CMB Anomalies in E-mode Polarization with Current and Future Data

In this paper, we explore the power of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization (E-mode) data to corroborate four potential anomalies in CMB temperature data: the lack of large angular-scale correlations, the alignment of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-12 Rui Shi , Tobias A. Marriage , John W. Appel , Charles L. Bennett , David T. Chuss , Joseph Cleary , Joseph Eimer , Sumit Dahal , Rahul Datta , Francisco Espinoza , Yunyang Li , Nathan J. Miller , Carolina Núñez , Ivan L. Padilla , Matthew A. Petroff , Deniz A. N. Valle , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu

Planck intermediate results. XXII. Frequency dependence of thermal emission from Galactic dust in intensity and polarization

Planck has mapped the intensity and polarization of the sky at microwave frequencies with unprecedented sensitivity. We make use of the Planck 353 GHz I, Q, and U Stokes maps as dust templates, and cross-correlate them with the Planck and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-12 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , M. I. R. Alves , G. Aniano , C. Armitage-Caplan , M. Arnaud , F. Atrio-Barandela , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , C. Burigana , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Chamballu , H. C. Chiang , 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 , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , F. -X. Désert , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , J. Dunkley , X. Dupac , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , E. Falgarone , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , T. Ghosh , M. Giard , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , V. Guillet , F. K. Hansen , D. L. Harrison , G. Helou , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , C. R. Lawrence , J. P. Leahy , R. Leonardi , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , B. Maffei , A. M. Magalhães , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , D. J. Marshall , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , P. Mazzotta , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , N. Oppermann , C. A. Oxborrow , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , F. Piacentini , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , L. Popa , G. W. Pratt , J. P. Rachen , W. T. Reach , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , T. Riller , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , E. Salerno , M. Sandri , G. Savini , D. Scott , L. D. Spencer , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , B. D. Wandelt , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Planck pre-launch status: calibration of the Low Frequency Instrument flight model radiometers

The Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) on-board the ESA Planck satellite carries eleven radiometer subsystems, called Radiometer Chain Assemblies (RCAs), each composed of a pair of pseudo-correlation receivers. We describe the on-ground…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 F. Villa , L. Terenzi , M. Sandri , P. Meinhold , T. Poutanen , P. Battaglia , C. Franceschet , N. Hughes , M. Laaninen , P. Lapolla , M. Bersanelli , R. C. Butler , F. Cuttaia , O. D'Arcangelo , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , A. Gregorio , R. Leonardi , S. R. Lowe , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , G. Morgante , L. Stringhetti , M. Tomasi , L. Valenziano , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca , B. Aja , E. Artal , M. Balasini , T. Bernardino , E. Blackhurst , L. Boschini , B. Cappellini , F. Cavaliere , A. Colin , F. Colombo , R. J. Davis , L. De La Fuente , J. Edgeley , T. Gaier , A. Galtress , R. Hoyland , P. Jukkala , D. Kettle , V-H. Kilpia , C. R. Lawrence , D. Lawson , J. P. Leahy , P. Leutenegger , S. Levin , D. Maino , M. Malaspina , A. Mediavilla , M. Miccolis , L. Pagan , J. P. Pascual , F. Pasian , M. Pecora , M. Pospieszalski , N. Roddis , M. J. Salmon , M. Seiffert , R. Silvestri , A. Simonetto , P. Sjoman , C. Sozzi , J. Tuovinen , J. Varis , A. Wilkinson , F. Winder

Diffuse polarized foregrounds from component separation with QUIJOTE-MFI

Polarized component maps in the Northern Sky are derived from the QUIJOTE-MFI wide survey data at 11 and 13 GHz, the WMAP K and Ka bands and all Planck polarized channels using the parametric component separation method B-SeCRET. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-14 E. de la Hoz

The impact of beam deconvolution on noise properties in CMB measurements: Application to Planck LFI

We present an analysis of the effects of beam deconvolution on noise properties in CMB measurements. The analysis is built around the artDeco beam deconvolver code. We derive a low-resolution noise covariance matrix that describes the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-09 E. Keihänen , K. Kiiveri , V. Lindholm , M. Reinecke , A. -S. Suur-Uski

Cosmological Parameters from pre-Planck CMB Measurements: a 2017 Update

We present cosmological constraints from the combination of the full mission 9-year WMAP release and small-scale temperature data from the pre-Planck ACT and SPT generation of instruments. This is an update of the analysis presented in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-05 Erminia Calabrese , Renée A. Hložek , J. Richard Bond , Mark J. Devlin , Joanna Dunkley , Mark Halpern , Adam D. Hincks , Kent D. Irwin , Arthur Kosowsky , Kavilan Moodley , Laura B. Newburgh , Michael D. Niemack , Lyman A. Page , Blake D. Sherwin , Jonathan L. Sievers , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Edward J. Wollack

A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background $B$-Mode Polarization Power Spectrum at Sub-Degree Scales from 2 years of POLARBEAR Data

We report an improved measurement of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) $B$-mode polarization power spectrum with the POLARBEAR experiment at 150 GHz. By adding new data collected during the second season of observations (2013-2014) to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-31 The POLARBEAR Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , M. Aguilar , Y. Akiba , K. Arnold , C. Baccigalupi , D. Barron , D. Beck , F. Bianchini , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , K. Crowley , A. Cukierman , M. Dobbs , A. Ducout , R. Dünner , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , S. M. Feeney , C. Feng , T. Fujino , N. Galitzki , A. Gilbert , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. Groh , T. Hamada , G. Hall , N. W. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , M. Hazumi , C. Hill , L. Howe , Y. Inoue , G. C. Jaehnig , A. H. Jaffe , O. Jeong , D. Kaneko , N. Katayama , B. Keating , R. Keskitalo , T. Kisner , N. Krachmalnicoff , A. Kusaka , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , D. Leon , E. Linder , L. Lowry , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , Y. Minami , J. Montgomery , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , H. Paar , J. Peloton , A. T. P. Pham , D. Poletti , G. Puglisi , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , Y. Segawa , B. D. Sherwin , M. Silva-Feaver , P. Siritanasak , N. Stebor , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takakura , S. Takatori , D. Tanabe , G. P. Teply , T. Tomaru , C. Tucker , N. Whitehorn , A. Zahn

AMI observations of unmatched Planck ERCSC LFI sources at 15.75 GHz

The Planck Early Release Compact Source Catalogue includes 26 sources with no obvious matches in other radio catalogues (of primarily extragalactic sources). Here we present observations made with the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager Small…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-08-28 AMI Consortium , : , Yvette C. Perrott , David A. Green , Matthew L. Davies , Thomas M. O. Franzen , Keith J. B. Grainge , Michael P. Hobson , Natasha Hurley-Walker , Anthony N. Lasenby , Malak Olamaie , Guy G. Pooley , Carmen Rodríguez-Gonzálvez , Richard D. E. Saunders , Anna M. M. Scaife , Michel P. Schammel , Paul F. Scott , Timothy W. Shimwell , David J. Titterington , Elizabeth M. Waldram

Witnessing the reionization history using Cosmic Microwave Background observation from Planck

We constrain the history of reionization using the data from Planck 2015 Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature and polarization anisotropy observations. We also use prior constraints on the reionization history at redshifts…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-13 Dhiraj Kumar Hazra , George F. Smoot

A new model of the microwave polarized sky for CMB experiments

We present a new model of the microwave sky in polarization that can be used to simulate data from CMB polarization experiments. We exploit the most recent results from the Planck satellite to provide an accurate description of the diffuse…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-31 Carlos Hervías-Caimapo , Anna Bonaldi , Michael L. Brown