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Planck 2015 results. XX. Constraints on inflation

We present the implications for cosmic inflation of the Planck measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies in both temperature and polarization based on the full Planck survey. The Planck full mission temperature data…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-15 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. Arnaud , F. Arroja , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , M. Ballardini , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoit , A. Benoit-Levy , 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 , A. Catalano , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , R. -R. Chary , 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 , 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. Desert , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Dore , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Ensslin , H. K. Eriksen , J. Fergusson , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frejsel , A. Frolov , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , C. Gauthier , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Heraud , E. Gjerlow , J. Gonzalez-Nuevo , K. M. Gorski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , J. Hamann , W. Handley , F. K. Hansen , D. Hanson , D. L. Harrison , S. Henrot-Versille , C. Hernandez-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. Keihanen , R. Keskitalo , J. Kim , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lahteenmaki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , J. Lesgourgues , F. Levrier , A. Lewis , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vornle , M. Lopez-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , Y. -Z. Ma , J. F. Macias-Perez , G. Maggio , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , P. McGehee , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschenes , D. Molinari , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , A. Moss , M. Munchmeyer , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , H. U. Norgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , C. A. Oxborrow , F. Paci , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , R. Paladini , S. Pandolfi , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , T. J. Pearson , H. V. Peiris , 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. Prezeau , 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 , M. Rowan-Robinson , J. A. Rubino-Martin , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , M. Savelainen , G. Savini , D. Scott , M. D. Seiffert , E. P. S. Shellard , M. Shiraishi , 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 , M. White , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , J. P. Zibin , A. Zonca

The lensing and temperature imprints of voids on the Cosmic Microwave Background

We have searched for the signature of cosmic voids in the CMB, in both the Planck temperature and lensing-convergence maps; voids should give decrements in both. We use zobov voids from the DR12 SDSS CMASS galaxy sample. We base our…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-19 Yan-Chuan Cai , Mark Neyrinck , Qingqing Mao , John A. Peacock , Istvan Szapudi , Andreas A. Berlind

CMB sky for an off-center observer in a local void I: framework for forecasts

The Universe is not perfectly homogeneous, the large scale structure forms overdense regions and voids. In this paper, we consider the possibility that we occupy a special position in our Universe, close to the center of a local underdense…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-13 Viraj Nistane , Giulia Cusin , Martin Kunz

A Timeline of the M81 Group: Properties of the Extended Structures of M82 and NGC 3077

Mergers of and interactions between galaxies imprint a wide diversity of morphological, dynamical, and chemical characteristics in stellar halos and tidal streams. Measuring these characteristics elucidates aspects of the progenitors of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-08-09 Benjamin N. Velguth , Eric F. Bell , Adam Smercina , Paul Price , Katya Gozman , Antonela Monachesi , Richard D'Souza , Jeremy Bailin , Roelof S. De Jong , In Sung Jang , Colin T. Slater

Correlations between multiple tracers of the cosmic web

The large-scale structure of the Universe is a cosmic web of interconnected clusters, filaments, and sheets of matter. This PhD comprises two complementary projects investigating the cosmic web using correlations between three different…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-04 Tracey Friday

Planck intermediate results. XXV. The Andromeda Galaxy as seen by Planck

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is one of a few galaxies that has sufficient angular size on the sky to be resolved by the Planck satellite. Planck has detected M31 in all of its frequency bands, and has mapped out the dust emission with the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-30 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , E. Battaner , R. Battye , K. Benabed , G. J. Bendo , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , A. Bonaldi , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Chamballu , R. -R. Chary , X. Chen , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , D. L. Clements , 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 , C. Dickinson , 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 , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frejsel , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Héraud , E. Gjerløw , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , 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 , K. M. Huffenberger , G. Hurier , F. P. Israel , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , S. Madden , B. Maffei , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , P. Mazzotta , 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 , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , C. A. Oxborrow , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , R. Paladini , D. Paoletti , B. Partridge , F. Pasian , T. J. Pearson , M. Peel , O. Perdereau , F. Perrotta , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , L. Popa , G. W. Pratt , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , M. Rossetti , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , G. Savini , D. Scott , L. D. Spencer , V. Stolyarov , R. Sudiwala , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , G. Umana , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , R. Watson , I. K. Wehus , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: tomographic cross-correlations between DES galaxies and CMB lensing from SPT+Planck

We measure the cross-correlation between redMaGiC galaxies selected from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year-1 data and gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) reconstructed from South Pole Telescope (SPT) and Planck…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-07 Y. Omori , T. Giannantonio , A. Porredon , E. Baxter , C. Chang , M. Crocce , P. Fosalba , A. Alarcon , N. Banik , J. Blazek , L. E. Bleem , S. L. Bridle , R. Cawthon , A. Choi , R. Chown , T. Crawford , S. Dodelson , A. Drlica-Wagner , T. F. Eifler , J. Elvin-Poole , O. Friedrich , D. Gruen , G. P. Holder , D. Huterer , B. Jain , M. Jarvis , D. Kirk , N. Kokron , E. Krause , N. MacCrann , J. Muir , J. Prat , C. L. Reichardt , A. J. Ross , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , C. Sánchez , L. F. Secco , G. Simard , R. H. Wechsler , J. Zuntz , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , S. Allam , S. Avila , K. Aylor , B. A. Benson , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , F. Bianchini , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , J. E. Carlstrom , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. L. Chang , H-M. Cho , A. T. Crites , C. E. Cunha , L. N. da Costa , T. de Haan , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , M. A. Dobbs , W. B. Everett , P. Doel , J. Estrada , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , E. M. George , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , N. W. Halverson , N. L. Harrington , W. G. Hartley , D. L. Hollowood , W. L. Holzapfel , K. Honscheid , Z. Hou , B. Hoyle , J. D. Hrubes , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , M. Lima , D. Luong-Van , A. Manzotti , D. P. Marrone , J. L. Marshall , J. J. McMahon , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , S. S. Meyer , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , L. M. Mocanu , J. J. Mohr , T. Natoli , S. Padin , A. A. Plazas , C. Pryke , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , J. E. Ruhl , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , K. K. Schaffer , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Shirokoff , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. T. Story , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , M. A. Troxel , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , A. R. Walker , W. L. K. Wu , O. Zahn

Benchmark Parameters for CMB Polarization Experiments

The recently detected polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) holds the potential for revealing the physics of inflation and gravitationally mapping the large-scale structure of the universe, if so called B-mode signals below…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-12 Wayne Hu , Matthew M. Hedman , Matias Zaldarriaga

Directional Variations of Cosmological Parameters from the Planck CMB Data

Recent observations suggest that there are violations of the isotropy of the universe at large scales, an important part of the cosmological principle. In this paper, we use the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) data to search for spatial…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-20 Shek Yeung , Ming-Chung Chu

JWST high redshift galaxy observations have a strong tension with Planck CMB measurements

JWST high redshift galaxy observations predict a higher star formation efficiency than the standard cosmology does, which poses a new tension to $\Lambda$CDM. We find that the situation is worse than expected. The true situation is that the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-04 Deng Wang , Yizhou Liu

Hints of tensions in the cosmic microwave background temperature and polarization quadrupoles

The large-angular-scale falloff in the autocorrelation function for the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature has long intrigued cosmologists and fueled speculation about suppressed superhorizon power. Here we highlight an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-13 Jahmour J. Givans , Marc Kamionkowski

Inflationary Potential as seen from Different Angles: Model Compatibility from Multiple CMB Missions

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature and polarization anisotropies, as observed by independent astronomical missions such as WMAP, Planck, and most recently the Atacama Cosmology Telescope and the South Pole Telescope have…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-13 William Giarè , Supriya Pan , Eleonora Di Valentino , Weiqiang Yang , Jaume de Haro , Alessandro Melchiorri

CMB B-polarization to map the Large-scale Structures of the Universe

We explore the possibility of using the B-type polarization of the CMB to map the large-scale structures of the Universe taking advantage of the lens effects on the CMB polarization. The functional relation between the B component with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 K. Benabed , F. Bernardeau , L. van Waerbeke

The Imprint of Proper Motion of Nonlinear Structures on the Cosmic Microwave Background

We investigate the imprint of nonlinear matter condensations on the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) in an $\Omega=1$, Cold Dark Matter (CDM) model universe. Temperature anisotropies are obtained by numerically evolving matter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Robin Tuluie , Pablo Laguna

Properties of the Simulated Circumgalactic Medium

The circumgalactic medium (CGM) is closely linked to galaxy formation and evolution, but difficult to characterize observationally and typically poorly resolved in cosmological simulations. We use spherically-symmetric, idealized,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-12 Cassandra Lochhaas , Greg L. Bryan , Yuan Li , Miao Li , Drummond Fielding

No large-angle correlations on the non-Galactic microwave sky

We investigate the angular two-point correlation function of temperature in the WMAP maps. Updating and extending earlier results, we confirm the lack of correlations outside the Galaxy on angular scales greater than about 60 degrees at a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-27 Craig J. Copi , Dragan Huterer , Dominik J. Schwarz , Glenn D. Starkman

An XMM-Newton Survey of the Soft X-ray Background. III. The Galactic Halo X-ray Emission

We present measurements of the Galactic halo's X-ray emission for 110 XMM-Newton sight lines, selected to minimize contamination from solar wind charge exchange emission. We detect emission from few million degree gas on ~4/5 of our sight…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 David B. Henley , Robin L. Shelton

Rayleigh scattering: blue sky thinking for future CMB observations

Rayleigh scattering from neutral hydrogen during and shortly after recombination causes the CMB anisotropies to be significantly frequency dependent at high frequencies. This may be detectable with Planck, and would be a strong signal in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-27 Antony Lewis

Health checkup test of the standard cosmological model in view of recent Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies experiments

We present an updated data-analysis comparison of the most recent observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background temperature anisotropies and polarization angular power spectra released by four different experiments: the Planck satellite…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-15 Eleonora Di Valentino , William Giarè , Alessandro Melchiorri , Joseph Silk

CMB polarization as a probe of the anomalous nature of the Cold Spot

One of the most interesting explanations for the non-Gaussian Cold Spot (CS) detected in the WMAP data by Vielva et al. 2004, is that it arises from the interaction of the CMB radiation with a cosmic texture (Cruz et al. 2007b). In this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 P. Vielva , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , M. Cruz , R. B. Barreiro , M. Tucci