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Weak Lensing Analysis of SPT selected Galaxy Clusters using Dark Energy Survey Science Verification Data

We present weak lensing (WL) mass constraints for a sample of massive galaxy clusters detected by the South Pole Telescope (SPT) via the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect (SZE). We use $griz$ imaging data obtained from the Science Verification (SV)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-30 C. Stern , J. P. Dietrich , S. Bocquet , D. Applegate , J. J. Mohr , S. L. Bridle , M. Carrasco Kind , D. Gruen , M. Jarvis , T. Kacprzak , A. Saro , E. Sheldon , M. A. Troxel , J. Zuntz , B. A. Benson , R. Capasso , I. Chiu , S. Desai , D. Rapetti , C. L. Reichardt , B. Saliwanchik , T. Schrabback , N. Gupta , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , S. Avila , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , J. Estrada , A. E. Evrard , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , D. Hollowood , T. Jeltema , D. Kirk , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , E. Sanchez , R. Schindler , M. Schubnell , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Smith , R. C. Smith , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , A. R. Walker

Planck 2015 results. XV. Gravitational lensing

We present the most significant measurement of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing potential to date (at a level of 40 sigma), using temperature and polarization data from the Planck 2015 full-mission release. Using a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-23 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , J. G. Bartlett , 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 , 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. Désert , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , J. Dunkley , 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 , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , 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 , K. M. Huffenberger , G. Hurier , 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 , J. Lesgourgues , F. Levrier , A. Lewis , 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 , P. McGehee , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , 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 , 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. Prézeau , 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. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , M. Savelainen , G. Savini , 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 , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , M. White , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Assessing the growth of structure over cosmic time with CMB lensing

The standard $\Lambda$CDM cosmological model informed by cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies makes a precise prediction for the growth of matter density fluctuations over cosmic time on linear scales. A variety of cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-14 Mathew S. Madhavacheril

SPTpol: an instrument for CMB polarization measurements with the South Pole Telescope

SPTpol is a dual-frequency polarization-sensitive camera that was deployed on the 10-meter South Pole Telescope in January 2012. SPTpol will measure the polarization anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-19 J. E. Austermann , K. A. Aird , J. A. Beall , D. Becker , A. Bender , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. Britton , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. C. Chiang , H. M. Cho , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , A. Datesman , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , E. M. George , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , S. Hoover , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , R. Keisler , J. Kennedy , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. Leitch , D. Li , M. Lueker , D. P. Marrone , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , T. E. Montroy , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , M. D. Niemack , V. Novosad , S. Padin , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , E. Shirokoff , A. A. Stark , K. Story , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , R. Williamson , V. Yefremenko , K. W. Yoon , O. Zahn

CMB Polarization due to Scattering in Clusters

Scattering of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) in clusters of galaxies polarizes the radiation. We explore several polarization components which have their origin in the kinematic quadrupole moments induced by the motion of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Shimon , Y. Rephaeli , B. W. O'Shea , M. L. Norman

Cosmic 21-cm Delensing of Microwave Background Polarization and the Minimum Detectable Energy Scale of Inflation

The curl (B) modes of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization anisotropies are a unique probe of the primordial background of inflationary gravitational waves (IGWs). Unfortunately, the B-mode polarization anisotropies generated by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kris Sigurdson , Asantha Cooray

Constraints on Cosmological Parameters from the 500 deg$^2$ SPTpol Lensing Power Spectrum

We present cosmological constraints based on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing potential power spectrum measurement from the recent 500 deg$^2$ SPTpol survey, the most precise CMB lensing measurement from the ground to date. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-05 F. Bianchini , W. L. K. Wu , P. A. R. Ade , A. J. Anderson , J. E. Austermann , J. S. Avva , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , P. Chaubal , H. C. Chiang , R. Citron , C. Corbett Moran , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , W. Everett , J. Gallicchio , E. M. George , A. Gilbert , N. Gupta , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , D. Li , A. Lowitz , A. Manzotti , J. J. McMahon , S. S. Meyer , M. Millea , L. M. Mocanu , J. Montgomery , A. Nadolski , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , G. Noble , V. Novosad , Y. Omori , S. Padin , S. Patil , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , C. Sievers , G. Simard , G. Smecher , A. A. Stark , K. T. Story , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , T. Veach , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , V. Yefremenko

A CMB lensing mass map and its correlation with the cosmic infrared background

We use a temperature map of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) obtained using the South Pole Telescope at 150 GHz to construct a map of the gravitational convergence to z ~ 1100, revealing the fluctuations in the projected mass density.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 G. P. Holder , M. P. Viero , O. Zahn , K. A. Aird , B. A. Benson , S. Bhattacharya , L. E. Bleem , J. Bock , M. Brodwin , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H-M. Cho , A. Conley , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , J. Dudley , E. M. George , N. W. Halverson , W. L. Holzapfel , S. Hoover , Z. Hou , J. D. Hrubes , R. Keisler , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , M. Lueker , D. Luong-Van , G. Marsden , D. P. Marrone , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , M. Millea , J. J. Mohr , T. E. Montroy , S. Padin , T. Plagge , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , B. Schulz , L. Shaw , E. Shirokoff , H. G. Spieler , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. T. Story , A. van Engelen , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , R. Williamson , M. Zemcov

A Simple Gravitational Lens Model For Cosmic Voids

We present a simple gravitational lens model to illustrate the ease of using the embedded lensing theory when studying cosmic voids. It confirms the previously used repulsive lensing models for deep voids. We start by estimating magnitude…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-17 Bin Chen , Ronald Kantowski , Xinyu Dai

A Lensing Reconstruction of Primordial Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization

We discuss a possibility to directly reconstruct the CMB polarization field at the last scattering surface by accounting for modifications imposed by the gravitational lensing effect. The suggested method requires a tracer field of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Asantha Cooray

Measuring Dark Energy Clustering with CMB-Galaxy Correlations

The integrated Sachs-Wolfe (ISW) effect in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) as measured through its correlation with galaxies provides a unique opportunity to study the dynamics of the dark energy through its large scale clustering…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-12 Wayne Hu , Ryan Scranton

Cosmological constraints from abundance, weak-lensing and clustering of galaxy clusters: application to the SDSS

The clustering of galaxy clusters is a powerful cosmological tool, which can help to break degeneracies between parameters when combined with other cosmological observables. We aim to demonstrate its potential in constraining cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-16 Alessandra Fumagalli , Matteo Costanzi , Alexandro Saro , Tiago Castro , Stefano Borgani

Cross-correlation Weak Lensing of SDSS Galaxy Clusters I: Measurements

This is the first in a series of papers on the weak lensing effect caused by clusters of galaxies in Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The photometrically selected cluster sample, known as MaxBCG, includes ~130,000 objects between redshift 0.1 and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-24 Erin S. Sheldon , David E. Johnston , Ryan Scranton , Ben P. Koester , Timothy A. McKay , Hiroaki Oyaizu , Carlos Cunha , Marcos Lima , Huan Lin , Joshua A. Frieman , Risa H. Wechsler , James Annis , Rachel Mandelbaum , Neta A. Bahcall , Masataka Fukugita

Supernovae, Lensed CMB and Dark Energy

Supernova distance and primary CMB anisotropy measurements provide powerful probes of the dark energy evolution in a flat universe but degrade substantially once curvature is marginalized. We show that lensed CMB polarization power spectrum…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Wayne Hu , Dragan Huterer , Kendrick M. Smith

Can weak lensing surveys confirm BICEP2 ?

The detection of B-modes in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization by the BICEP2 experiment, if interpreted as evidence for a primordial gravitational wave background, has enormous ramifications for cosmology and physics. It is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-29 Nora Elisa Chisari , Cora Dvorkin , Fabian Schmidt

Parameter constraints from cross-correlation of CMB lensing with galaxy clustering

The lensing convergence measurable with future CMB surveys like CMB-S4 will be highly correlated with the clustering observed by deep photometric large scale structure (LSS) surveys such as the LSST, with cross-correlation coefficient as…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-06 Marcel Schmittfull , Uros Seljak

Probing Galaxy Dark Matter Haloes in COSMOS with Weak Lensing Flexion

Current theories of structure formation predict specific density profiles of galaxy dark matter haloes, and with weak gravitational lensing we can probe these profiles on several scales. On small scales, higher-order shape distortions known…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Malin Velander , Konrad Kuijken , Tim Schrabback

Polarization of the CMB photons crossing the galaxy clusters

In this paper, I investigate a local effect of polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) in clusters of galaxies, due to the Thomson scattering of the anisotropic radiation. A local anisotropy of the CMB is produced by some…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Marina Gibilisco

First weak lensing results from the Red-Sequence Cluster Survey

The Red-Sequence Cluster Survey (RCS) is a 100 square degree galaxy cluster survey designed to provide a large sample of optically selected clusters of galaxies with redshifts 0.1<z<1.4. The survey data are also useful for a variety of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Henk Hoekstra , Howard Yee , Mike Gladders

Cross-correlation of CMB with large-scale structure: weak gravitational lensing

We present the results of a search for gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) in cross-correlation with the projected density of luminous red galaxies (LRGs). The CMB lensing reconstruction is performed using the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Christopher M. Hirata , Nikhil Padmanabhan , Uros Seljak , David Schlegel , Jonathan Brinkmann