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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…

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Testing deviations from the $\Lambda$CDM model using the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) power spectra requires a pristine understanding of instrumental systematics. In this work we discuss the properties of a new observable ${\cal…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-04 Thibaut Louis , Zack Li , Matthieu Tristram

Tensions in cosmological parameters measurement motivate a revisit of the effects of instrumental systematics. In this article, we focus on the Pearson's correlation coefficient of the cosmic microwave background temperature and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-28 Adrien La Posta , Thibaut Louis , Xavier Garrido , Matthieu Tristram , Sophie Henrot-Versillé

The Planck cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature data are best fit with a LCDM model that is in mild tension with constraints from other cosmological probes. The South Pole Telescope (SPT) 2540 $\text{deg}^2$ SPT-SZ survey offers…

We estimate the accuracy with which various cosmological parameters can be determined from the CMB temperature and polarization data when various galactic unpolarized and polarized foregrounds are included and marginalized using the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Prunet , S. K. Sethi , F. R. Bouchet

The Planck experiment has measured the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) angular spectrum with unprecedented accuracy, and these results are likely to remain the state-of-the art for a decade or more. Since these measurements are going to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 Julia Stadler , Céline Bœhm

We use a high-accuracy computational code to investigate the precision with which cosmological parameters could be reconstructed by future cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments, in particular the two satellite missions MAP and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Zaldarriaga , D. Spergel , U. Seljak

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.…

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Finding the best parametrization for cosmological models in the absence of first-principle theories is an open question. We propose a data-driven parametrization of cosmological models given by the disentangled 'latent' representation of a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-22 Davide Piras , Laura Herold , Luisa Lucie-Smith , Eiichiro Komatsu

We present a sample-variance-limited measurement of the temperature power spectrum ($TT$) of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using observations of a $\sim\! 1500 \,\mathrm{deg}^2$ field made by SPT-3G in 2018. We report multifrequency…

The scalar mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background is derived in a spatially closed universe from the Boltzmann equation using the line of sight integral method. The EE and TE multipole coefficients have been extracted…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-10 Pedram Niazy , Amir H. Abbassi

The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) is a fundamental observational tool in modern cosmology. The linear polarization of the CMB provides a crucial observational tool for exploring new physics, including the inflationary paradigm and…

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We present the first results based on Planck measurements of the CMB temperature and lensing-potential power spectra. The Planck spectra at high multipoles are extremely well described by the standard spatially-flat six-parameter LCDM…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 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 , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoît , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. Bobin , J. J. Bock , A. Bonaldi , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , M. Bridges , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , E. Calabrese , B. Cappellini , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , R. -R. Chary , X. Chen , H. C. Chiang , L. -Y 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 , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , F. -X. Désert , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , K. Dolag , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , J. Dunkley , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , T. C. Gaier , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , M. Giard , G. Giardino , Y. Giraud-Héraud , E. Gjerløw , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , J. Haissinski , J. Hamann , 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 , Z. Hou , W. Hovest , K. M. Huffenberger , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , J. Jewell , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , L. Knox , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , R. J. Laureijs , C. R. Lawrence , S. Leach , J. P. Leahy , R. Leonardi , J. León-Tavares , J. Lesgourgues , A. Lewis , 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 , M. Massardi , S. Matarrese , F. Matthai , P. Mazzotta , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , J. -B. Melin , L. Mendes , E. Menegoni , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , M. Millea , 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 , I. J. O'Dwyer , S. Osborne , C. A. Oxborrow , F. Paci , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , D. Paoletti , B. Partridge , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , D. Pearson , T. J. Pearson , H. V. Peiris , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , P. Platania , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , L. Popa , T. Poutanen , G. W. Pratt , G. Prézeau , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , W. T. Reach , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , T. Riller , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , 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 , 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 , M. Türler , G. Umana , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , M. White , S. D. M. White , A. Wilkinson , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

We present measurements of large-scale cosmic microwave background (CMB) E-mode polarization from the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) 90 GHz data. Using 115 det-yr of observations collected through 2024 with a variable-delay…

We compare cosmological parameters from different Planck sky maps and likelihood pipelines, assessing robustness of cosmological results with respect to the choice of the latest Planck maps-likelihood combination. We show that, for the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-27 Hidde Jense , Marc Viña , Erminia Calabrese , J. Colin Hill

Precision measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, especially experiments seeking to detect the odd-parity "B-modes", have far-reaching implications for cosmology. To detect the B-modes generated…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-27 Brian Keating , Meir Shimon , Amit Yadav

Precise polarisation measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) require accurate knowledge of the instrument orientation relative to the sky frame used to define the cosmological Stokes parameters. Suitable celestial calibration…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-09 M. H. Abitbol , J. C. Hill , B. R. Johnson

Following Kamionkowski (2008), a quadratic estimator of the rotation of the plane of polarization of the CMB is constructed. This statistic can estimate a spatially varying rotation angle. We use this estimator to quantify the prospects of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-03 Amit P. S. Yadav , Rahul Biswas , Meng Su , Matias Zaldarriaga