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High resolution CMB power spectrum from the complete ACBAR data set

In this paper, we present results from the complete set of cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation temperature anisotropy observations made with the Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver (ACBAR) operating at 150 GHz. We include…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 C. L. Reichardt , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. A. Brevik , C. R. Contaldi , M. D. Daub , J. T. Dempsey , J. H. Goldstein , W. L. Holzapfel , C. L. Kuo , A. E. Lange , M. Lueker , M. Newcomb , J. B. Peterson , J. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , Z. Staniszewski

Cosmology from Cross-Correlation of ACT-DR4 CMB Lensing and DES-Y3 Cosmic Shear

Cross-correlation between weak lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and weak lensing of galaxies offers a way to place robust constraints on cosmological and astrophysical parameters with reduced sensitivity to certain…

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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

Five-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Angular Power Spectra

We present the temperature and polarization angular power spectra of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) derived from the first 5 years of WMAP data. The 5-year temperature (TT) spectrum is cosmic variance limited up to multipole l=530,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-18 M. R. Nolta , J. Dunkley , R. S. Hill , G. Hinshaw , E. Komatsu , D. Larson , L. Page , D. N. Spergel , C. L. Bennett , B. Gold , N. Jarosik , N. Odegard , J. L. Weiland , E. Wollack , M. Halpern , A. Kogut , M. Limon , S. S. Meyer , G. S. Tucker , E. L. Wright

Cosmological Parameters from Pre-Planck CMB Measurements

Recent data from the WMAP, ACT and SPT experiments provide precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background temperature power spectrum over a wide range of angular scales. The combination of these observations is well fit by the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Erminia Calabrese , Renée A. Hlozek , Nick Battaglia , Elia S. Battistelli , J. Richard Bond , Jens Chluba , Devin Crichton , Sudeep Das , Mark J. Devlin , Joanna Dunkley , Rolando Dünner , Marzieh Farhang , Megan B. Gralla , Amir Hajian , Mark Halpern , Matthew Hasselfield , Adam D. Hincks , Kent D. Irwin , Arthur Kosowsky , Thibaut Louis , Tobias A. Marriage , Kavilan Moodley , Laura Newburgh , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , Lyman A. Page , Neelima Sehgal , Blake D. Sherwin , Jonathan L. Sievers , Cristóbal Sifón , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Eric R. Switzer , Edward J. Wollack

Unveiling acoustic physics of the CMB using nonparametric estimation of the temperature angular power spectrum for Planck

Estimation of the angular power spectrum is one of the important steps in Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) data analysis. Here, we present a nonparametric estimate of the temperature angular power spectrum for the Planck 2013 CMB data. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Amir Aghamousa , Arman Shafieloo , Mihir Arjunwadkar , Tarun Souradeep

Cosmology From CMB Lensing and Delensed EE Power Spectra Using 2019-2020 SPT-3G Polarization Data

From CMB polarization data alone we reconstruct the CMB lensing power spectrum, comparable in overall constraining power to previous temperature-based reconstructions, and an unlensed E-mode power spectrum. The observations, taken in 2019…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-02 F. Ge , M. Millea , E. Camphuis , C. Daley , N. Huang , Y. Omori , W. Quan , E. Anderes , A. J. Anderson , B. Ansarinejad , M. Archipley , L. Balkenhol , K. Benabed , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , F. Bianchini , L. E. Bleem , F. R. Bouchet , L. Bryant , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , P. Chaubal , G. Chen , P. M. Chichura , A. Chokshi , T. -L. Chou , A. Coerver , T. M. Crawford , T. de Haan , K. R. Dibert , M. A. Dobbs , M. Doohan , A. Doussot , D. Dutcher , W. Everett , C. Feng , K. R. Ferguson , K. Fichman , A. Foster , S. Galli , A. E. Gambrel , R. W. Gardner , N. Goeckner-Wald , R. Gualtieri , F. Guidi , S. Guns , N. W. Halverson , E. Hivon , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , J. C. Hood , D. Howe , A. Hryciuk , F. Kéruzoré , A. R. Khalife , L. Knox , M. Korman , K. Kornoelje , C. -L. Kuo , A. T. Lee , K. Levy , A. E. Lowitz , C. Lu , A. Maniyar , E. S. Martsen , F. Menanteau , J. Montgomery , Y. Nakato , T. Natoli , G. I. Noble , Z. Pan , P. Paschos , K. A. Phadke , A. W. Pollak , K. Prabhu , M. Rahimi , A. Rahlin , C. L. Reichardt , D. Riebel , M. Rouble , J. E. Ruhl , E. Schiappucci , J. A. Sobrin , A. A. Stark , J. Stephen , C. Tandoi , B. Thorne , C. Trendafilova , C. Umilta , J. D. Vieira , A. Vitrier , Y. Wan , N. Whitehorn , W. L. K. Wu , M. R. Young , J. A. Zebrowski

Direct measurement of the angular power spectrum of cosmic microwave background temperature anisotropies in the WMAP Data

Angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies is one of the most important on characteristics of the Universe such as its geometry and total density. Using flat sky approximation and Fourier…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Lung-Yih Chiang , Fei-Fan Chen

Measurements of Secondary Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies with the South Pole Telescope

We report cosmic microwave background (CMB) power spectrum measurements from the first 100 sq. deg. field observed by the South Pole Telescope (SPT) at 150 and 220 GHz. On angular scales where the primary CMB anisotropy is dominant, ell ~<…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 M. Lueker , C. L. Reichardt , K. K. Schaffer , O. Zahn , P. A. R. Ade , K. A. Aird , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. M. Cho , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , E. M. George , N. R. Hall , N. W. Halverson , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , J. D. Hrubes , M. Joy , R. Keisler , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , J. J. Mohr , T. E. Montroy , S. Padin , T. Plagge , C. Pryke , J. E. Ruhl , L. Shaw , E. Shirokoff , H. G. Spieler , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , R. Williamson

Quantifying discordance in the 2015 Planck CMB spectrum

We examine the internal consistency of the Planck 2015 cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropy power spectrum. We show that tension exists between cosmological constant cold dark matter (LCDM) model parameters inferred from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-24 G. E. Addison , Y. Huang , D. J. Watts , C. L. Bennett , M. Halpern , G. Hinshaw , J. L. Weiland

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: $B$-mode delensing with DR6 data and external tracers of large-scale structure

Large-scale $B$-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) is a prime target for current and future experiments in search of primordial gravitational waves (PGW). With increasingly sensitive instruments being deployed,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-01 Emilie Hertig , Antón Baleato Lizancos , Frank J. Qu , J. Richard Bond , Erminia Calabrese , Anthony Challinor , Mark J. Devlin , Jo Dunkley , Thibaut Louis , Mathew S. Madhavacheril , Toshiya Namikawa , Lyman A. Page , Neelima Sehgal , Blake Sherwin , Cristóbal Sifón , Suzanne T. Staggs , Edward J. Wollack

Binned Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Power Spectra: Peak Location

We use weighted mean and median statistics techniques to combine individual cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy detections and determine binned, multipole-space, CMB anisotropy power spectra. The resultant power spectra are peaked.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-19 Silviu Podariu , Tarun Souradeep , J. Richard Gott , Bharat Ratra , Michael S. Vogeley

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Mitigating the impact of extragalactic foregrounds for the DR6 CMB lensing analysis

We investigate the impact and mitigation of extragalactic foregrounds for the CMB lensing power spectrum analysis of Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) data release 6 (DR6) data. Two independent microwave sky simulations are used to test a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-12 Niall MacCrann , Blake D. Sherwin , Frank J. Qu , Toshiya Namikawa , Mathew S. Madhavacheril , Irene Abril-Cabezas , Rui An , Jason E. Austermann , Nicholas Battaglia , Elia S. Battistelli , James A. Beall , Boris Bolliet , J. Richard Bond , Hongbo Cai , Erminia Calabrese , William R. Coulton , Omar Darwish , Shannon M. Duff , Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden , Jo Dunkley , Gerrit S. Farren , Simone Ferraro , Joseph E. Golec , Yilun Guan , Dongwon Han , Carlos Hervías-Caimapo , J. Colin Hill , Matt Hilton , Renée Hložek , Johannes Hubmayr , Joshua Kim , Zack Li , Arthur Kosowsky , Thibaut Louis , Jeff McMahon , Gabriela A. Marques , Kavilan Moodley , Sigurd Naess , Michael D. Niemack , Lyman Page , Bruce Partridge , Emmanuel Schaan , Neelima Sehgal , Cristóbal Sifón , Edward J. Wollack , Maria Salatino , Joel N. Ullom , Jeff Van Lanen , Alexander Van Engelen , Lukas Wenz

Planck 2015 constraints on the non-flat XCDM inflation model

We study Planck 2015 cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy data using the energy density inhomogeneity power spectrum generated by quantum fluctuations during an early epoch of inflation in the non-flat XCDM model. Here dark energy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-19 Junpei Ooba , Bharat Ratra , Naoshi Sugiyama

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Microwave Intensity and Polarization Maps of the Galactic Center

We present arcminute-resolution intensity and polarization maps of the Galactic center made with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT). The maps cover a 32 deg$^2$ field at 98, 150, and 224 GHz with $\vert l\vert\le4^\circ$, $\vert…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-10-13 Yilun Guan , Susan E. Clark , Brandon S. Hensley , Patricio A. Gallardo , Sigurd Naess , Cody J. Duell , Simone Aiola , Zachary Atkins , Erminia Calabrese , Steve K. Choi , Nicholas F. Cothard , Mark Devlin , Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden , Jo Dunkley , Rolando Dünner , Simone Ferraro , Matthew Hasselfield , John P. Hughes , Brian J. Koopman , Arthur B. Kosowsky , Mathew S. Madhavacheril , Jeff McMahon , Federico Nati , Michael D. Niemack , Lyman A. Page , Maria Salatino , Emmanuel Schaan , Neelima Sehgal , Cristóbal Sifón , Suzanne Staggs , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu

Detection of the Power Spectrum of Cosmic Microwave Background Lensing by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope

We report the first detection of the gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background through a measurement of the four-point correlation function in the temperature maps made by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. We verify our…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 Sudeep Das , Blake D. Sherwin , Paula Aguirre , John W. Appel , J. Richard Bond , C. Sofia Carvalho , Mark J. Devlin , Joanna Dunkley , Rolando Dunner , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Joseph W. Fowler , Amir Hajian , Mark Halpern , Matthew Hasselfield , Adam D. Hincks , Renee Hlozek , Kevin M. Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Kent D. Irwin , Jeff Klein , Arthur Kosowsky , Robert H. Lupton , Tobias A. Marriage , Danica Marsden , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , Lyman A. Page , Lucas Parker , Erik D. Reese , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Neelima Sehgal , Jon Sievers , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Daniel S. Swetz , Eric R. Switzer , Robert Thornton , Katerina Visnjic , Ed Wollack

Current small-scale CMB constraints to axion-like early dark energy

The SPT-3G 2018 TT/TE/EE cosmic microwave background (CMB) data set (temperature and polarization) is used to place constraints on an axion-like model of early dark energy (EDE). These data do not favor axion-like EDE and place an upper…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-08 Tristan L. Smith , Vivian Poulin

A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Lensing Potential and Power Spectrum from 500 deg$^2$ of SPTpol Temperature and Polarization Data

We present a measurement of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing potential using 500 deg$^2$ of 150 GHz data from the SPTpol receiver on the South Pole Telescope. The lensing potential is reconstructed with signal-to-noise per mode…

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Improved constraints on cosmic microwave background secondary anisotropies from the complete 2008 South Pole Telescope data

We report measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) power spectrum from the complete 2008 South Pole Telescope (SPT) data set. We analyze twice as much data as the first SPT power spectrum analysis, using an improved…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 E. Shirokoff , C. L. Reichardt , L. Shaw , M. Millea , P. A. R. Ade , K. A. Aird , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. M. Cho , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , J. Dudley , E. M. George , N. W. Halverson , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , J. D. Hrubes , M. Joy , R. Keisler , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , M. Lueker , D. Luong-Van , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , J. J. Mohr , T. E. Montroy , S. Padin , T. Plagge , C. Pryke , J. E. Ruhl , K. K. Schaffer , H. G. Spieler , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. Story , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , R. Williamson , O. Zahn

Neutrino Mass Bounds in the era of Tension Cosmology

The measurements of Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropies made by the Planck satellite provide extremely tight upper bounds on the total neutrino mass scale ($\Sigma m_{\nu}<0.26 eV$ at $95\%$ C.L.). However, as recently discussed in the…

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