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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
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G. A. Marques , C. P. Novaes , A. Bernui , I. S. Ferreira
We present new arcminute-resolution maps of the Cosmic Microwave Background temperature and polarization anisotropy from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, using data taken from 2013-2016 at 98 and 150 GHz. The maps cover more than 17,000…
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics
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Simone Aiola , Erminia Calabrese , Loïc Maurin , Sigurd Naess , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Maximilian H. Abitbol , Graeme E. Addison , Peter A. R. Ade , David Alonso , Mandana Amiri , Stefania Amodeo , Elio Angile , Jason E. Austermann , Taylor Baildon , Nick Battaglia , James A. Beall , Rachel Bean , Daniel T. Becker , J Richard Bond , Sarah Marie Bruno , Victoria Calafut , Luis E. Campusano , Felipe Carrero , Grace E. Chesmore , Hsiao-mei Cho , Steve K. Choi , Susan E. Clark , Nicholas F. Cothard , Devin Crichton , Kevin T. Crowley , Omar Darwish , Rahul Datta , Edward V. Denison , Mark J. Devlin , Cody J. Duell , Shannon M. Duff , Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden , Jo Dunkley , Rolando Dünner , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Max Fankhanel , Simone Ferraro , Anna E. Fox , Brittany Fuzia , Patricio A. Gallardo , Vera Gluscevic , Joseph E. Golec , Emily Grace , Megan Gralla , Yilun Guan , Kirsten Hall , Mark Halpern , Dongwon Han , Peter Hargrave , Matthew Hasselfield , Jakob M. Helton , Shawn Henderson , Brandon Hensley , J. Colin Hill , Gene C. Hilton , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hložek , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Johannes Hubmayr , Kevin M. Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Leopoldo Infante , Kent Irwin , Rebecca Jackson , Jeff Klein , Kenda Knowles , Brian Koopman , Arthur Kosowsky , Victoria Lakey , Dale Li , Yaqiong Li , Zack Li , Martine Lokken , Thibaut Louis , Marius Lungu , Amanda MacInnis , Mathew Madhavacheril , Felipe Maldonado , Maya Mallaby-Kay , Danica Marsden , Jeff McMahon , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Tim Morton , Toshiya Namikawa , Federico Nati , Laura Newburgh , John P. Nibarger , Andrina Nicola , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , John Orlowski-Sherer , Lyman A. Page , Christine G. Pappas , Bruce Partridge , Phumlani Phakathi , Giampaolo Pisano , Heather Prince , Roberto Puddu , Frank J. Qu , Jesus Rivera , Naomi Robertson , Felipe Rojas , Maria Salatino , Emmanuel Schaan , Alessandro Schillaci , Neelima Sehgal , Blake D. Sherwin , Carlos Sierra , Jon Sievers , Cristobal Sifon , Precious Sikhosana , Sara Simon , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Jason Stevens , Emilie Storer , Dhaneshwar D. Sunder , Eric R. Switzer , Ben Thorne , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Jesse Treu , Carole Tucker , Leila R. Vale , Alexander Van Engelen , Jeff Van Lanen , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Kasey Wagoner , Yuhan Wang , Jonathan T. Ward , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Fernando Zago , Ningfeng Zhu
We present power spectra of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy in temperature and polarization, measured from the Data Release 6 maps made from Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) data. These cover 19,000 deg$^2$ of sky in bands…
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics
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Thibaut Louis , Adrien La Posta , Zachary Atkins , Hidde T. Jense , Irene Abril-Cabezas , Graeme E. Addison , Peter A. R. Ade , Simone Aiola , Tommy Alford , David Alonso , Mandana Amiri , Rui An , Jason E. Austermann , Eleonora Barbavara , Nicholas Battaglia , Elia Stefano Battistelli , James A. Beall , Rachel Bean , Ali Beheshti , Benjamin Beringue , Tanay Bhandarkar , Emily Biermann , Boris Bolliet , J Richard Bond , Erminia Calabrese , Valentina Capalbo , Felipe Carrero , Shi-Fan Chen , Grace Chesmore , Hsiao-mei Cho , Steve K. Choi , Susan E. Clark , Nicholas F. Cothard , Kevin Coughlin , William Coulton , Devin Crichton , Kevin T. Crowley , Omar Darwish , Mark J. Devlin , Simon Dicker , Cody J. Duell , Shannon M. Duff , Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden , Jo Dunkley , Rolando Dunner , Carmen Embil Villagra , Max Fankhanel , Gerrit S. Farren , Simone Ferraro , Allen Foster , Rodrigo Freundt , Brittany Fuzia , Patricio A. Gallardo , Xavier Garrido , Martina Gerbino , Serena Giardiello , Ajay Gill , Jahmour Givans , Vera Gluscevic , Samuel Goldstein , Joseph E. Golec , Yulin Gong , Yilun Guan , Mark Halpern , Ian Harrison , Matthew Hasselfield , Erin Healy , Shawn Henderson , Brandon Hensley , Carlos Hervías-Caimapo , J. Colin Hill , Gene C. Hilton , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hložek , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , John Hood , Erika Hornecker , Zachary B. Huber , Johannes Hubmayr , Kevin M. Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Margaret Ikape , Kent Irwin , Giovanni Isopi , Neha Joshi , Ben Keller , Joshua Kim , Kenda Knowles , Brian J. Koopman , Arthur Kosowsky , Darby Kramer , Aleksandra Kusiak , Alex Lague , Victoria Lakey , Eunseong Lee , Yaqiong Li , Zack Li , Michele Limon , Martine Lokken , Marius Lungu , Niall MacCrann , Amanda MacInnis , Mathew S. Madhavacheril , Diego Maldonado , Felipe Maldonado , Maya Mallaby-Kay , Gabriela A. Marques , Joshiwa van Marrewijk , Fiona McCarthy , Jeff McMahon , Yogesh Mehta , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Thomas W. Morris , Tony Mroczkowski , Sigurd Naess , Toshiya Namikawa , Federico Nati , Simran K. Nerval , Laura Newburgh , Andrina Nicola , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , John Orlowski-Scherer , Luca Pagano , Lyman A. Page , Shivam Pandey , Bruce Partridge , Karen Perez Sarmiento , Heather Prince , Roberto Puddu , Frank J. Qu , Damien C. Ragavan , Bernardita Ried Guachalla , Keir K. Rogers , Felipe Rojas , Tai Sakuma , Emmanuel Schaan , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Neelima Sehgal , Shabbir Shaikh , Blake D. Sherwin , Carlos Sierra , Jon Sievers , Cristóbal Sifón , Sara Simon , Rita Sonka , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Emilie Storer , Kristen Surrao , Eric R. Switzer , Niklas Tampier , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Carole Tucker , Joel Ullom , Leila R. Vale , Alexander Van Engelen , Jeff Van Lanen , Cristian Vargas , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Kasey Wagoner , Yuhan Wang , Lukas Wenzl , Edward J. Wollack , Kaiwen Zheng
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) is a 6 m telescope located in the Atacama Desert, designed to measure the cosmic microwave background (CMB) with arcminute resolution. ACT, with its third generation polarization sensitive array,…
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics
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Patricio A. Gallardo , Nicholas F. Cothard , Roberto Puddu , Rolando Dünner , Brian J. Koopman , Michael D. Niemack , Sara M. Simon , Edward J. Wollack
This paper presents a maximum-likelihood algorithm for combining sky maps with disparate sky coverage, angular resolution and spatially varying anisotropic noise into a single map of the sky. We use this to merge hundreds of individual maps…
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We test the statistical isotropy and Gaussianity of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies using observations made by the Planck satellite. Our results are based mainly on the full Planck mission for temperature, but also…
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics
2016-09-21
Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , Y. Akrami , P. K. Aluri , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , 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 , B. Casaponsa , 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 , D. Contreras , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , M. Cruz , 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 , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , Y. Fantaye , J. Fergusson , R. Fernandez-Cobos , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frejsel , A. Frolov , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , C. Gauthier , T. Ghosh , 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 , Z. Huang , K. M. Huffenberger , G. Hurier , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , J. Kim , T. S. Kisner , 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 , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , H. Liu , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , G. Maggio , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , D. Marinucci , 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 , K. Mikkelsen , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , D. Molinari , 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 , N. Pant , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , T. J. Pearson , 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 , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , A. Renzi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , M. Rossetti , A. Rotti , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , M. Savelainen , G. Savini , D. Scott , M. D. Seiffert , E. P. S. Shellard , T. Souradeep , 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 , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , J. P. Zibin , A. Zonca
Measurement of the acoustic peaks of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies has been instrumental in deciding the geometry and content of the universe. Acoustic peak positions vary in different parts of the sky due…
We use new cosmic microwave background (CMB) primary temperature and polarization anisotropy measurements from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) Data Release 6 (DR6) to test foundational assumptions of the standard cosmological model…
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics
2025-06-25
Erminia Calabrese , J. Colin Hill , Hidde T. Jense , Adrien La Posta , Irene Abril-Cabezas , Graeme E. Addison , Peter A. R. Ade , Simone Aiola , Tommy Alford , David Alonso , Mandana Amiri , Rui An , Zachary Atkins , Jason E. Austermann , Eleonora Barbavara , Nicola Barbieri , Nicholas Battaglia , Elia Stefano Battistelli , James A. Beall , Rachel Bean , Ali Beheshti , Benjamin Beringue , Tanay Bhandarkar , Emily Biermann , Boris Bolliet , J Richard Bond , Valentina Capalbo , Felipe Carrero , Shi-Fan Chen , Grace Chesmore , Hsiao-mei Cho , Steve K. Choi , Susan E. Clark , Nicholas F. Cothard , Kevin Coughlin , William Coulton , Devin Crichton , Kevin T. Crowley , Omar Darwish , Mark J. Devlin , Simon Dicker , Cody J. Duell , Shannon M. Duff , Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden , Jo Dunkley , Rolando Dunner , Carmen Embil Villagra , Max Fankhanel , Gerrit S. Farren , Simone Ferraro , Allen Foster , Rodrigo Freundt , Brittany Fuzia , Patricio A. Gallardo , Xavier Garrido , Martina Gerbino , Serena Giardiello , Ajay Gill , Jahmour Givans , Vera Gluscevic , Samuel Goldstein , Joseph E. Golec , Yulin Gong , Yilun Guan , Mark Halpern , Ian Harrison , Matthew Hasselfield , Adam He , Erin Healy , Shawn Henderson , Brandon Hensley , Carlos Hervías-Caimapo , Gene C. Hilton , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hložek , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , John Hood , Erika Hornecker , Zachary B. Huber , Johannes Hubmayr , Kevin M. Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Margaret Ikape , Kent Irwin , Giovanni Isopi , Neha Joshi , Ben Keller , Joshua Kim , Kenda Knowles , Brian J. Koopman , Arthur Kosowsky , Darby Kramer , Aleksandra Kusiak , Alex Lague , Victoria Lakey , Massimiliano Lattanzi , Eunseong Lee , Yaqiong Li , Zack Li , Michele Limon , Martine Lokken , Thibaut Louis , Marius Lungu , Niall MacCrann , Amanda MacInnis , Mathew S. Madhavacheril , Diego Maldonado , Felipe Maldonado , Maya Mallaby-Kay , Gabriela A. Marques , Joshiwa van Marrewijk , Fiona McCarthy , Jeff McMahon , Yogesh Mehta , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Thomas W. Morris , Tony Mroczkowski , Sigurd Naess , Toshiya Namikawa , Federico Nati , Simran K. Nerval , Laura Newburgh , Andrina Nicola , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , John Orlowski-Scherer , Luca Pagano , Lyman A. Page , Shivam Pandey , Bruce Partridge , Karen Perez Sarmiento , Heather Prince , Roberto Puddu , Frank J. Qu , Damien C. Ragavan , Bernardita Ried Guachalla , Keir K. Rogers , Felipe Rojas , Tai Sakuma , Emmanuel Schaan , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Neelima Sehgal , Shabbir Shaikh , Blake D. Sherwin , Carlos Sierra , Jon Sievers , Cristóbal Sifón , Sara Simon , Rita Sonka , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Emilie Storer , Kristen Surrao , Eric R. Switzer , Niklas Tampier , Leander Thiele , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Carole Tucker , Joel Ullom , Leila R. Vale , Alexander Van Engelen , Jeff Van Lanen , Cristian Vargas , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Kasey Wagoner , Yuhan Wang , Lukas Wenzl , Edward J. Wollack , Kaiwen Zheng
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
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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's Cosmic Microwave Background temperature and polarization observations are the premier dataset for constraining cosmological models. Cosmic variance limited temperature at large and intermediate scales today dominates the…
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics
2023-01-18
Adrien La Posta , Umberto Natale , Erminia Calabrese , Xavier Garrido , Thibaut Louis
Several unexpected features have been observed in the microwave sky at large angular scales, both by WMAP an by Planck. Among those features is a lack of both variance and correlation on the largest angular scales, alignment of the lowest…
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics
2016-09-07
Dominik J. Schwarz , Craig J. Copi , Dragan Huterer , Glenn D. Starkman
In the present work, we study the largest structures of the CMB temperature measured by Planck in terms of the most prominent peaks on the sky, which, in particular, are located in the southern galactic hemisphere. Besides these large-scale…
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics
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A. Marcos-Caballero , E. Martínez-González , P. Vielva
We present new measurements of cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing over $9400$ sq. deg. of the sky. These lensing measurements are derived from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) Data Release 6 (DR6) CMB dataset, which consists of…
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics
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We present Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) Data Release 6 (DR6) maps of the Cosmic Microwave Background temperature and polarization anisotropy at arcminute resolution over three frequency bands centered on 98, 150 and 220 GHz. The maps…
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics
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Sigurd Naess , Yilun Guan , Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden , Matthew Hasselfield , Yuhan Wang , Irene Abril-Cabezas , Graeme E. Addison , Peter A. R. Ade , Simone Aiola , Tommy Alford , David Alonso , Mandana Amiri , Rui An , Zachary Atkins , Jason E. Austermann , Eleonora Barbavara , Nicholas Battaglia , Elia Stefano Battistelli , James A. Beall , Rachel Bean , Ali Beheshti , Benjamin Beringue , Tanay Bhandarkar , Emily Biermann , Boris Bolliet , J Richard Bond , Erminia Calabrese , Valentina Capalbo , Felipe Carrero , Stephen Chen , Grace Chesmore , Hsiao-mei Cho , Steve K. Choi , Susan E. Clark , Rodrigo Cordova Rosado , Nicholas F. Cothard , Kevin Coughlin , William Coulton , Devin Crichton , Kevin T. Crowley , Mark J. Devlin , Simon Dicker , Cody J. Duell , Shannon M. Duff , Jo Dunkley , Rolando Dunner , Carmen Embil Villagra , Max Fankhanel , Gerrit S. Farren , Simone Ferraro , Allen Foster , Rodrigo Freundt , Brittany Fuzia , Patricio A. Gallardo , Xavier Garrido , Serena Giardiello , Ajay Gill , Jahmour Givans , Vera Gluscevic , Joseph E. Golec , Yulin Gong , Mark Halpern , Ian Harrison , Erin Healy , Shawn Henderson , Brandon Hensley , Carlos Hervías-Caimapo , J. Colin Hill , Gene C. Hilton , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hložek , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , John Hood , Erika Hornecker , Zachary B. Huber , Johannes Hubmayr , Kevin M. Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Margaret Ikape , Kent Irwin , Giovanni Isopi , Hidde T. Jense , Neha Joshi , Ben Keller , Joshua Kim , Kenda Knowles , Brian J. Koopman , Arthur Kosowsky , Darby Kramer , Aleksandra Kusiak , Adrien La Posta , Alex Laguë , Victoria Lakey , Eunseong Lee , Yaqiong Li , Zack Li , Michele Limon , Martine Lokken , Thibaut Louis , Marius Lungu , Niall MacCrann , Amanda MacInnis , Mathew S. Madhavacheril , Diego Maldonado , Felipe Maldonado , Maya Mallaby-Kay , Gabriela A. Marques , Joshiwa van Marrewijk , Fiona McCarthy , Jeff McMahon , Yogesh Mehta , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Thomas W. Morris , Tony Mroczkowski , Toshiya Namikawa , Federico Nati , Simran K. Nerval , Laura Newburgh , Andrina Nicola , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , John Orlowski-Scherer , Lyman A. Page , Shivam Pandey , Bruce Partridge , Karen Perez Sarmiento , Heather Prince , Roberto Puddu , Frank J. Qu , Rodrigo Quiroga , Damien C. Ragavan , Bernardita Ried Guachalla , Keir K. Rogers , Felipe Rojas , Tai Sakuma , Emmanuel Schaan , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Neelima Sehgal , Shabbir Shaikh , Blake D. Sherwin , Carlos Sierra , Jon Sievers , Cristóbal Sifón , Sara Simon , Rita Sonka , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Emilie Storer , Kristen Surrao , Eric R. Switzer , Niklas Tampier , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Carole Tucker , Joel Ullom , Leila R. Vale , Alexander Van Engelen , Jeff Van Lanen , Cristian Vargas , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Kasey Wagoner , Lukas Wenzl , Edward J. Wollack , Kaiwen Zheng
Probing the statistical isotropy of the universe with Planck data of the cosmic microwave background
We study the angular distribution of temperature fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) to probe the statistical isotropy of the universe by using precise full-sky CMB data with a model-independent approach. We investigated…
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics
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C. E. Kester , A. Bernui , W. S. Hipólito-Ricaldi
Recent results of the ESA Planck satellite have confirmed the existence of some anomalies in the statistical distribution of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies. One of the most intriguing anomalies is the Cold Spot, firstly…
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics
2015-06-16
R. Fernández-Cobos , P. Vielva , E. Martínez-González , M. Tucci , M. Cruz
We present cosmological constraints from a gravitational lensing mass map covering 9400 sq. deg. reconstructed from CMB measurements made by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) from 2017 to 2021. In combination with BAO measurements (from…
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics
2024-08-14
Mathew S. Madhavacheril , Frank J. Qu , Blake D. Sherwin , Niall MacCrann , Yaqiong Li , Irene Abril-Cabezas , Peter A. R. Ade , Simone Aiola , Tommy Alford , Mandana Amiri , Stefania Amodeo , Rui An , Zachary Atkins , Jason E. Austermann , Nicholas Battaglia , Elia Stefano Battistelli , James A. Beall , Rachel Bean , Benjamin Beringue , Tanay Bhandarkar , Emily Biermann , Boris Bolliet , J Richard Bond , Hongbo Cai , Erminia Calabrese , Victoria Calafut , Valentina Capalbo , Felipe Carrero , Anthony Challinor , Grace E. Chesmore , Hsiao-mei Cho , Steve K. Choi , Susan E. Clark , Rodrigo Córdova Rosado , Nicholas F. Cothard , Kevin Coughlin , William Coulton , Kevin T. Crowley , Roohi Dalal , Omar Darwish , Mark J. Devlin , Simon Dicker , Peter Doze , Cody J. Duell , Shannon M. Duff , Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden , Jo Dunkley , Rolando Dünner , Valentina Fanfani , Max Fankhanel , Gerrit Farren , Simone Ferraro , Rodrigo Freundt , Brittany Fuzia , Patricio A. Gallardo , Xavier Garrido , Jahmour Givans , Vera Gluscevic , Joseph E. Golec , Yilun Guan , Kirsten R. Hall , Mark Halpern , Dongwon Han , Ian Harrison , Matthew Hasselfield , Erin Healy , Shawn Henderson , Brandon Hensley , Carlos Hervías-Caimapo , J. Colin Hill , Gene C. Hilton , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hložek , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Zachary B. Huber , Johannes Hubmayr , Kevin M. Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Kent Irwin , Giovanni Isopi , Hidde T. Jense , Ben Keller , Joshua Kim , Kenda Knowles , Brian J. Koopman , Arthur Kosowsky , Darby Kramer , Aleksandra Kusiak , Adrien La Posta , Alex Lague , Victoria Lakey , Eunseong Lee , Zack Li , Michele Limon , Martine Lokken , Thibaut Louis , Marius Lungu , Amanda MacInnis , Diego Maldonado , Felipe Maldonado , Maya Mallaby-Kay , Gabriela A. Marques , Jeff McMahon , Yogesh Mehta , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Thomas W. Morris , Tony Mroczkowski , Sigurd Naess , Toshiya Namikawa , Federico Nati , Laura Newburgh , Andrina Nicola , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , John Orlowski-Scherer , Lyman A. Page , Shivam Pandey , Bruce Partridge , Heather Prince , Roberto Puddu , Federico Radiconi , Naomi Robertson , Felipe Rojas , Tai Sakuma , Maria Salatino , Emmanuel Schaan , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Neelima Sehgal , Shabbir Shaikh , Carlos Sierra , Jon Sievers , Cristóbal Sifón , Sara Simon , Rita Sonka , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Emilie Storer , Eric R. Switzer , Niklas Tampier , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Jesse Treu , Carole Tucker , Joel Ullom , Leila R. Vale , Alexander Van Engelen , Jeff Van Lanen , Joshiwa van Marrewijk , Cristian Vargas , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Kasey Wagoner , Yuhan Wang , Lukas Wenzl , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Fernando Zago , Kaiwen Zheng
The origin of small deviations from statistical isotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) - the so-called CMB anomalies - remains an open question in modern cosmology. In this work, we test statistical isotropy in Planck Data…
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics
2025-04-09
C. Gimeno-Amo , F. K. Hansen , E. Martínez-González , R. B. Barreiro , A. J. Banday
We present the temperature and polarization angular power spectra of the CMB measured by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) from 5400 deg$^2$ of the 2013-2016 survey, which covers $>$15000 deg$^2$ at 98 and 150 GHz. For this analysis we…
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics
2021-11-18
Steve K. Choi , Matthew Hasselfield , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Brian Koopman , Marius Lungu , Maximilian H. Abitbol , Graeme E. Addison , Peter A. R. Ade , Simone Aiola , David Alonso , Mandana Amiri , Stefania Amodeo , Elio Angile , Jason E. Austermann , Taylor Baildon , Nick Battaglia , James A. Beall , Rachel Bean , Daniel T. Becker , J Richard Bond , Sarah Marie Bruno , Erminia Calabrese , Victoria Calafut , Luis E. Campusano , Felipe Carrero , Grace E. Chesmore , Hsiao-mei Cho , Susan E. Clark , Nicholas F. Cothard , Devin Crichton , Kevin T. Crowley , Omar Darwish , Rahul Datta , Edward V. Denison , Mark J. Devlin , Cody J. Duell , Shannon M. Duff , Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden , Jo Dunkley , Rolando Dünner , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Max Fankhanel , Simone Ferraro , Anna E. Fox , Brittany Fuzia , Patricio A. Gallardo , Vera Gluscevic , Joseph E. Golec , Emily Grace , Megan Gralla , Yilun Guan , Kirsten Hall , Mark Halpern , Dongwon Han , Peter Hargrave , Shawn Henderson , Brandon Hensley , J. Colin Hill , Gene C. Hilton , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hložek , Johannes Hubmayr , Kevin M. Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Leopoldo Infante , Kent Irwin , Rebecca Jackson , Jeff Klein , Kenda Knowles , Arthur Kosowsky , Victoria Lakey , Dale Li , Yaqiong Li , Zack Li , Martine Lokken , Thibaut Louis , Amanda MacInnis , Mathew Madhavacheril , Felipe Maldonado , Maya Mallaby-Kay , Danica Marsden , Loïc Maurin , Jeff McMahon , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Tim Morton , Sigurd Naess , Toshiya Namikawa , Federico Nati , Laura Newburgh , John P. Nibarger , Andrina Nicola , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , John Orlowski-Sherer , Lyman A. Page , Christine G. Pappas , Bruce Partridge , Phumlani Phakathi , Heather Prince , Roberto Puddu , Frank J. Qu , Jesus Rivera , Naomi Robertson , Felipe Rojas , Maria Salatino , Emmanuel Schaan , Alessandro Schillaci , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Neelima Sehgal , Blake D. Sherwin , Carlos Sierra , Jon Sievers , Cristobal Sifon , Precious Sikhosana , Sara Simon , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Jason Stevens , Emilie Storer , Dhaneshwar D. Sunder , Eric R. Switzer , Ben Thorne , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Jesse Treu , Carole Tucker , Leila R. Vale , Alexander Van Engelen , Jeff Van Lanen , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Kasey Wagoner , Yuhan Wang , Jonathan T. Ward , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Fernando Zago , Ningfeng Zhu