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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

Constraining the Baryon Abundance with the Kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect: Projected-Field Detection Using Planck, WMAP, and unWISE

The kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) effect -- the Doppler boosting of cosmic microwave background (CMB) photons scattering off free electrons with non-zero line-of-sight velocity -- is an excellent probe of the distribution of baryons in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-25 Aleksandra Kusiak , Boris Bolliet , Simone Ferraro , J. Colin Hill , Alex Krolewski

Large-Scale Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect: Measuring Statistical Properties with Multifrequency Maps

We study the prospects for extracting detailed statistical properties of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect associated with large scale structure using upcoming multifrequency CMB experiments. The greatest obstacle to detecting the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-07 Asantha Cooray , Wayne Hu , Max Tegmark

Precision Kinematic Sunyaev--Zel'dovich Measurements Across Halo Mass and Redshift with DESI DR2 and ACT DR6: Part I. Luminous Red Galaxies

We present the most precise measurements of the kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) effect around luminous red galaxies to date, detecting the signal at $18\sigma$ significance in both harmonic and configuration space. Our analysis…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-22 F. J. Qu , B. Ried Guachalla , E. Schaan , B. Hadzhiyska , S. Ferraro , J. Aguilar , S. Ahlen , A. Baleato Lizancos , D. Bianchi , D. Brooks , R. Canning , F. J. Castander , E. Chaussidon , T. Claybaugh , A. Cuceu , A. de la Macorra , B. Dey , P. Doel , A. Font-Ribera , J. E. Forero-Romero , E. Gaztañaga , S. Gontcho A Gontcho , G. Gutierrez , H. K. Herrera-Alcantar , K. Honscheid , C. Howlett , D. Huterer , M. Ishak , R. Kehoe , T. Kisner , A. Kremin , O. Lahav , M. Landriau , L. Le Guillou , M. E. Levi , M. Manera , A. Meisner , R. Miquel , S. Nadathur , J. A. Newman , W. J. Percival , I. P'erez-R`afols , G. Rossi , L. Samushia , E. Sanchez , E. F. Schlafly , D. Schlegel , M. Schubnell , H. Seo , J. Silber , D. Sprayberry , G. Tarl'e , B. A. Weaver , R. Zhou

A Search for Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies on Arcminute Scales with Bolocam

We have surveyed two science fields totaling one square degree with Bolocam at 2.1 mm to search for secondary CMB anisotropies caused by the Sunyaev- Zel'dovich effect (SZE). The fields are in the Lynx and Subaru/XMM SDS1 fields. Our survey…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 J. Sayers , S. R. Golwala , P. Rossinot , P. A. R. Ade , J. E. Aguirre , J. J. Bock , S. F. Edgington , J. Glenn , A. Goldin , D. Haig , A. E. Lange , G. T. Laurent , P. D. Mauskopf , H. T. Nguyen

Final Results from the BIMA CMB Anisotropy Survey and Search for Signature of the SZ effect

We report the final results of our study of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) with the BIMA array. Over 1000 hours of observation were dedicated to this project exploring CMB anisotropy on scales between 1' and 2' in eighteen 6.6' FWHM…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 K. S. Dawson , W. L. Holzapfel , J. E. Carlstrom , M. Joy , S. J. LaRoque

Non-Gaussianity in WMAP Data Due to the Correlation of CMB Lensing Potential with Secondary Anisotropies

We measure the skewness power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropies optimized for a detection of the secondary bispectrum generated by the correlation of the CMB lensing potential with integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-29 Erminia Calabrese , Joseph Smidt , Alexandre Amblard , Asantha Cooray , Alessandro Melchiorri , Paolo Serra , Alan Heavens , Dipak Munshi

Constraints on cosmology and baryonic feedback with joint analysis of Dark Energy Survey Year 3 lensing data and ACT DR6 thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect observations

We present a joint analysis of weak gravitational lensing (shear) data obtained from the first three years of observations by the Dark Energy Survey and thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (tSZ) effect measurements from a combination of Atacama…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-10 S. Pandey , J. C. Hill , A. Alarcon , O. Alves , A. Amon , D. Anbajagane , F. Andrade-Oliveira , N. Battaglia , E. Baxter , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , G. M. Bernstein , J. Blazek , S. L. Bridle , E. Calabrese , H. Camacho , A. Campos , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , R. Cawthon , C. Chang , R. Chen , P. Chintalapati , A. Choi , J. Cordero , W. Coulton , M. Crocce , C. Davis , J. DeRose , M. Devlin , H. T. Diehl , S. Dodelson , C. Doux , A. Drlica-Wagner , K. Eckert , T. F. Eifler , J. Elvin-Poole , S. Everett , X. Fang , A. Ferté , P. Fosalba , O. Friedrich , M. Gatti , E. Gaztanaga , G. Giannini , V. Gluscevic , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , B. Ried Guachalla , I. Harrison , W. G. Hartley , K. Herner , H. Huang , E. M. Huff , D. Huterer , B. Jain , M. Jarvis , E. Krause , N. Kuropatkin , A. Kusiak , P. Leget , P. Lemos , A. R. Liddle , M. Lokken , N. MacCrann , J. McCullough , K. Moodley , J. Muir , J. Myles , A. Navarro-Alsina , Y. Omori , Y. Park , B. Partridge , A. Porredon , J. Prat , M. Raveri , A. Refregier , R. P. Rollins , A. Roodman , R. Rosenfeld , A. J. Ross , E. S. Rykoff , S. Samuroff , J. Sanchez , C. Sánchez , L. F. Secco , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , S. Shaikh , E. Sheldon , T. Shin , Cristóbal Sifón , C. To , A. Troja , M. A. Troxel , I. Tutusaus , T. N. Varga , N. Weaverdyck , R. H. Wechsler , E. J. Wollack , B. Yanny , B. Yin , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz , S. S. Allam , D. Bacon , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , J. Carretero , R. Cawthon , M. Costanzi , L. N. da Costa , M. E. da Silva Pereira , T. M. Davis , S. Desai , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , G. Gutierrez , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , N. Jeffrey , S. Lee , J. L. Marshall , J. Mena-Fernández , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , R. L. C. Ogando , A. A. Plazas Malag'on , A. K. Romer , E. Sanchez , B. Santiago , M. Smith , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , D. Thomas , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , J. Weller , P. Wiseman

Estimates of Cosmological Parameters Using the CMB Angular Power Spectrum of ACBAR

We report an investigation of cosmological parameters based on the measurements of anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) made by ACBAR. We use the ACBAR data in concert with other recent CMB measurements to derive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. H. Goldstein , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , C. Cantalupo , C. R. Contaldi , M. D. Daub , W. L. Holzapfel , C. Kuo , A. E. Lange , M. Lueker , M. Newcomb , J. B. Peterson , D. Pogosyan , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , E. Torbet

Prospects for measuring the relative velocities of galaxy clusters in photometric surveys using the kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect

We consider the prospects for measuring the pairwise kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) signal from galaxy clusters discovered in large photometric surveys such as the Dark Energy Survey (DES). We project that the DES cluster sample will, in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Ryan Keisler , Fabian Schmidt

Masses of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Galaxy Clusters Detected by The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Stacked Lensing Measurements with Subaru HSC Year 3 data

We present a stacked lensing analysis of 96 galaxy clusters selected by the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect in maps of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). We select foreground galaxy clusters with a $5\sigma$-level SZ threshold in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-17 Masato Shirasaki , Cristóbal Sifón , Hironao Miyatake , Erwin Lau , Zhuowen Zhang , Neta Bahcall , Mark Devlin , Jo Dunkley , Arya Farahi , Matt Hilton , Yen-Ting Lin , Daisuke Nagai , Suzanne T. Staggs , Tomomi Sunayama , David Spergel , Edward J. Wollack

Constraining cosmological parameters using the pairwise kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect with CMB-S4 and future galaxy cluster surveys

We present a forecast of the pairwise kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) measurement that will be achievable with the future CMB-S4 experiment. CMB-S4 is the next stage for ground-based cosmic microwave background experiments, with a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-30 E. Schiappucci , S. Raghunathan , C. To , F. Bianchini , C. L. Reichardt , N. Battaglia , B. Hadzhiyska , S. Kim , J. B. Melin , C. Sifón , E. M. Vavagiakis

Amplitudes of thermal and kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich signals from small-scale CMB anisotropies

While the arcminute-scale Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropies are due to secondary effects, point sources dominate the total anisotropy power spectrum. At high frequencies the point sources are primarily in the form of dusty,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Maria Archidiacono , Francesco De Bernardis , Asantha Cooray , Alessandro Melchiorri , Alexandre Amblard , Luca Pagano , Paolo Serra

A measurement of secondary cosmic microwave background anisotropies with two years of South Pole Telescope observations

We present the first three-frequency South Pole Telescope (SPT) cosmic microwave background (CMB) power spectra. The band powers presented here cover angular scales 2000 < ell < 9400 in frequency bands centered at 95, 150, and 220 GHz. At…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-30 C. L. Reichardt , L. Shaw , O. Zahn , 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 , S. Hoover , Z. Hou , 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 , M. Millea , J. J. Mohr , T. E. Montroy , T. Natoli , S. Padin , T. Plagge , C. Pryke , J. E. Ruhl , K. K. Schaffer , E. Shirokoff , H. G. Spieler , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. Story , A. van Engelen , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , R. Williamson

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Large-scale velocity reconstruction with the kinematic Sunyaev--Zel'dovich effect and DESI LRGs

The kinematic Sunyaev--Zel'dovich (kSZ) effect induces a non-zero density-density-temperature bispectrum, which we can use to reconstruct the large-scale velocity field from a combination of cosmic microwave background (CMB) and galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-10 Fiona McCarthy , Nicholas Battaglia , Rachel Bean , J. Richard Bond , Hongbo Cai , Erminia Calabrese , William R. Coulton , Mark J. Devlin , Jo Dunkley , Simone Ferraro , Vera Gluscevic , Yilun Guan , J. Colin Hill , Matthew C. Johnson , Aleksandra Kusiak , Alex Laguë , Niall MacCrann , Mathew S. Madhavacheril , Kavilan Moodley , Sigurd Naess , Frank J. Qu , Bernardita Ried Guachalla , Neelima Sehgal , Blake D. Sherwin , Cristóbal Sifón , Kendrick M. Smith , Suzanne T. Staggs , Alexander van Engelen , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Edward J. Wollack

Maximum likelihood kinetic Sunyaev Zel'dovich velocity reconstruction

The kinetic Sunyaev Zel'dovich (kSZ) effect, cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies induced by the scattering of CMB photons from free electrons, will be measured by near-term CMB experiments at high significance. By…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-01 Dagoberto Contreras , Fiona McCarthy , Matthew C. Johnson

Detection of Hot Gas in Galaxy Groups via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect

Motivated by the observed shortfall of baryons in the local universe, we investigate the ability of high resolution cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments to detect hot gas in the outer regions of nearby group halos. We construct hot…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-15 K. Moodley , R. Warne , N. Goheer , H. Trac

The Kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect from Radiative Transfer Simulations of Patchy Reionization

We present the first calculation of the kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) effect due to the inhomogeneous reionization of the universe based on detailed large-scale radiative transfer simulations of reionization. The resulting sky power…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Ilian T. Iliev , Ue-Li Pen , J. Richard Bond , Garrelt Mellema , Paul R. Shapiro

The Contribution of the Intergalactic Medium to Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies

We compute the power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background temperature anisotropies generated by the Intergalactic Medium. To estimate the electron pressure along the line of sight and its contribution to the Sunyaev-Zeldovich…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Atrio-Barandela , J. P. Muecket

The contribution of the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect from the Warm Hot Intergalactic Medium to the Five-Year WMAP Data

We study the contribution of the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) effect, generated by the warm-hot intergalactic medium (WHIM), to the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies in the Five-Year Wilkinson Microwave…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-22 Ricardo Genova-Santos , Fernando Atrio-Barandela , Jan Muecket , Jochen Klar