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DES 科学验证数据引力透镜与 SPT 和普朗克透镜的交叉相关

宇宙学与河外天体物理 2016-03-23 v1

摘要

我们测量了星系图像弱透镜与宇宙微波背景(CMB)透镜之间的交叉相关。若透镜效应由相同的质量涨落引起,则引力透镜对不同源的影响将相关。我们使用来自暗能量巡天(DES)科学验证数据中 139 平方度区域的星系形状测量,以及来自南极望远镜(SPT)和普朗克的重叠 CMB 透镜。DES 源星系的中位红移为 zmed0.7z_{\rm med} {\sim} 0.7,而 CMB 透镜核函数较宽且在 z2z{\sim}2 处达到峰值。所得交叉相关对 z0.44z{\sim}0.44 处的质量涨落最为敏感。假设普朗克 2015 最佳拟合宇宙学,我们发现 DES×\timesSPT 交叉功率的振幅为 A=0.88±0.30A = 0.88 \pm 0.30,DES×\times普朗克的结果为 A=0.86±0.39A = 0.86 \pm 0.39,其中 A=1A=1 对应理论预测。这些与预期信号一致,分别对应 2.9σ2.9 \sigma2.2σ2.2 \sigma 的显著性。我们证明,我们的结果对包括剪切测量方法、估计量选择、测光红移不确定性和 CMB 透镜系统误差在内的若干重要系统效应是稳健的。星系形状的显著本征排列会增大从数据推断出的交叉相关信号;当我们用简单的 IA(本征排列)模型对观测进行修正时,计算得到 DES×\timesSPT 的 A=1.08±0.36A = 1.08 \pm 0.36。鉴于统计不确定性的大小以及系统误差(尤其是 IA)的显著影响,尽管现有文献中已有三次该交叉相关的测量,但尚未有可靠证据表明其偏离预期的 LCDM 交叉相关水平。我们给出了五年期 DES 巡天与 SPT-3G 联合预期的信噪比预测。

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@article{arxiv.1512.04535,
  title  = {Cross-correlation of gravitational lensing from DES Science Verification data with SPT and Planck lensing},
  author = {D. Kirk and Y. Omori and A. Benoit-Lévy and R. Cawthon and C. Chang and P. Larsen and A. Amara and D. Bacon and T. M. Crawford and S. Dodelson and P. Fosalba and T. Giannantonio and G. Holder and B. Jain and T. Kacprzak and O. Lahav and N. MacCrann and A. Nicola and A. Refregier and E. Sheldon and K. T. Story and M. A. Troxel and J. D. Vieira and V. Vikram and J. Zuntz and T. M. C. Abbott and F. B. Abdalla and M. R. Becker and B. A. Benson and G. M. Bernstein and R. A. Bernstein and L. E. Bleem and C. Bonnett and S. L. Bridle and D. Brooks and E. Buckley-Geer and D. L. Burke and D. Capozzi and J. E. Carlstrom and A. Carnero Rosell and M. Carrasco Kind and J. Carretero and M. Crocce and C. E. Cunha and C. B. D'Andrea and L. N. da Costa and S. Desai and H. T. Diehl and J. P. Dietrich and P. Doel and T. F. Eifler and A. E. Evrard and B. Flaugher and J. Frieman and D. W. Gerdes and D. A. Goldstein and D. Gruen and R. A. Gruendl and K. Honscheid and D. J. James and M. Jarvis and S. Kent and K. Kuehn and N. Kuropatkin and M. Lima and M. March and P. Martini and P. Melchior and C. J. Miller and R. Miquel and R. C. Nichol and R. Ogando and A. A. Plazas and C. L. Reichardt and A. Roodman and E. Rozo and E. S. Rykoff and M. Sako and E. Sanchez and V. Scarpine and M. Schubnell and I. Sevilla-Noarbe and G. Simard and R. C. Smith and M. Soares-Santos and F. Sobreira and E. Suchyta and M. E. C. Swanson and G. Tarle and D. Thomas and R. H. Wechsler and J. Weller},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.04535},
  year   = {2016}
}

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13 pages, 6 figures