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CMB与大尺度结构的相关性:II。弱引力透镜

Correlation of CMB with large-scale structure: II. Weak lensing

Christopher M. Hirata, Shirley Ho, Nikhil Padmanabhan, Uros Seljak, Neta Bahcall

摘要:

我们研究了宇宙微波背景辐射(CMB)引力透镜与几种大尺度结构示踪物的相关性,包括亮红星系(LRGs)、类星体和射电源。根据威尔金森微波各向异性探测器(WMAP)卫星的CMB图重建了透镜场;通过斯隆数字巡天(SDSS)观测了LRG和类星体;通过NRAO VLA巡天(NVSS)观测了射电源。结合所有三个大尺度结构样本,我们发现在$2.5σ$水平($1.8σ$为SDSS样本和$2.1σ$为NVSS)的正互相关的证据;互相关幅度是预期的WMAP宇宙学参数的$1.06\pm 0.42$倍。我们的分析扩展了其他最近的分析,我们仔细确定偏置加权红移分布的来源,这是一个有意义的宇宙学解释所需要的检测到的信号。我们调查污染的信号由银河系的排放,河外无线电和红外源,热和动力学Sunyaev-Zel'dovich效应,和Rees-Sciama效应,并发现所有这些都可以忽略不计。

英文摘要:

We investigate the correlation of gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) with several tracers of large-scale structure, including luminous red galaxies (LRGs), quasars, and radio sources. The lensing field is reconstructed based on the CMB maps from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) satellite; the LRGs and quasars are observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS); and the radio sources are observed in the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS). Combining all three large-scale structure samples, we find evidence for a positive cross-correlation at the $2.5σ$ level ($1.8σ$ for the SDSS samples and $2.1σ$ for NVSS); the cross-correlation amplitude is $1.06\pm 0.42$ times that expected for the WMAP cosmological parameters. Our analysis extends other recent analyses in that we carefully determine bias weighted redshift distribution of the sources, which is needed for a meaningful cosmological interpretation of the detected signal. We investigate contamination of the signal by Galactic emission, extragalactic radio and infrared sources, thermal and kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effects, and the Rees-Sciama effect, and find all of them to be negligible.

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