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CMBPol任务概念研究:引力透镜

CMBPol Mission Concept Study: Gravitational Lensing

Kendrick M. Smith, Asantha Cooray, Sudeep Das, Olivier Doré, Duncan Hanson, Chris Hirata, Manoj Kaplinghat, Brian Keating, Marilena LoVerde, Nathan Miller, Graç… 展开作者

Kendrick M. Smith, Asantha Cooray, Sudeep Das, Olivier Doré, Duncan Hanson, Chris Hirata, Manoj Kaplinghat, Brian Keating, Marilena LoVerde, Nathan Miller, Graça Rocha, Meir Shimon, Oliver Zahn

摘要:

宇宙晚期大尺度结构对宇宙微波背景的引力透镜既是宇宙学信息的来源,也是原初重力波的潜在污染物。由于引力透镜会将晚期宇宙结构的生长印记在宇宙微波背景带上,因此对宇宙微波背景透镜的测量将限制宇宙微波背景原本不敏感的参数,例如中微子质量。如果仪器噪声足够小(<~ 5 uK-arcmin),当约束早期宇宙中重力波的随机背景时,引力透镜对大尺度B模的贡献将是限制污染源,这是未来CMB偏振实验最令人兴奋的前景之一。小尺度B模式的高灵敏度测量可以通过透镜重建技术来减少这种污染,该技术在大尺度上分离对B模式的透镜作用和原始贡献。未来CMB偏振实验(如CMBpol)的基本设计决策是是否具有粗角分辨率,以便仅测量大尺度B模式(和来自再电离的大尺度E模式),或具有高分辨率以额外测量CMB透镜效应。本白皮书的目的是评估CMB透镜偏振的科学案例:宇宙学参数的约束,通过透镜重建增加对重力波B模式的灵敏度,预期的非CMB前景污染水平,以及所需的光束系统控制。

英文摘要:

Gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background by large-scale structure in the late universe is both a source of cosmological information and a potential contaminant of primordial gravity waves. Because lensing imprints growth of structure in the late universe on the CMB, measurements of CMB lensing will constrain parameters to which the CMB would not otherwise be sensitive, such as neutrino mass. If the instrumental noise is sufficiently small (<~ 5 uK-arcmin), the gravitational lensing contribution to the large-scale B-mode will be the limiting source of contamination when constraining a stochastic background of gravity waves in the early universe, one of the most exciting prospects for future CMB polarization experiments. High-sensitivity measurements of small-scale B-modes can reduce this contamination through a lens reconstruction technique that separates the lensing and primordial contributions to the B-mode on large scales. A fundamental design decision for a future CMB polarization experiment such as CMBpol is whether to have coarse angular resolution so that only the large-scale B-mode (and the large-scale E-mode from reionization) is measured, or high resolution to additionally measure CMB lensing. The purpose of this white paper is to evaluate the science case for CMB lensing in polarization: constraints on cosmological parameters, increased sensitivity to the gravity wave B-mode via lens reconstruction, expected level of contamination from non-CMB foregrounds, and required control of beam systematics.

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