A measurement of gravitational lensing of the microwave background using South Pole Telescope data
A. van Engelen, R. Keisler, 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… 展开作者
A. van Engelen, R. Keisler, 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, 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, C. L. Reichardt, J. E. Ruhl, J. T. Sayre, K. K. Schaffer, L. Shaw, E. Shirokoff, H. G. Spieler, Z. Staniszewski, A. A. Stark, K. Story, K. Vanderlinde, J. D. Vieira, R. Williamson
We use South Pole Telescope data from 2008 and 2009 to detect the non-Gaussian signature in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) produced by gravitational lensing and to measure the power spectrum of the projected gravitational potential. We constrain the ratio of the measured amplitude of the lensing signal to that expected in a fiducial LCDM cosmological model to be 0.86 +/- 0.16, with no lensing disfavored at 6.3 sigma. Marginalizing over LCDM cosmological models allowed by the WMAP7 results in a measurement of A_lens=0.90+/-0.19, indicating that the amplitude of matter fluctuations over the redshift range 0.5 <~ z <~ 5 probed by CMB lensing is in good agreement with predictions. We present the results of several consistency checks. These include a clear detection of the lensing signature in CMB maps filtered to have no overlap in Fourier space, as well as a "curl" diagnostic that is consistent with the signal expected for LCDM. We perform a detailed study of bias in the measurement due to noise, foregrounds, and other effects and determine that these contributions are relatively small compared to the statistical uncertainty in the measurement. We combine this lensing measurement with results from WMAP7 to improve constraints on cosmological parameters when compared to those from WMAP7 alone: we find a factor of 3.9 improvement in the measurement of the spatial curvature of the Universe, Omega_k=-0.0014+/-0.0172; a 10% improvement in the amplitude of matter fluctuations within LCDM, sigma_8=0.810+/ 0.026; and a 5% improvement in the dark energy equation of state, w=-1.04+/-0.40. When compared with the measurement of w provided by the combination of WMAP7 and external constraints on the Hubble parameter, the addition of the lensing data improve the measurement of w by 15% to give w=-1.087+/-0.096.
On the better constraints from the South Pole Telescope Sunyaev-Zel'dovich galaxy clusters survey: a FoM evaluation for the equation of state of Dark Energy
MC^2: Mapping the Dark Matter Distribution of the "Toothbrush" Cluster RX J0603.3+4214 with Hubble Space Telescope and Subaru Weak-lensing
z=0.225的星系团RX J0603.3+4214是最罕见的星系团之一，拥有非常大的射电遗迹（~2 Mpc）。由于遗迹的显著形态，该集群被昵称为“牙刷集群”。虽然星团的基本质量分布是重建令人费解的射电遗迹形态的合并场景所需的关键信息之一，但它接近银河平面b~10度的位置给观测带来了重大挑战。我们提出了一个高分辨率的弱透镜研究与斯巴鲁/Suprime凸轮和哈勃太空望远镜的成像数据的集群。我们的质量重建显示，该集群是由复杂的暗物质子结构密切跟踪星系的分布，但在相对简单的二元X射线形态形成对比。然而，我们发现星团质量仍然由南北方向排列的两个质量最大的星团占主导地位，其质量比约为3：1（北部和南部星团的M_{200} =6.29_{-1.62}^{+2.24} x 10^{14} Msun和1.98_{-0.74}^{+1.24} x 10^{14} Msun）。南部的质量峰相对于相应的X射线峰向南偏移约2'，其具有指向南方的“子弹”状形态。目前的弱透镜结果与X射线，星系和射电遗迹的比较表明，也许负责观测遗迹的主要机制可能是两个最大质量的子星系团的高速碰撞，尽管形态的特殊性需要额外的子星系团的参与。随后应进行仔细的数值模拟，以便利用所有现有的观测资料更全面地了解合并的情况。
Multichroic TES Bolometers and Galaxy Cluster Mass Scaling Relations with the South Pole Telescope
南极望远镜（英语：South Pole Telescope）是一个高分辨率的微波频率望远镜，用于观测宇宙微波背景（CMB）。到目前为止，已经在SPT上安装了两台摄像机，对CMB进行了两次调查，第一次是强度调查（SPT-SZ），第二次是强度和偏振调查（SPTpol）。目前正在开发第三代偏振敏感相机（SPT-3G）。本论文介绍了工作跨越所有三个仪器上的SPT。我提出我的工作在时间颠倒的顺序，遵循仪器开发，部署和分析的规范叙述。首先，新的3波段多色过渡边缘传感器（TES）的SPT-3G实验测辐射热计的开发和测试进行了详细说明，其次是频率复用低温读出电子的SPTpol实验的开发和部署，并得出结论与SPT-SZ仪器所采取的数据分析。我描述了一个贝叶斯似然为基础的方法，我开发的测量综合康普顿化（YSZ）的星系团的Sunyaev-Zel 'dovich（SZ）效应，并限制星系团YSZ质量标度关系的发展。
Cluster Mass Calibration at High Redshift: HST Weak Lensing Analysis of 13 Distant Galaxy Clusters from the South Pole Telescope Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Survey
BICEP/Keck XXII: Analysis of the South Pole Atmosphere for CMB Observations
Cardiff University（卡迪夫大学）；Stanford University（斯坦福大学）；SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory（SLAC国家加速器实验室）；University of British Columbia（不列颠哥伦比亚大学）；Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian（哈佛与史密森尼天体物理中心）；University of New Mexico（新墨西哥大学）；California Institute of Technology（加州理工学院）；University of Cincinnati（辛辛那提大学）；Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology（加州理工学院喷气推进实验室）；University of Chicago（芝加哥大学）
