Observations of the millimeter sky contain valuable information on a number of signals, including the blackbody cosmic microwave background (CMB), Galactic emissions, and the Compton-y distortion due to the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (tSZ) effect. Extracting new insight into cosmological and astrophysical questions often requires combining multiwavelength observations to spectrally isolate one component. In this work, we present a new arc-minute-resolution Compton-y map, which traces out the line-of-sight-integrated electron pressure, as well as maps of the CMB in intensity and E-mode polarization, across a third of the sky (around 13 ,000 deg2 ). We produce these through a joint analysis of data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) data release 4 and 6 at frequencies of roughly 93, 148, and 225 GHz, together with data from the Planck satellite at frequencies between 30 and 545 GHz. We present detailed verification of an internal linear combination pipeline implemented in a needlet frame that allows us to efficiently suppress Galactic contamination and account for spatial variations in the ACT instrument noise. These maps provide a significant advance, in noise levels and resolution, over the existing Planck component-separated maps and will enable a host of science goals including studies of cluster and galaxy astrophysics, inferences of the cosmic velocity field, primordial non-Gaussianity searches, and gravitational lensing reconstruction of the CMB.

Atacama cosmology telescope. High-resolution component-separated maps across one third of the sky / Coulton, W.; Madhavacheril, M. S.; Duivenvoorden, A. J.; Hill, J. C.; Abril-Cabezas, I.; Ade, P. A. R.; Aiola, S.; Alford, T.; Amiri, M.; Amodeo, S.; An, R.; Atkins, Z.; Austermann, J. E.; Battaglia, N.; Battistelli, E. S.; Beall, J. A.; Bean, R.; Beringue, B.; Bhandarkar, T.; Biermann, E.; Bolliet, B.; Bond, J. R.; Cai, H.; Calabrese, E.; Calafut, V.; Capalbo, V.; Carrero, F.; Chesmore, G. E.; Cho, H. -M.; Choi, S. K.; Clark, S. E.; Rosado, R. C.; Cothard, N. F.; Coughlin, K.; Crowley, K. T.; Devlin, M. J.; Dicker, S.; Doze, P.; Duell, C. J.; Duff, S. M.; Dunkley, J.; Dunner, R.; Fanfani, V.; Fankhanel, M.; Farren, G.; Ferraro, S.; Freundt, R.; Fuzia, B.; Gallardo, P. A.; Garrido, X.; Givans, J.; Gluscevic, V.; Golec, J. E.; Guan, Y.; Halpern, M.; Han, D.; Hasselfield, M.; Healy, E.; Henderson, S.; Hensley, B.; Hervias-Caimapo, C.; Hilton, G. C.; Hilton, M.; Hincks, A. D.; Hlozek, R.; Ho, S. -P. P.; Huber, Z. B.; Hubmayr, J.; Huffenberger, K. M.; Hughes, J. P.; Irwin, K.; Isopi, G.; Jense, H. T.; Keller, B.; Kim, J.; Knowles, K.; Koopman, B. J.; Kosowsky, A.; Kramer, D.; Kusiak, A.; La Posta, A.; Lakey, V.; Lee, E.; Li, Z.; Li, Y.; Limon, M.; Lokken, M.; Louis, T.; Lungu, M.; Maccrann, N.; Macinnis, A.; Maldonado, D.; Maldonado, F.; Mallaby-Kay, M.; Marques, G. A.; Van Marrewijk, J.; Mccarthy, F.; Mcmahon, J.; Mehta, Y.; Menanteau, F.; Moodley, K.; Morris, T. W.; Mroczkowski, T.; Naess, S.; Namikawa, T.; Nati, F.; Newburgh, L.; Nicola, A.; Niemack, M. D.; Nolta, M. R.; Orlowski-Scherer, J.; Page, L. A.; Pandey, S.; Partridge, B.; Prince, H.; Puddu, R.; Qu, F. J.; Radiconi, F.; Robertson, N.; Rojas, F.; Sakuma, T.; Salatino, M.; Schaan, E.; Schmitt, B. L.; Sehgal, N.; Shaikh, S.; Sherwin, B. D.; Sierra, C.; Sievers, J.; Sifon, C.; Simon, S.; Sonka, R.; Spergel, D. N.; Staggs, S. T.; Storer, E.; Switzer, E. R.; Tampier, N.; Thornton, R.; Trac, H.; Treu, J.; Tucker, C.; Ullom, J.; Vale, L. R.; Van Engelen, A.; Van Lanen, J.; Vargas, C.; Vavagiakis, E. M.; Wagoner, K.; Wang, Y.; Wenzl, L.; Wollack, E. J.; Xu, Z.; Zago, F.; Zheng, K.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D. - ISSN 2470-0010. - 109:6(2024), pp. 1-32. [10.1103/PhysRevD.109.063530]

Atacama cosmology telescope. High-resolution component-separated maps across one third of the sky

Battistelli E. S.;Nati F.;Puddu R.;Radiconi F.;
2024

Abstract

Observations of the millimeter sky contain valuable information on a number of signals, including the blackbody cosmic microwave background (CMB), Galactic emissions, and the Compton-y distortion due to the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (tSZ) effect. Extracting new insight into cosmological and astrophysical questions often requires combining multiwavelength observations to spectrally isolate one component. In this work, we present a new arc-minute-resolution Compton-y map, which traces out the line-of-sight-integrated electron pressure, as well as maps of the CMB in intensity and E-mode polarization, across a third of the sky (around 13 ,000 deg2 ). We produce these through a joint analysis of data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) data release 4 and 6 at frequencies of roughly 93, 148, and 225 GHz, together with data from the Planck satellite at frequencies between 30 and 545 GHz. We present detailed verification of an internal linear combination pipeline implemented in a needlet frame that allows us to efficiently suppress Galactic contamination and account for spatial variations in the ACT instrument noise. These maps provide a significant advance, in noise levels and resolution, over the existing Planck component-separated maps and will enable a host of science goals including studies of cluster and galaxy astrophysics, inferences of the cosmic velocity field, primordial non-Gaussianity searches, and gravitational lensing reconstruction of the CMB.
2024
astrophysics; cosmology and nongalactic astrophysics; power spectra; anisotropy; cosmic microwave background
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Atacama cosmology telescope. High-resolution component-separated maps across one third of the sky / Coulton, W.; Madhavacheril, M. S.; Duivenvoorden, A. J.; Hill, J. C.; Abril-Cabezas, I.; Ade, P. A. R.; Aiola, S.; Alford, T.; Amiri, M.; Amodeo, S.; An, R.; Atkins, Z.; Austermann, J. E.; Battaglia, N.; Battistelli, E. S.; Beall, J. A.; Bean, R.; Beringue, B.; Bhandarkar, T.; Biermann, E.; Bolliet, B.; Bond, J. R.; Cai, H.; Calabrese, E.; Calafut, V.; Capalbo, V.; Carrero, F.; Chesmore, G. E.; Cho, H. -M.; Choi, S. K.; Clark, S. E.; Rosado, R. C.; Cothard, N. F.; Coughlin, K.; Crowley, K. T.; Devlin, M. J.; Dicker, S.; Doze, P.; Duell, C. J.; Duff, S. M.; Dunkley, J.; Dunner, R.; Fanfani, V.; Fankhanel, M.; Farren, G.; Ferraro, S.; Freundt, R.; Fuzia, B.; Gallardo, P. A.; Garrido, X.; Givans, J.; Gluscevic, V.; Golec, J. E.; Guan, Y.; Halpern, M.; Han, D.; Hasselfield, M.; Healy, E.; Henderson, S.; Hensley, B.; Hervias-Caimapo, C.; Hilton, G. C.; Hilton, M.; Hincks, A. D.; Hlozek, R.; Ho, S. -P. P.; Huber, Z. B.; Hubmayr, J.; Huffenberger, K. M.; Hughes, J. P.; Irwin, K.; Isopi, G.; Jense, H. T.; Keller, B.; Kim, J.; Knowles, K.; Koopman, B. J.; Kosowsky, A.; Kramer, D.; Kusiak, A.; La Posta, A.; Lakey, V.; Lee, E.; Li, Z.; Li, Y.; Limon, M.; Lokken, M.; Louis, T.; Lungu, M.; Maccrann, N.; Macinnis, A.; Maldonado, D.; Maldonado, F.; Mallaby-Kay, M.; Marques, G. A.; Van Marrewijk, J.; Mccarthy, F.; Mcmahon, J.; Mehta, Y.; Menanteau, F.; Moodley, K.; Morris, T. W.; Mroczkowski, T.; Naess, S.; Namikawa, T.; Nati, F.; Newburgh, L.; Nicola, A.; Niemack, M. D.; Nolta, M. R.; Orlowski-Scherer, J.; Page, L. A.; Pandey, S.; Partridge, B.; Prince, H.; Puddu, R.; Qu, F. J.; Radiconi, F.; Robertson, N.; Rojas, F.; Sakuma, T.; Salatino, M.; Schaan, E.; Schmitt, B. L.; Sehgal, N.; Shaikh, S.; Sherwin, B. D.; Sierra, C.; Sievers, J.; Sifon, C.; Simon, S.; Sonka, R.; Spergel, D. N.; Staggs, S. T.; Storer, E.; Switzer, E. R.; Tampier, N.; Thornton, R.; Trac, H.; Treu, J.; Tucker, C.; Ullom, J.; Vale, L. R.; Van Engelen, A.; Van Lanen, J.; Vargas, C.; Vavagiakis, E. M.; Wagoner, K.; Wang, Y.; Wenzl, L.; Wollack, E. J.; Xu, Z.; Zago, F.; Zheng, K.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D. - ISSN 2470-0010. - 109:6(2024), pp. 1-32. [10.1103/PhysRevD.109.063530]
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