We present measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) power spectrum made by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope at 148 GHz and 218 GHz, as well as the cross-frequency spectrum between the two channels. Our results clearly show the second through the seventh acoustic peaks in the CMB power spectrum. The measurements of these higher-order peaks provide an additional test of the ΛCDM cosmological model. At l > 3000, we detect power in excess of the primary anisotropy spectrum of the CMB. At lower multipoles 500 < l < 3000, we find evidence for gravitational lensing of the CMB in the power spectrum at the 2.8σ level.We also detect a low level of Galactic dust in our maps, which demonstrates that we can recover known faint, diffuse signals.

The atacama cosmology telescope: Temperature and gravitational lensing power spectrum measurements from three seasons of data / Das, Sudeep; Louis, Thibaut; Nolta, Michael R.; Addison, Graeme E.; BATTISTELLI, Elia Stefano; Bond, J. Richard; Calabrese, Erminia; Crichton, Devin; Devlin, Mark J.; Dicker, Simon; Dunkley, Joanna; Dünner, Rolando; Fowler, Joseph W.; Gralla, Megan; Hajian, Amir; Halpern, Mark; Hasselfield, Matthew; Hilton, Matt; Hincks, Adam D.; Hlozek, Renée; Huffenberger, Kevin M.; Hughes, John P.; Irwin, Kent D.; Kosowsky, Arthur; Lupton, Robert H.; Marriage, Tobias A.; Marsden, Danica; Menanteau, Felipe; Moodley, Kavilan; Niemack, Michael D.; Page, Lyman A.; Partridge, Bruce; Reese, Erik D.; Schmitt, Benjamin L.; Sehgal, Neelima; Sherwin, Blake D.; Sievers, Jonathan L.; Spergel, David N.; Staggs, Suzanne T.; Swetz, Daniel S.; Switzer, Eric R.; Thornton, Robert; Trac, Hy; Wollack, Ed. - In: JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS. - ISSN 1475-7516. - STAMPA. - 2014:4(2014), pp. 014-014. [10.1088/1475-7516/2014/04/014]

The atacama cosmology telescope: Temperature and gravitational lensing power spectrum measurements from three seasons of data

BATTISTELLI, Elia Stefano;
2014

Abstract

We present measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) power spectrum made by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope at 148 GHz and 218 GHz, as well as the cross-frequency spectrum between the two channels. Our results clearly show the second through the seventh acoustic peaks in the CMB power spectrum. The measurements of these higher-order peaks provide an additional test of the ΛCDM cosmological model. At l > 3000, we detect power in excess of the primary anisotropy spectrum of the CMB. At lower multipoles 500 < l < 3000, we find evidence for gravitational lensing of the CMB in the power spectrum at the 2.8σ level.We also detect a low level of Galactic dust in our maps, which demonstrates that we can recover known faint, diffuse signals.
2014
CMBR experiments; CMBR theory; gravitational lensing; Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect; Astronomy and Astrophysics
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The atacama cosmology telescope: Temperature and gravitational lensing power spectrum measurements from three seasons of data / Das, Sudeep; Louis, Thibaut; Nolta, Michael R.; Addison, Graeme E.; BATTISTELLI, Elia Stefano; Bond, J. Richard; Calabrese, Erminia; Crichton, Devin; Devlin, Mark J.; Dicker, Simon; Dunkley, Joanna; Dünner, Rolando; Fowler, Joseph W.; Gralla, Megan; Hajian, Amir; Halpern, Mark; Hasselfield, Matthew; Hilton, Matt; Hincks, Adam D.; Hlozek, Renée; Huffenberger, Kevin M.; Hughes, John P.; Irwin, Kent D.; Kosowsky, Arthur; Lupton, Robert H.; Marriage, Tobias A.; Marsden, Danica; Menanteau, Felipe; Moodley, Kavilan; Niemack, Michael D.; Page, Lyman A.; Partridge, Bruce; Reese, Erik D.; Schmitt, Benjamin L.; Sehgal, Neelima; Sherwin, Blake D.; Sievers, Jonathan L.; Spergel, David N.; Staggs, Suzanne T.; Swetz, Daniel S.; Switzer, Eric R.; Thornton, Robert; Trac, Hy; Wollack, Ed. - In: JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS. - ISSN 1475-7516. - STAMPA. - 2014:4(2014), pp. 014-014. [10.1088/1475-7516/2014/04/014]
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