Abstract
We present a cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing map produced from a linear combination of South Pole Telescope (SPT) and Planck temperature data. The 150 GHz temperature data from the 2500 deg2 SPT-SZ survey is combined with the Planck 143 GHz data in harmonic space, to obtain a temperature map that has a broader ` coverage and less noise than either individual map. Using a quadratic estimator technique on this combined temperature map, we produce a map of the gravitational lensing potential projected along the line of sight. We measure the auto-spectrum of the lensing potential CLφφ, and compare it to the theoretical prediction for a ΛCDM cosmology consistent with the Planck 2015 data set, finding a best-fit amplitude of 0.95+0−0..0606(Stat.)+0−0..0101(Sys.). The null hypothesis of no lensing is rejected at a significance of 24 σ. One important use of such a lensing potential map is in cross-correlations with other dark matter tracers. We demonstrate this cross-correlation in practice by calculating the cross-spectrum, CLφG, between the SPT+Planck lensing map and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) galaxies. We fit CLφG to a power law of the form pL = a(L/L0)−b with a = 2.15 × 10−8, b = 1.35, L0 = 490, and find ηφG = 0.94−+00..0404, which is marginally lower, but in good agreement with ηφG = 1.00+0−0..0201, the best-fit amplitude for the cross-correlation of Planck-2015 CMB lensing and WISE galaxies over ∼ 67% of the sky. The lensing potential map presented here will be used for cross-correlation studies with the Dark Energy Survey (DES), whose footprint nearly completely covers the SPT 2500 deg2 field. Subject headings: Gravitational lensing: general —
Original language | English (US) |
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Journal | Unknown Journal |
State | Published - May 1 2017 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General