CFHTLenS and RCSLenS cross-correlation with Planck lensing detected in fourier and configuration space

Autor: Alireza Hojjati, Stephane Arnouts, Massimo Viola, Hendrik Hildebrandt, Lance Miller, Catherine Heymans, Joachim Harnois-Déraps, Ludovic Van Waerbeke, Thomas D. Kitching, Marika Asgari, Tilman Tröster, Jean Coupon, Thomas Erben, Reiko Nakajima, Ami Choi, Thibaud Moutard
Přispěvatelé: Argelander-Institut für Astronomie (AlfA), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Department of Physics [Oxford], University of Oxford [Oxford], Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), University of Oxford, Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy P-Oxford Open Option A, 2016, 460 (1), pp.434--457. ⟨10.1093/mnras/stw947⟩
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 460, 434-457
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016, 460 (1), pp.434--457. ⟨10.1093/mnras/stw947⟩
ISSN: 0035-8711
1365-2966
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw947
Popis: We measure the cross-correlation signature between the Planck CMB lensing map and the weak lensing observations from both the Red-sequence Cluster Lensing Survey (RCSLenS) and the Canada-France-Hawai Telescope Lensing Survey (CFHTLenS). In addition to a Fourier analysis, we include the first configuration-space detection, based on the estimators $\langle \kappa_{\rm CMB} \kappa_{\rm gal} \rangle$ and $\langle \kappa_{\rm CMB} \gamma_{t} \rangle$. Combining 747.2 deg$^2$ from both surveys, we find a detection significance that exceeds $4.2\sigma$ in both Fourier- and configuration-space analyses. Scaling the predictions by a free parameter $A$, we obtain $A^{\rm Planck}_{\rm CFHT}= 0.68\pm 0.31 $ and $A^{\rm Planck}_{\rm RCS}= 1.31\pm 0.33$. In preparation for the next generation of measurements similar to these, we quantify the impact of different analysis choices on these results. First, since none of these estimators probes the exact same dynamical range, we improve our detection by combining them. Second, we carry out a detailed investigation on the effect of apodization, zero-padding and mask multiplication, validated on a suite of high-resolution simulations, and find that the latter produces the largest systematic bias in the cosmological interpretation. Finally, we show that residual contamination from intrinsic alignment and the effect of photometric redshift error are both largely degenerate with the characteristic signal from massive neutrinos, however the signature of baryon feedback might be easier to distinguish. The three lensing datasets are now publicly available.
Comment: Version accepted by MNRAS. This paper has 23 pages, 18 figures, and is coordinated with a public release of the RCSLenS lensing data: http://www.cadc-ccda.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/en/community/rcslens/query.html (see arXiv:1603.07722)
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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