Needlet estimation of cross-correlation between CMB lensing maps and LSS

Autor: Bianchini, Federico, Renzi, Alessandro, Marinucci, Domenico
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Issue 11, article id. 050 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2016/11/050
Popis: In this paper we develop a novel needlet-based estimator to investigate the cross-correlation between cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing maps and large-scale structure (LSS) data. We compare this estimator with its harmonic counterpart and, in particular, we analyze the bias effects of different forms of masking. In order to address this bias, we also implement a MASTER-like technique in the needlet case. The resulting estimator turns out to have an extremely good signal-to-noise performance. Our analysis aims at expanding and optimizing the operating domains in CMB-LSS cross-correlation studies, similarly to CMB needlet data analysis. It is motivated especially by next generation experiments (such as Euclid) which will allow us to derive much tighter constraints on cosmological and astrophysical parameters through cross-correlation measurements between CMB and LSS.
Comment: 18 pages, 8 figures, accepted by JCAP, updated to match published version
Databáze: arXiv