Lensing-induced morphology changes in CMB temperature maps in modified gravity theories

Journal Article · Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/04/056· OSTI ID:22667594

Munshi, D.; Coles, P. ^[1]; Hu, B. ^[2]; Matsubara, T. ^[3]

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1. Astronomy Centre, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH (United Kingdom)
2. Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (ICCUB), Universitat de Barcelona (IEEC-UB), Martí i Franquès 1, E08028 Barcelona (Spain)
3. Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602 (Japan)

Lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) changes the morphology of pattern of temperature fluctuations, so topological descriptors such as Minkowski Functionals can probe the gravity model responsible for the lensing. We show how the recently introduced two-to-two and three-to-one kurt-spectra (and their associated correlation functions), which depend on the power spectrum of the lensing potential, can be used to probe modified gravity theories such as f ( R ) theories of gravity and quintessence models. We also investigate models based on effective field theory, which include the constant-Ω model, and low-energy Hořava theories. Estimates of the cumulative signal-to-noise for detection of lensing-induced morphology changes, reaches O(10{sup 3}) for the future planned CMB polarization mission COrE{sup +}. Assuming foreground removal is possible to ℓ{sub max}=3000, we show that many modified gravity theories can be rejected with a high level of significance, making this technique comparable in power to galaxy weak lensing or redshift surveys. These topological estimators are also useful in distinguishing lensing from other scattering secondaries at the level of the four-point function or trispectrum. Examples include the kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) effect which shares, with lensing, a lack of spectral distortion. We also discuss the complication of foreground contamination from unsubtracted point sources.

• OSTI ID: 22667594
• Journal Information: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2016, Issue 04; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1475-7516
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CORRELATION FUNCTIONS
CORRELATIONS
DETECTION
FIELD THEORIES
FLUCTUATIONS
GALAXIES
GRAVITATION
GRAVITATIONAL LENSES
MINKOWSKI SPACE
NOISE
NONLUMINOUS MATTER
POINT SOURCES
POLARIZATION
RED SHIFT
RELICT RADIATION
REMOVAL
SCATTERING
SPECTRA
TOPOLOGY