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Title: Detection of CMB-Cluster Lensing using Polarization Data from SPTpol

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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Here, we report the first detection of gravitational lensing due to galaxy clusters using only the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The lensing signal is obtained using a new estimator that extracts the lensing dipole signature from stacked images formed by rotating the cluster-centered Stokes QU map cutouts along the direction of the locally measured background CMB polarization gradient. Using data from the SPTpol 500 deg2 survey at the locations of roughly 18 000 clusters with richness λ ≥ 10 from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year-3 full galaxy cluster catalog, we detect lensing at 4.8σ. The mean stacked mass of the selected sample is found to be (1.43 ± 0.40) × 1014M which is in good agreement with optical weak lensing based estimates using DES data and CMB-lensing based estimates using SPTpol temperature data. This measurement is a key first step for cluster cosmology with future low-noise CMB surveys, like CMB-S4, for which CMB polarization will be the primary channel for cluster lensing measurements.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)
Contributing Organization:
SPTpol and DES Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359; SC0015640; AC02-76SF00515; AST-1716965; CSSI-1835865; PLR-1248097; PHY-1125897; AST-1138766; AST-1536171; DP150103208; AC02-06CH11357; AC02-05CH11231; GBMF 947; 465376/2014-2; AYA2015-71825; ESP2015-66861; FPA2015-68048; SEV-2016-0588; SEV-2016-0597; MDM-2015-0509; FP7/2007-2013; 240672; 291329; 306478; CE110001020; AC05-00OR22725; SC0019193
OSTI ID:
1568875
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1572585; OSTI ID: 1595188; OSTI ID: 1596990; OSTI ID: 1607463; OSTI ID: 1659595; OSTI ID: 1685040; OSTI ID: 1737583
Report Number(s):
arXiv:1907.08605; FERMILAB-PUB-19-429-AE; DES-2018-0395; PRLTAO; oai:inspirehep.net:1744661; TRN: US2100181
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 123, Issue 18; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 9 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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