We reconstruct the gravitational lensing convergence signal from cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization data taken by the Polarbear experiment and cross-correlate it with cosmic infrared background maps from the Herschel satellite. From the cross spectra, we obtain evidence for gravitational lensing of the CMB polarization at a statistical significance of 4.0σ and indication of the presence of a lensing B-mode signal at a significance of 2.3σ. We demonstrate that our results are not biased by instrumental and astrophysical systematic errors by performing null tests, checks with simulated and real data, and analytical calculations. This measurement of polarization lensing, made via the robust cross-correlation channel, not only reinforces POLARBEAR auto-correlation measurements, but also represents one of the early steps towards establishing CMB polarization lensing as a powerful new probe of cosmology and astrophysics. © 2014 American Physical Society.

Ade, P., Akiba, Y., Anthony, A., Arnold, K., Atlas, M., Barron, D., et al. (2014). Evidence for gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background polarization from cross-correlation with the cosmic infrared background. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 112(13), 1-6 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.131302].

Evidence for gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background polarization from cross-correlation with the cosmic infrared background

Poletti, D.;
2014

Abstract

We reconstruct the gravitational lensing convergence signal from cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization data taken by the Polarbear experiment and cross-correlate it with cosmic infrared background maps from the Herschel satellite. From the cross spectra, we obtain evidence for gravitational lensing of the CMB polarization at a statistical significance of 4.0σ and indication of the presence of a lensing B-mode signal at a significance of 2.3σ. We demonstrate that our results are not biased by instrumental and astrophysical systematic errors by performing null tests, checks with simulated and real data, and analytical calculations. This measurement of polarization lensing, made via the robust cross-correlation channel, not only reinforces POLARBEAR auto-correlation measurements, but also represents one of the early steps towards establishing CMB polarization lensing as a powerful new probe of cosmology and astrophysics. © 2014 American Physical Society.
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Gravitational Lensing; Cosmic Microwave Background;
English
2014
112
13
1
6
131302
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Ade, P., Akiba, Y., Anthony, A., Arnold, K., Atlas, M., Barron, D., et al. (2014). Evidence for gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background polarization from cross-correlation with the cosmic infrared background. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 112(13), 1-6 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.131302].
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