The gravitational lensing imprints of DES Y3 superstructures on the CMB: a matched filtering approach

Demirbozan, U.; Nadathur, S.; Ferrero, I.; Fosalba, P.; Kovács, A.; Miquel, R.; Davies, C. T.; Pandey, S.; Adamow, M.; Bechtol, K.; Drlica-Wagner, A.; Gruendl, R. A.; Hartley, W. G.; Pieres, A.; Ross, A. J.; Rykoff, E. S.; Sheldon, E.; Yanny, B.; Abbott, T. M. C.; Aguena, M.; Allam, S.; Alves, O.; Bacon, D.; Bertin, E.; Bocquet, S.; Brooks, D.; Carnero Rosell, A.; Carretero, J.; Cawthon, R.; da Costa, L. N.; Pereira, M. E. S.; De Vicente, J.; Desai, S.; Doel, P.; Everett, S.; Flaugher, B.; Friedel, D.; Frieman, J.; Gatti, M.; Gaztanaga, E.; Giannini, G.; Gutierrez, G.; Hinton, S. R.; Hollowood, D. L.; James, D. J.; Jeffrey, N.; Kuehn, K.; Lahav, O.; Lee, S.; Marshall, J. L.; Mena-Fernández, J.; Mohr, J. J.; Myles, J.; Ogando, R. L. C.; Malagón, A. A. Plazas; Roodman, A.; Sanchez, E.; Sevilla-Noarbe, I.; Smith, M.; Soares-Santos, M.; Suchyta, E.; Swanson, M. E. C.; Tarle, G.; Weaverdyck, N.; Weller, J.; Wiseman, P.
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Fecha de publicación:
11
2024
Número de autores
66
Número de autores del IAC
3
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0
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Descripción
Low-density cosmic voids gravitationally lens the cosmic microwave background (CMB), leaving a negative imprint on the CMB convergence $\kappa$. This effect provides insight into the distribution of matter within voids, and can also be used to study the growth of structure. We measure this lensing imprint by cross-correlating the Planck CMB lensing convergence map with voids identified in the Dark Energy Survey Year 3 (DES Y3) data set, covering approximately 4200 deg$^2$ of the sky. We use two distinct void-finding algorithms: a 2D void-finder that operates on the projected galaxy density field in thin redshift shells, and a new code, Voxel, which operates on the full 3D map of galaxy positions. We employ an optimal matched filtering method for cross-correlation, using the Marenostrum Institut de Ciències de l'Espai N-body simulation both to establish the template for the matched filter and to calibrate detection significances. Using the DES Y3 photometric luminous red galaxy sample, we measure $A_\kappa$, the amplitude of the observed lensing signal relative to the simulation template, obtaining $A_\kappa = 1.03 \pm 0.22$ ($4.6\sigma$ significance) for Voxel and $A_\kappa = 1.02 \pm 0.17$ ($5.9\sigma$ significance) for 2D voids, both consistent with Lambda cold dark matter expectations. We additionally invert the 2D void-finding process to identify superclusters in the projected density field, for which we measure $A_\kappa = 0.87 \pm 0.15$ ($5.9\sigma$ significance). The leading source of noise in our measurements is Planck noise, implying that data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, South Pole Telescope and CMB-S4 will increase sensitivity and allow for more precise measurements.