Reconstruction of gravitational lensing using WMAP 7-year data
Chang Feng, Brian Keating, Hans P. Paar, Oliver Zahn
2012
Physical Review D
Gravitational lensing by large scale structure introduces non-Gaussianity into the Cosmic Microwave Background and imprints a new observable, which can be used as a cosmological probe. We apply a four-point estimator to the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) 7-year coadded temperature maps alone to reconstruct the gravitational lensing signal. The Gaussian bias is simulated and subtracted, and the higher order bias is investigated. We measure a gravitational lensing signal with a
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... tical amplitude of C = 1.27± 0.98 using all the correlations of the W- and V-band Differencing Assemblies (DAs). We therefore conclude that WMAP 7-year data alone, can not detect lensing.
doi:10.1103/physrevd.85.043513
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