Iskay2: Signal Extraction of the Kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Through The Pairwise Estimator. Pipeline and Validation

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Hauptverfasser: Gallardo, Patricio A., Gong, Yulin, Hadzhiyska, Boryana, Hsu, Yun-Hsin
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author Gallardo, Patricio A.
Gong, Yulin
Hadzhiyska, Boryana
Hsu, Yun-Hsin
author_facet Gallardo, Patricio A.
Gong, Yulin
Hadzhiyska, Boryana
Hsu, Yun-Hsin
contents The peculiar motions of massive halos probe the distribution of matter in the universe, the gravitational potential, and the history of cosmic structure growth. The kinematic Sunyaev-Zeldovich (kSZ) effect offers a robust observational window into these properties. The pairwise kSZ estimator probes the pairwise momentum of groups of galaxies by cross-correlating cosmic microwave background (CMB) maps with spectroscopic galaxy catalogs, using galaxies to trace the positions of dark matter halos. This note introduces iskay2, an efficient pipeline designed to apply the pairwise kSZ estimator to maps of the CMB and large galaxy catalogs. Pairwise kSZ measurements obtained using this pipeline are compared to previously published results and are shown to be consistent within statistical expectations. This pipeline will enable high-precision measurements of the pairwise kSZ utilizing galaxy catalogs like DESI combined with past, current and next-generation high-resolution CMB experiments such as ACT, SPT and the Simons Observatory.
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spellingShingle Iskay2: Signal Extraction of the Kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Through The Pairwise Estimator. Pipeline and Validation
Gallardo, Patricio A.
Gong, Yulin
Hadzhiyska, Boryana
Hsu, Yun-Hsin
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
The peculiar motions of massive halos probe the distribution of matter in the universe, the gravitational potential, and the history of cosmic structure growth. The kinematic Sunyaev-Zeldovich (kSZ) effect offers a robust observational window into these properties. The pairwise kSZ estimator probes the pairwise momentum of groups of galaxies by cross-correlating cosmic microwave background (CMB) maps with spectroscopic galaxy catalogs, using galaxies to trace the positions of dark matter halos. This note introduces iskay2, an efficient pipeline designed to apply the pairwise kSZ estimator to maps of the CMB and large galaxy catalogs. Pairwise kSZ measurements obtained using this pipeline are compared to previously published results and are shown to be consistent within statistical expectations. This pipeline will enable high-precision measurements of the pairwise kSZ utilizing galaxy catalogs like DESI combined with past, current and next-generation high-resolution CMB experiments such as ACT, SPT and the Simons Observatory.
title Iskay2: Signal Extraction of the Kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Through The Pairwise Estimator. Pipeline and Validation
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.20715