Unbiased Primordial Gravitational Wave Inference from the CMB with SMICA

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Main Authors: Steier, Alexander, Ghosh, Shamik, Delabrouille, Jacques
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author Steier, Alexander
Ghosh, Shamik
Delabrouille, Jacques
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Ghosh, Shamik
Delabrouille, Jacques
contents The detection of primordial gravitational waves in Cosmic Microwave Background B-mode polarization observations requires accurate and robust subtraction of astrophysical contamination. We show, using a blind Spectral Matching Independent Component Analysis, that it is possible to infer unbiased estimates of the primordial B-mode signal from ground-based observations of a small patch of sky even for highly complex foreground contamination. This work, originally performed in the context of configuration studies for a future CMB-S4 observatory, is highly relevant for the analysis of observations by the current generation of CMB experiments.
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spellingShingle Unbiased Primordial Gravitational Wave Inference from the CMB with SMICA
Steier, Alexander
Ghosh, Shamik
Delabrouille, Jacques
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
The detection of primordial gravitational waves in Cosmic Microwave Background B-mode polarization observations requires accurate and robust subtraction of astrophysical contamination. We show, using a blind Spectral Matching Independent Component Analysis, that it is possible to infer unbiased estimates of the primordial B-mode signal from ground-based observations of a small patch of sky even for highly complex foreground contamination. This work, originally performed in the context of configuration studies for a future CMB-S4 observatory, is highly relevant for the analysis of observations by the current generation of CMB experiments.
title Unbiased Primordial Gravitational Wave Inference from the CMB with SMICA
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.26767