The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A demonstration of CMB lensing measurement from daytime data
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| author | Abril-Cabezas, Irene Qu, Frank J. Kim, Joshua Madhavacheril, Mathew S. Perez-Sarmiento, Karen Atkins, Zachary Calabrese, Erminia Challinor, Anthony Devlin, Mark J. Duivenvoorden, Adriaan J. Dunkley, Jo van Engelen, Alexander Ferraro, Simone Finson, Emily Hervías-Caimapo, Carlos Hilton, Matt Kosowsky, Arthur Kusiak, Aleksandra Louis, Thibaut MacCrann, Niall Moodley, Kavilan Namikawa, Toshiya Naess, Sigurd Page, Lyman A. La Posta, Adrien Schaan, Emmanuel Sehgal, Neelima Sherwin, Blake D. Sierra, Carlos E. Sifón, Cristóbal Staggs, Suzanne T. Storer, Emilie Wollack, Edward J. |
| author_facet | Abril-Cabezas, Irene Qu, Frank J. Kim, Joshua Madhavacheril, Mathew S. Perez-Sarmiento, Karen Atkins, Zachary Calabrese, Erminia Challinor, Anthony Devlin, Mark J. Duivenvoorden, Adriaan J. Dunkley, Jo van Engelen, Alexander Ferraro, Simone Finson, Emily Hervías-Caimapo, Carlos Hilton, Matt Kosowsky, Arthur Kusiak, Aleksandra Louis, Thibaut MacCrann, Niall Moodley, Kavilan Namikawa, Toshiya Naess, Sigurd Page, Lyman A. La Posta, Adrien Schaan, Emmanuel Sehgal, Neelima Sherwin, Blake D. Sierra, Carlos E. Sifón, Cristóbal Staggs, Suzanne T. Storer, Emilie Wollack, Edward J. |
| contents | We present a cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing power spectrum analysis using daytime data (11am-11pm UTC) gathered by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) over the period 2017-2022 (ACT Data Release 6). This dataset is challenging to analyze because the Sun heats and deforms the telescope mirror, complicating the characterization of the telescope. We perform more than one hundred null and consistency checks to ensure the robustness of our measurement and its compatibility with nighttime observations. We detect the CMB lensing power spectrum at 17$σ$ significance, with an amplitude $A_\textrm{lens} = 1.045 \pm 0.063$ with respect to the prediction from the best-fit Planck-ACT CMB power spectrum $Λ$CDM cosmology. In combination with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) data, this corresponds to a constraint on the amplitude of matter fluctuations $σ_8 = 0.826 \pm 0.027$. The analysis presented here is especially relevant for ground-based millimeter-wave CMB experiments at the Atacama site, paving the way for future analyses making use of both nighttime and daytime data to place tight constraints on cosmological parameters. |
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| spellingShingle | The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A demonstration of CMB lensing measurement from daytime data Abril-Cabezas, Irene Qu, Frank J. Kim, Joshua Madhavacheril, Mathew S. Perez-Sarmiento, Karen Atkins, Zachary Calabrese, Erminia Challinor, Anthony Devlin, Mark J. Duivenvoorden, Adriaan J. Dunkley, Jo van Engelen, Alexander Ferraro, Simone Finson, Emily Hervías-Caimapo, Carlos Hilton, Matt Kosowsky, Arthur Kusiak, Aleksandra Louis, Thibaut MacCrann, Niall Moodley, Kavilan Namikawa, Toshiya Naess, Sigurd Page, Lyman A. La Posta, Adrien Schaan, Emmanuel Sehgal, Neelima Sherwin, Blake D. Sierra, Carlos E. Sifón, Cristóbal Staggs, Suzanne T. Storer, Emilie Wollack, Edward J. Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics We present a cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing power spectrum analysis using daytime data (11am-11pm UTC) gathered by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) over the period 2017-2022 (ACT Data Release 6). This dataset is challenging to analyze because the Sun heats and deforms the telescope mirror, complicating the characterization of the telescope. We perform more than one hundred null and consistency checks to ensure the robustness of our measurement and its compatibility with nighttime observations. We detect the CMB lensing power spectrum at 17$σ$ significance, with an amplitude $A_\textrm{lens} = 1.045 \pm 0.063$ with respect to the prediction from the best-fit Planck-ACT CMB power spectrum $Λ$CDM cosmology. In combination with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) data, this corresponds to a constraint on the amplitude of matter fluctuations $σ_8 = 0.826 \pm 0.027$. The analysis presented here is especially relevant for ground-based millimeter-wave CMB experiments at the Atacama site, paving the way for future analyses making use of both nighttime and daytime data to place tight constraints on cosmological parameters. |
| title | The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A demonstration of CMB lensing measurement from daytime data |
| topic | Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.10620 |