The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Calibration with the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe using cross-correlations

Amir Hajian; Viviana Acquaviva; Peter A.R. Ade; Paula Aguirre; Mandana Amiri; John William Appel; L. Felipe Barrientos; Elia S. Battistelli; John R. Bond; Ben Brown; Bryce Burger; Jay Chervenak; Sudeep Das; Mark J. Devlin; Simon R. Dicker; W. Bertrand Doriese; Joanna Dunkley; Rolando Dünner; Thomas Essinger-Hileman; Ryan P. Fisher; Joseph W. Fowler; Mark Halpern; Matthew Hasselfield; Carlos Hernández-Monteagudo; Gene C. Hilton; Matt Hilton; Adam D. Hincks; Renée Hlozek; Kevin M. Huffenberger; David H. Hughes; John P. Hughes; Leopoldo Infante; Kent D. Irwin; Jean Baptiste Juin; Madhuri Kaul; Jeff Klein; Arthur Kosowsky; Judy M. Lau; Michele Limon; Yen Ting Lin; Robert H. Lupton; Tobias A. Marriage; Danica Marsden; Phil Mauskopf; Felipe Menanteau; Kavilan Moodley; Harvey Moseley; Calvin B. Netterfield; Michael D. Niemack; Michael R. Nolta; Lyman A. Page; Lucas Parker; Bruce Partridge; Beth Reid; Neelima Sehgal; Blaked Sherwin; Jon Sievers; David N. Spergel; Suzanne T. Staggs; Daniel S. Swetz; Eric R. Switzer; Robert Thornton; Hy Trac; Carole Tucker; Ryan Warne; Ed Wollack; Yue Zhao

doi:10.1088/0004-637X/740/2/86

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Calibration with the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe using cross-correlations

Amir Hajian, Viviana Acquaviva, Peter A.R. Ade, Paula Aguirre, Mandana Amiri, John William Appel, L. Felipe Barrientos, Elia S. Battistelli, John R. Bond, Ben Brown, Bryce Burger, Jay Chervenak, Sudeep Das, Mark J. Devlin, Simon R. Dicker, W. Bertrand Doriese, Joanna Dunkley, Rolando Dünner, Thomas Essinger-Hileman, Ryan P. FisherJoseph W. Fowler, Mark Halpern, Matthew Hasselfield, Carlos Hernández-Monteagudo, Gene C. Hilton, Matt Hilton, Adam D. Hincks, Renée Hlozek, Kevin M. Huffenberger, David H. Hughes, John P. Hughes, Leopoldo Infante, Kent D. Irwin, Jean Baptiste Juin, Madhuri Kaul, Jeff Klein, Arthur Kosowsky, Judy M. Lau, Michele Limon, Yen Ting Lin, Robert H. Lupton, Tobias A. Marriage, Danica Marsden, Phil Mauskopf, Felipe Menanteau, Kavilan Moodley, Harvey Moseley, Calvin B. Netterfield, Michael D. Niemack, Michael R. Nolta, Lyman A. Page, Lucas Parker, Bruce Partridge, Beth Reid, Neelima Sehgal, Blaked Sherwin, Jon Sievers, David N. Spergel, Suzanne T. Staggs, Daniel S. Swetz, Eric R. Switzer, Robert Thornton, Hy Trac, Carole Tucker, Ryan Warne, Ed Wollack, Yue Zhao

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We present a new calibration method based on cross-correlations with the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) and apply it to data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT). ACT's observing strategy and map-making procedure allows an unbiased reconstruction of the modes in the maps over a wide range of multipoles. By directly matching the ACT maps to WMAP observations in the multipole range of 400 < l < 1000, we determine the absolute calibration with an uncertainty of 2% in temperature. The precise measurement of the calibration error directly impacts the uncertainties in the cosmological parameters estimated from the ACT power spectra. We also present a combined map based on ACT and WMAP data that has a high signal-to-noise ratio over a wide range of multipoles.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	86
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	740
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/740/2/86
State	Published - Oct 20 2011

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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cosmic background radiation
cosmology: observations
methods: data analysis
methods: statistical

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Hajian, A., Acquaviva, V., Ade, P. A. R., Aguirre, P., Amiri, M., Appel, J. W., Barrientos, L. F., Battistelli, E. S., Bond, J. R., Brown, B., Burger, B., Chervenak, J., Das, S., Devlin, M. J., Dicker, S. R., Doriese, W. B., Dunkley, J., Dünner, R., Essinger-Hileman, T., ... Zhao, Y. (2011). The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Calibration with the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe using cross-correlations. Astrophysical Journal, 740(2), Article 86. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/740/2/86

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