A demonstration of improved constraints on primordial gravitational waves with delensing

P. A.R. Ade; Z. Ahmed; M. Amiri; A. J. Anderson; J. E. Austermann; J. S. Avva; D. Barkats; R. Basu Thakur; J. A. Beall; A. N. Bender; B. A. Benson; F. Bianchini; C. A. Bischoff; L. E. Bleem; J. J. Bock; H. Boenish; E. Bullock; V. Buza; J. E. Carlstrom; C. L. Chang; J. R. Cheshire; H. C. Chiang; T. L. Chou; R. Citron; J. Connors; C. Corbett Moran; J. Cornelison; T. M. Crawford; A. T. Crites; M. Crumrine; A. Cukierman; T. De Haan; M. Dierickx; M. A. Dobbs; L. Duband; W. Everett; S. Fatigoni; J. P. Filippini; S. Fliescher; J. Gallicchio; E. M. George; T. St Germaine; N. Goeckner-Wald; D. C. Goldfinger; J. Grayson; N. Gupta; G. Hall; M. Halpern; N. W. Halverson; S. Harrison; S. Henderson; J. W. Henning; S. R. Hildebrandt; G. C. Hilton; G. P. Holder; W. L. Holzapfel; J. D. Hrubes; N. Huang; J. Hubmayr; H. Hui; K. D. Irwin; J. Kang; K. S. Karkare; E. Karpel; S. Kefeli; S. A. Kernasovskiy; L. Knox; J. M. Kovac; C. L. Kuo; K. Lau; A. T. Lee; E. M. Leitch; D. Li; A. Lowitz; A. Manzotti; J. J. McMahon; K. G. Megerian; S. S. Meyer; M. Millea; L. M. Mocanu; L. Moncelsi; J. Montgomery; A. Nadolski; T. Namikawa; T. Natoli; C. B. Netterfield; H. T. Nguyen; J. P. Nibarger; G. Noble; V. Novosad; R. O'Brient; R. W. Ogburn; Y. Omori; S. Padin; S. Palladino; S. Patil; T. Prouve; C. Pryke; B. Racine; C. L. Reichardt; C. D. Reintsema; S. Richter; J. E. Ruhl; B. R. Saliwanchik; K. K. Schaffer; A. Schillaci; B. L. Schmitt; R. Schwarz; C. D. Sheehy; C. Sievers; G. Smecher; A. Soliman; A. A. Stark; B. Steinbach; R. V. Sudiwala; G. P. Teply; K. L. Thompson; J. E. Tolan; C. Tucker; A. D. Turner; C. Umiltà; T. Veach; J. D. Vieira; A. G. Vieregg; A. Wandui; G. Wang; A. C. Weber; N. Whitehorn; D. V. Wiebe; J. Willmert; C. L. Wong; W. L.K. Wu; H. Yang; V. Yefremenko; K. W. Yoon; E. Young; C. Yu; L. Zeng; C. Zhang

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A demonstration of improved constraints on primordial gravitational waves with delensing

P. A.R. Ade, Z. Ahmed, M. Amiri, A. J. Anderson, J. E. Austermann, J. S. Avva, D. Barkats, R. Basu Thakur, J. A. Beall, A. N. Bender, B. A. Benson, F. Bianchini, C. A. Bischoff, L. E. Bleem, J. J. Bock, H. Boenish, E. Bullock, V. Buza, J. E. Carlstrom, C. L. ChangJ. R. Cheshire, H. C. Chiang, T. L. Chou, R. Citron, J. Connors, C. Corbett Moran, J. Cornelison, T. M. Crawford, A. T. Crites, M. Crumrine, A. Cukierman, T. De Haan, M. Dierickx, M. A. Dobbs, L. Duband, W. Everett, S. Fatigoni, J. P. Filippini, S. Fliescher, J. Gallicchio, E. M. George, T. St Germaine, N. Goeckner-Wald, D. C. Goldfinger, J. Grayson, N. Gupta, G. Hall, M. Halpern, N. W. Halverson, S. Harrison, S. Henderson, J. W. Henning, S. R. Hildebrandt, G. C. Hilton, G. P. Holder, W. L. Holzapfel, J. D. Hrubes, N. Huang, J. Hubmayr, H. Hui, K. D. Irwin, J. Kang, K. S. Karkare, E. Karpel, S. Kefeli, S. A. Kernasovskiy, L. Knox, J. M. Kovac, C. L. Kuo, K. Lau, A. T. Lee, E. M. Leitch, D. Li, A. Lowitz, A. Manzotti, J. J. McMahon, K. G. Megerian, S. S. Meyer, M. Millea, L. M. Mocanu, L. Moncelsi, J. Montgomery, A. Nadolski, T. Namikawa, T. Natoli, C. B. Netterfield, H. T. Nguyen, J. P. Nibarger, G. Noble, V. Novosad, R. O'Brient, R. W. Ogburn, Y. Omori, S. Padin, S. Palladino, S. Patil, T. Prouve, C. Pryke, B. Racine, C. L. Reichardt, C. D. Reintsema, S. Richter, J. E. Ruhl, B. R. Saliwanchik, K. K. Schaffer, A. Schillaci, B. L. Schmitt, R. Schwarz, C. D. Sheehy, C. Sievers, G. Smecher, A. Soliman, A. A. Stark, B. Steinbach, R. V. Sudiwala, G. P. Teply, K. L. Thompson, J. E. Tolan, C. Tucker, A. D. Turner, C. Umiltà, T. Veach, J. D. Vieira, A. G. Vieregg, A. Wandui, G. Wang, A. C. Weber, N. Whitehorn, D. V. Wiebe, J. Willmert, C. L. Wong, W. L.K. Wu, H. Yang, V. Yefremenko, K. W. Yoon, E. Young, C. Yu, L. Zeng, C. Zhang

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We present a constraint on the tensor-to-scalar ratio, r, derived from measurements of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization B-modes with "delensing,"whereby the uncertainty on r contributed by the sample variance of the gravitational lensing B-modes is reduced by cross-correlating against a lensing B-mode template. This template is constructed by combining an estimate of the polarized CMB with a tracer of the projected large-scale structure. The large-scale-structure tracer used is a map of the cosmic infrared background derived from Planck satellite data, while the polarized CMB map comes from a combination of South Pole Telescope, bicep/Keck, and Planck data. We expand the bicep/Keck likelihood analysis framework to accept a lensing template and apply it to the bicep/Keck dataset collected through 2014 using the same parametric foreground modeling as in the previous analysis. From simulations, we find that the uncertainty on r is reduced by ∼10%, from σ(r)=0.024 to 0.022, which can be compared with a ∼26% reduction obtained when using a perfect lensing template or if there were zero lensing B-modes. Applying the technique to the real data, the constraint on r is improved from r0.05<0.090 to r0.05<0.082 (95% C.L.). This is the first demonstration of improvement in an r constraint through delensing.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	022004
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	103
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.022004
State	Published - Jan 26 2021

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Ade, P. A. R., Ahmed, Z., Amiri, M., Anderson, A. J., Austermann, J. E., Avva, J. S., Barkats, D., Thakur, R. B., Beall, J. A., Bender, A. N., Benson, B. A., Bianchini, F., Bischoff, C. A., Bleem, L. E., Bock, J. J., Boenish, H., Bullock, E., Buza, V., Carlstrom, J. E., ... Zhang, C. (2021). A demonstration of improved constraints on primordial gravitational waves with delensing. Physical Review D, 103(2), Article 022004. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.022004

Ade, PAR, Ahmed, Z, Amiri, M, Anderson, AJ, Austermann, JE, Avva, JS, Barkats, D, Thakur, RB, Beall, JA, Bender, AN, Benson, BA, Bianchini, F, Bischoff, CA, Bleem, LE, Bock, JJ, Boenish, H, Bullock, E, Buza, V, Carlstrom, JE, Chang, CL, Cheshire, JR, Chiang, HC, Chou, TL, Citron, R, Connors, J, Moran, CC, Cornelison, J, Crawford, TM, Crites, AT, Crumrine, M, Cukierman, A, De Haan, T, Dierickx, M, Dobbs, MA, Duband, L, Everett, W, Fatigoni, S, Filippini, JP, Fliescher, S, Gallicchio, J, George, EM, Germaine, TS, Goeckner-Wald, N, Goldfinger, DC, Grayson, J, Gupta, N, Hall, G, Halpern, M, Halverson, NW, Harrison, S, Henderson, S, Henning, JW, Hildebrandt, SR, Hilton, GC, Holder, GP, Holzapfel, WL, Hrubes, JD, Huang, N, Hubmayr, J, Hui, H, Irwin, KD, Kang, J, Karkare, KS, Karpel, E, Kefeli, S, Kernasovskiy, SA, Knox, L, Kovac, JM, Kuo, CL, Lau, K, Lee, AT, Leitch, EM, Li, D, Lowitz, A, Manzotti, A, McMahon, JJ, Megerian, KG, Meyer, SS, Millea, M, Mocanu, LM, Moncelsi, L, Montgomery, J, Nadolski, A, Namikawa, T, Natoli, T, Netterfield, CB, Nguyen, HT, Nibarger, JP, Noble, G, Novosad, V, O'Brient, R, Ogburn, RW, Omori, Y, Padin, S, Palladino, S, Patil, S, Prouve, T, Pryke, C, Racine, B, Reichardt, CL, Reintsema, CD, Richter, S, Ruhl, JE, Saliwanchik, BR, Schaffer, KK, Schillaci, A, Schmitt, BL, Schwarz, R, Sheehy, CD, Sievers, C, Smecher, G, Soliman, A, Stark, AA, Steinbach, B, Sudiwala, RV, Teply, GP, Thompson, KL, Tolan, JE, Tucker, C, Turner, AD, Umiltà, C, Veach, T, Vieira, JD, Vieregg, AG, Wandui, A, Wang, G, Weber, AC, Whitehorn, N, Wiebe, DV, Willmert, J, Wong, CL, Wu, WLK, Yang, H, Yefremenko, V, Yoon, KW, Young, E, Yu, C, Zeng, L & Zhang, C 2021, 'A demonstration of improved constraints on primordial gravitational waves with delensing', Physical Review D, vol. 103, no. 2, 022004. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.022004

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