MEASUREMENTS OF E-MODE POLARIZATION AND TEMPERATURE-E-MODE CORRELATION IN THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND FROM 100 SQUARE DEGREES OF SPTPOL DATA

A. T. Crites; J. W. Henning; P. A R Ade; K. A. Aird; J. E. Austermann; J. A. Beall; A. N. Bender; B. A. Benson; L. E. Bleem; J. E. Carlstrom; C. L. Chang; H. C. Chiang; H. M. Cho; R. Citron; T. M. Crawford; T. De Haan; M. A. Dobbs; W. Everett; J. Gallicchio; J. Gao; E. M. George; A. Gilbert; N. W. Halverson; D. Hanson; N. Harrington; G. C. Hilton; G. P. Holder; W. L. Holzapfel; S. Hoover; Z. Hou; J. D. Hrubes; N. Huang; J. Hubmayr; K. D. Irwin; R. Keisler; L. Knox; A. T. Lee; E. M. Leitch; D. Li; C. Liang; D. Luong-Van; J. J. McMahon; J. Mehl; S. S. Meyer; L. Mocanu; T. E. Montroy; T. Natoli; J. P. Nibarger; V. Novosad; S. Padin; C. Pryke; C. L. Reichardt; J. E. Ruhl; B. R. Saliwanchik; J. T. Sayre; K. K. Schaffer; G. Smecher; A. A. Stark; K. T. Story; C. Tucker; K. Vanderlinde; J. D. Vieira; G. Wang; N. Whitehorn; V. Yefremenko; O. Zahn

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MEASUREMENTS OF E-MODE POLARIZATION AND TEMPERATURE-E-MODE CORRELATION IN THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND FROM 100 SQUARE DEGREES OF SPTPOL DATA

A. T. Crites, J. W. Henning, P. A R Ade, K. A. Aird, J. E. Austermann, J. A. Beall, A. N. Bender, B. A. Benson, L. E. Bleem, J. E. Carlstrom, C. L. Chang, H. C. Chiang, H. M. Cho, R. Citron, T. M. Crawford, T. De Haan, M. A. Dobbs, W. Everett, J. Gallicchio, J. GaoE. M. George, A. Gilbert, N. W. Halverson, D. Hanson, N. Harrington, G. C. Hilton, G. P. Holder, W. L. Holzapfel, S. Hoover, Z. Hou, J. D. Hrubes, N. Huang, J. Hubmayr, K. D. Irwin, R. Keisler, L. Knox, A. T. Lee, E. M. Leitch, D. Li, C. Liang, D. Luong-Van, J. J. McMahon, J. Mehl, S. S. Meyer, L. Mocanu, T. E. Montroy, T. Natoli, J. P. Nibarger, V. Novosad, S. Padin, C. Pryke, C. L. Reichardt, J. E. Ruhl, B. R. Saliwanchik, J. T. Sayre, K. K. Schaffer, G. Smecher, A. A. Stark, K. T. Story, C. Tucker, K. Vanderlinde, J. D. Vieira, G. Wang, N. Whitehorn, V. Yefremenko, O. Zahn

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We present measurements of E-mode polarization and temperature-E-mode correlation in the cosmic microwave background using data from the first season of observations with SPTpol, the polarization-sensitive receiver currently installed on the South Pole Telescope (SPT). The observations used in this work cover 100 deg² of sky with arcminute resolution at 150 GHz. We report the E-mode angular auto-power spectrum (EE) and the temperature-E-mode angular cross-power spectrum (TE) over the multipole range 500 < ℓ ≤ 5000. These power spectra improve on previous measurements in the high-ℓ (small-scale) regime. We fit the combination of the SPTpol power spectra, data from Planck, and previous SPT measurements with a six-parameter ΛCDM cosmological model. We find that the best-fit parameters are consistent with previous results. The improvement in high-ℓ sensitivity over previous measurements leads to a significant improvement in the limit on polarized point-source power: after masking sources brighter than 50 mJy in unpolarized flux at 150 GHz, we find a 95% confidence upper limit on unclustered point-source power in the EE spectrum of D_ℓ = ℓ(ℓ + ℓ)C_ℓ/2π < 0.40 μK² at ℓ = 3000, indicating that future EE measurements will not be limited by power from unclustered point sources in the multipole range , and possibly much higher in ℓ.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	36
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	805
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/805/1/36
State	Published - May 20 2015

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Crites, A. T., Henning, J. W., Ade, P. A. R., Aird, K. A., Austermann, J. E., Beall, J. A., Bender, A. N., Benson, B. A., Bleem, L. E., Carlstrom, J. E., Chang, C. L., Chiang, H. C., Cho, H. M., Citron, R., Crawford, T. M., Haan, T. D., Dobbs, M. A., Everett, W., Gallicchio, J., ... Zahn, O. (2015). MEASUREMENTS OF E-MODE POLARIZATION AND TEMPERATURE-E-MODE CORRELATION IN THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND FROM 100 SQUARE DEGREES OF SPTPOL DATA. Astrophysical Journal, 805(1), Article 36. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/805/1/36

Crites, AT, Henning, JW, Ade, PAR, Aird, KA, Austermann, JE, Beall, JA, Bender, AN, Benson, BA, Bleem, LE, Carlstrom, JE, Chang, CL, Chiang, HC, Cho, HM, Citron, R, Crawford, TM, Haan, TD, Dobbs, MA, Everett, W, Gallicchio, J, Gao, J, George, EM, Gilbert, A, Halverson, NW, Hanson, D, Harrington, N, Hilton, GC, Holder, GP, Holzapfel, WL, Hoover, S, Hou, Z, Hrubes, JD, Huang, N, Hubmayr, J, Irwin, KD, Keisler, R, Knox, L, Lee, AT, Leitch, EM, Li, D, Liang, C, Luong-Van, D, McMahon, JJ, Mehl, J, Meyer, SS, Mocanu, L, Montroy, TE, Natoli, T, Nibarger, JP, Novosad, V, Padin, S, Pryke, C, Reichardt, CL, Ruhl, JE, Saliwanchik, BR, Sayre, JT, Schaffer, KK, Smecher, G, Stark, AA, Story, KT, Tucker, C, Vanderlinde, K, Vieira, JD, Wang, G, Whitehorn, N, Yefremenko, V & Zahn, O 2015, 'MEASUREMENTS OF E-MODE POLARIZATION AND TEMPERATURE-E-MODE CORRELATION IN THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND FROM 100 SQUARE DEGREES OF SPTPOL DATA', Astrophysical Journal, vol. 805, no. 1, 36. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/805/1/36

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