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Probing cosmic strings with satellite CMB measurements

E. Jeong
  • Fonction : Auteur
C. Baccigalupi
  • Fonction : Auteur
G.F. Smoot
  • Fonction : Auteur

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We study the problem of searching for cosmic string signal patterns in the present high resolution and high sensitivity observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). This article discusses a technique capable of recognizing Kaiser-Stebbins effect signatures in total intensity anisotropy maps from isolated strings. We derive the statistical distributions of null detections from purely Gaussian fluctuations and instrumental performances of the operating satellites, and show that the biggest factor that produces confusion is represented by the acoustic oscillation features of the scale comparable to the size of horizon at recombination. Simulations show that the distribution of null detections converges to a χ2 distribution, with detectability threshold at 99% confidence level corresponding to a string induced step signal with an amplitude of about 100 μK which corresponds to a limit of roughly Gμ ~ 1.5 × 10-6. We implement simulations for deriving the statistics of spurious detections caused by extra-Galactic and Galactic foregrounds. For diffuse Galactic foregrounds, which represents the dominant source of contamination, we construct sky masks outlining the available region of the sky where the Galactic confusion is sub-dominant, specializing our analysis to the case represented by the frequency coverage and nominal sensitivity and resolution of the Planck experiment. As for other CMB measurements, the maximum available area, corresponding to 7%, is reached where the foreground emission is expected to be minimum, in the 70-100 GHz interval.

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in2p3-00714073 , version 1 (03-07-2012)

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E. Jeong, C. Baccigalupi, G.F. Smoot. Probing cosmic strings with satellite CMB measurements. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2010, 09, pp.018. ⟨10.1088/1475-7516/2010/09/018⟩. ⟨in2p3-00714073⟩
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