Princeton University/Institute for Advanced Study Early Universe/Cosmology Lunch Discussion - TITLE ADDED

Measuring Lensing of the CMB by Galaxy Clusters with the South Pole Telescope

Clusters of galaxies gravitationally lens the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and thereby generate a distinct signal in the CMB on arcminute scales. Measurements of this effect can be used to constrain the masses of galaxy clusters using CMB data alone. I'll present a measurement of lensing of the CMB by galaxy clusters using data from the South Pole Telescope's Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) Survey. We find that the cluster masses derived from our measurement of CMB lensing are consistent with those derived from the clusters' SZ signatures.

Date & Time

March 30, 2015 | 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Location

Institute for Advanced Study, West Building, West Seminar Room

Speakers

Eric Baxter

Affiliation

University of Pennsylvania