Chang Feng, Brian Keating, Hans P. Paar, Oliver Zahn
Gravitational lensing by large scale structure introduces non-Gaussianity
into the Cosmic Microwave Background and imprints a new observable, which can
be used as a cosmological probe. We apply a four-point estimator to the
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) 7-year coadded temperature maps
alone to reconstruct the gravitational lensing signal. The Gaussian bias is
simulated and subtracted, and the higher order bias is investigated. We measure
a gravitational lensing signal with a statistical amplitude of $\mathcal {C}$ =
$1.27\pm 0.98$ using all the correlations of the W- and V-band Differencing
Assemblies (DAs). We therefore conclude that WMAP 7-year data alone, can not
detect lensing.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.2371
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