1205.2537 (Stéphane Ilic)

Cosmic Microwave and Infrared Backgrounds cross-correlation for ISW detection    [PDF]

Stéphane Ilic

We investigate the cross-correlation between the cosmic infrared and microwave backgrounds (CIB & CMB) anisotropies through the integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect. We first describe the CIB anisotropies using a linearly biased power spectrum, then derive the theoretical angular power spectrum of the CMB-CIB cross-correlation for different instruments and frequencies. We discuss the detectability of the ISW signal by performing a signal-to-noise (SNR) analysis with our predicted spectra. The significances obtained range from 6{\sigma} to 7{\sigma} in an ideal case, depending on the frequency ; in realistic cases which account for the presence of noise including astrophysical contaminants, the results span the range 2-5{\sigma}, depending strongly on the major contribution to the noise term.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.2537