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Planck 2013 results. XVII. Gravitational lensing by large-scale structure

November 2014 • 2014A&A...571A..17P

Authors • Planck Collaboration • Ade, P. A. R. • Aghanim, N. • Armitage-Caplan, C. • Arnaud, M. • Ashdown, M. • Atrio-Barandela, F. • Aumont, J. • Baccigalupi, C. • Banday, A. J. • Barreiro, R. B. • Bartlett, J. G. • Basak, S. • Battaner, E. • Benabed, K. • Benoît, A. • Benoit-Lévy, A. • Bernard, J. -P. • Bersanelli, M. • Bielewicz, P. • Bobin, J. • Bock, J. J. • Bonaldi, A. • Bonavera, L. • Bond, J. R. • Borrill, J. • Bouchet, F. R. • Bridges, M. • Bucher, M. • Burigana, C. • Butler, R. C. • Cardoso, J. -F. • Catalano, A. • Challinor, A. • Chamballu, A. • Chiang, H. C. • Chiang, L. -Y. • Christensen, P. R. • Church, S. • Clements, D. L. • Colombi, S. • Colombo, L. P. L. • Couchot, F. • Coulais, A. • Crill, B. P. • Curto, A. • Cuttaia, F. • Danese, L. • Davies, R. D. • Davis, R. J. • de Bernardis, P. • de Rosa, A. • de Zotti, G. • Déchelette, T. • Delabrouille, J. • Delouis, J. -M. • Désert, F. -X. • Dickinson, C. • Diego, J. M. • Dole, H. • Donzelli, S. • Doré, O. • Douspis, M. • Dunkley, J. • Dupac, X. • Efstathiou, G. • Enßlin, T. A. • Eriksen, H. K. • Finelli, F. • Forni, O. • Frailis, M. • Franceschi, E. • Galeotta, S. • Ganga, K. • Giard, M. • Giardino, G. • Giraud-Héraud, Y. • González-Nuevo, J. • Górski, K. M. • Gratton, S. • Gregorio, A. • Gruppuso, A. • Gudmundsson, J. E. • Hansen, F. K. • Hanson, D. • Harrison, D. • Henrot-Versillé, S. • Hernández-Monteagudo, C. • Herranz, D. • Hildebrandt, S. R. • Hivon, E. • Ho, S. • Hobson, M. • Holmes, W. A. • Hornstrup, A. • Hovest, W. • Huffenberger, K. M. • Jaffe, A. H. • Jaffe, T. R. • Jones, W. C. • Juvela, M. • Keihänen, E. • Keskitalo, R. • Kisner, T. S. • Kneissl, R. • Knoche, J. • Knox, L. • Kunz, M. • Kurki-Suonio, H. • Lagache, G. • Lähteenmäki, A. • Lamarre, J. -M. • Lasenby, A. • Laureijs, R. J. • Lavabre, A. • Lawrence, C. R. • Leahy, J. P. • Leonardi, R. • León-Tavares, J. • Lesgourgues, J. • Lewis, A. • Liguori, M. • Lilje, P. B. • Linden-Vørnle, M. • López-Caniego, M. • Lubin, P. M. • Macías-Pérez, J. F. • Maffei, B. • Maino, D. • Mandolesi, N. • Mangilli, A. • Maris, M. • Marshall, D. J. • Martin, P. G. • Martínez-González, E. • Masi, S. • Massardi, M. • Matarrese, S. • Matthai, F. • Mazzotta, P. • Melchiorri, A. • Mendes, L. • Mennella, A. • Migliaccio, M. • Mitra, S. • Miville-Deschênes, M. -A. • Moneti, A. • Montier, L. • Morgante, G. • Mortlock, D. • Moss, A. • Munshi, D. • Murphy, J. A. • Naselsky, P. • Nati, F. • Natoli, P. • Netterfield, C. B. • Nørgaard-Nielsen, H. U. • Noviello, F. • Novikov, D. • Novikov, I. • Osborne, S. • Oxborrow, C. A. • Paci, F. • Pagano, L. • Pajot, F. • Paoletti, D. • Partridge, B. • Pasian, F. • Patanchon, G. • Perdereau, O. • Perotto, L. • Perrotta, F. • Piacentini, F. • Piat, M. • Pierpaoli, E. • Pietrobon, D. • Plaszczynski, S. • Pointecouteau, E. • Polenta, G. • Ponthieu, N. • Popa, L. • Poutanen, T. • Pratt, G. W. • Prézeau, G. • Prunet, S. • Puget, J. -L. • Pullen, A. R. • Rachen, J. P. • Rebolo, R. • Reinecke, M. • Remazeilles, M. • Renault, C. • Ricciardi, S. • Riller, T. • Ristorcelli, I. • Rocha, G. • Rosset, C. • Roudier, G. • Rowan-Robinson, M. • Rubiño-Martín, J. A. • Rusholme, B. • Sandri, M. • Santos, D. • Savini, G. • Scott, D. • Seiffert, M. D. • Shellard, E. P. S. • Smith, K. • Spencer, L. D. • Starck, J. -L. • Stolyarov, V. • Stompor, R. • Sudiwala, R. • Sunyaev, R. • Sureau, F. • Sutton, D. • Suur-Uski, A. -S. • Sygnet, J. -F. • Tauber, J. A. • Tavagnacco, D. • Terenzi, L. • Toffolatti, L. • Tomasi, M. • Tristram, M. • Tucci, M. • Tuovinen, J. • Umana, G. • Valenziano, L. • Valiviita, J. • Van Tent, B. • Vielva, P. • Villa, F. • Vittorio, N. • Wade, L. A. • Wandelt, B. D. • White, M. • White, S. D. M. • Yvon, D. • Zacchei, A. • Zonca, A.

Abstract • On the arcminute angular scales probed by Planck, the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies are gently perturbed by gravitational lensing. Here we present a detailed study of this effect, detecting lensing independently in the 100, 143, and 217 GHz frequency bands with an overall significance of greater than 25σ. We use thetemperature-gradient correlations induced by lensing to reconstruct a (noisy) map of the CMB lensing potential, which provides an integrated measure of the mass distribution back to the CMB last-scattering surface. Our lensing potential map is significantly correlated with other tracers of mass, a fact which we demonstrate using several representative tracers of large-scale structure. We estimate the power spectrum of the lensing potential, finding generally good agreement with expectations from the best-fitting ΛCDM model for the Planck temperature power spectrum, showing that this measurement at z = 1100 correctly predicts the properties of the lower-redshift, later-time structures which source the lensing potential. When combined with the temperature power spectrum, our measurement provides degeneracy-breaking power for parameter constraints; it improves CMB-alone constraints on curvature by a factor of two and also partly breaks the degeneracy between the amplitude of the primordial perturbation power spectrum and the optical depth to reionization, allowing a measurement of the optical depth to reionization which is independent of large-scale polarization data. Discarding scale information, our measurement corresponds to a 4% constraint on the amplitude of the lensing potential power spectrum, or a 2% constraint on the root-mean-squared amplitude of matter fluctuations at z ~ 2.

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