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KSZ Velocity Reconstruction with ACT and DESI-LS using a Tomographic QML Power Spectrum Estimator

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arxiv 2506.21684 v1 pith:QKSM7DVJ submitted 2025-06-26 astro-ph.CO

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We perform kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) velocity reconstruction on data from ACT DR6 and DESI-LS DR9. To estimate the cross-power between kSZ velocity reconstruction and galaxy density, we make use of a novel quadratic maximum likelihood QML power spectrum estimator implementation in red-shift binned spherical coordinates. We find a detection of the kSZ signal from the cross-correlation between the estimated velocity field and the large-scale galaxy field of $11.7 \sigma$. We estimate an amplitude $A=0.39 \pm 0.04$ of the kSZ signal with respect to a halo model prediction, possibly indicating a high feedback in massive halos, in agreement with previous studies. Our result demonstrates the feasibility of an optimal QML pipeline at the resolution required for this analysis, and will be a powerful tool for kSZ cosmology with upcoming high-resolution surveys.

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