pith. sign in

arxiv: 1105.2940 · v2 · pith:QC5CPXH2new · submitted 2011-05-15 · 🌌 astro-ph.CO

How Sensitive is the CMB to a Single Lens?

classification 🌌 astro-ph.CO
keywords lenslensingsingleweakbarelybreakscalculatecalculation
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

We study the imprints of a single lens, that breaks statistical isotropy, on the CMB and calculate the signal to noise ratio (S/N) for its detection. We emphasize the role of non-Gaussianities induced by LCDM weak lensing in this calculation and show that typically the S/N is much smaller than expected. In particular we find that the hypothesis that a void (texture) is responsible for the WMAP cold spot can barely (cannot) be tested via weak lensing of the CMB.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.