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Weak lensing of the CMB
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posted on 2023-06-08, 06:46 authored by Duncan Hanson, Anthony Challinor, Antony LewisAntony LewisThe cosmic microwave background (CMB) represents a unique source for the study of gravitational lensing. It is extended across the entire sky, partially polarized, located at the extreme distance of z = 1,100, and is thought to have the simple, underlying statistics of a Gaussian random field. Here we review the weak lensing of the CMB, highlighting the aspects which differentiate it from the weak lensing of other sources, such as galaxies. We discuss the statistics of the lensing deflection field which remaps the CMB, and the corresponding effect on the power spectra. We then focus on methods for reconstructing the lensing deflections, describing efficient quadratic maximum-likelihood estimators and delensing. We end by reviewing recent detections and observational prospects.
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General Relativity and GravitationISSN
0001-7701Publisher
Springer VerlagExternal DOI
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9Volume
42Page range
2197-2218Department affiliated with
- Physics and Astronomy Publications
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2012-02-06Usage metrics
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