Constraining physics and astrophysics with multifrequency CMB data

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• Fiona McCarthy (DAMTP)
• Wednesday 13 March 2024, 13:40-14:05
• The Hoyle Lecture Theatre + Zoom .

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The CMB anisotropies are measured in several microwave frequency bands. Having this frequency information allows us to separate signals that are due to different sources. We can easily make maps that are sensitive to specific frequency combinations, and in this way isolate the contribution from the primary CMB (early-Universe) and various other CMB interactions such as the Sunyaev—Zel’dovich (SZ) effect (the scattering of the CMB from electrons in the late Universe). I will talk about constraints on the SZ effect from Planck data using a new frequency-separation code, pyilc, which we use to isolate the signal while removing other late-Universe biases, in particular the infrared emission from star-forming galaxies. I will also show an application to beyond standard model interactions between the CMB and a non-trivial dark sector, and how we can use the CMB to constrain beyond-standard-model particle physics.

This talk is part of the Institute of Astronomy Seminars series.

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