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1. Planck 2018 results

Author

Aghanim, N., Akrami, Y., Alves, M. I.R., Ashdown, M., Aumont, J., Baccigalupi, C., Ballardini, M., Banday, A. J., Barreiro, R. B., Bartolo, N., Basak, S., Benabed, K., Bernard, J. P., Bersanelli, M., Bielewicz, P., Bock, J. J., Bond, J. R., Borrill, J., Bouchet, F. R., Boulanger, F., Bracco, A., Bucher, M., Burigana, C., Calabrese, E., Cardoso, J. F., Carron, J., Chary, R. R., Chiang, H. C., Colombo, L. P.L., Combet, C., Crill, B. P., Cuttaia, F., De Bernardis, P., De Zotti, G., Delabrouille, J., Delouis, J. M., Di Valentino, E., Dickinson, C., Diego, J. M., Doré, O., Douspis, M., Ducout, A., Dupac, X., Efstathiou, G., Elsner, F., Enßlin, T. A., Eriksen, H. K., Falgarone, E., Fantaye, Y., Fernandez-Cobos, R., Ferrière, K., Finelli, F., Forastieri, F., Frailis, M., Fraisse, A. A., Franceschi, E., Frolov, A., Galeotta, S., Galli, S., Ganga, K., Génova-Santos, R. T., Gerbino, M., Ghosh, T., González-Nuevo, J., Górski, K. M., Gratton, S., Green, G., Gruppuso, A., Gudmundsson, J. E., Guillet, V., Handley, W., Hansen, F. K., Helou, G., Herranz, D., Hivon, E., Huang, Z., Jaffe, A. H., Jones, W. C., Keihänen, E., Keskitalo, R., Kiiveri, K., Kim, Jaiseung, Krachmalnicoff, N., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Lagache, G., Lamarre, J. M., Lasenby, A., Lattanzi, M., Lawrence, C. R., Le Jeune, M., Levrier, F., Liguori, M., Lilje, P. B., Lindholm, V., López-Caniego, M., Lubin, P. M., Ma, Y. Z., Maciás-Pérez, J. F., Maggio, G., Maino, D., Mandolesi, N., Mangilli, A., Marcos-Caballero, A., Maris, M., Martin, P. G., Martínez-González, E., Matarrese, S., Mauri, N., McEwen, J. D., Melchiorri, A., Mennella, A., Migliaccio, M., Miville-Deschênes, M. A., Molinari, D., Moneti, A., Montier, L., Morgante, G., Moss, A., Natoli, P., Pagano, L., Paoletti, D., Patanchon, G., Perrotta, F., Pettorino, V., Piacentini, F., Polastri, L., Polenta, G., Puget, J. L., Rachen, J. P., Reinecke, M., Remazeilles, M., Renzi, A., Ristorcelli, I., Rocha, G., Rosset, C., Roudier, G., Rubiño-Martín, J. A., Ruiz-Granados, B., Salvati, L., Sandri, M., Savelainen, M., Scott, D., Sirignano, C., Sunyaev, R., Suur-Uski, A. S., Tauber, J. A., Tavagnacco, D., Tenti, M., Toffolatti, L., Tomasi, M., Trombetti, T., Valiviita, J., Vansyngel, F., Van Tent, B., Vielva, P., Villa, F., Vittorio, N., Wandelt, B. D., Wehus, I. K., Zacchei, A., Zonca, A., Université Paris-Sud, École normale supérieure, IRAP, University of Cambridge, Université Paul Sabatier, International School for Advanced Studies, University of the Western Cape, Universidad de Cantabria, University of Padova, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Institut d 'Astrophysique de Paris, University of Milano, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences, California Institute of Technology, University of Toronto, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Université Pierre and Marie Curie, University of Ferrara, Cardiff University, University of Sussex, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules, National Research Council of Italy, Sapienza University of Rome, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, University of Manchester, The University of Tokyo, European Space Astronomy Centre, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, University of Oslo, UMR7095, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Princeton University, Simon Fraser University, University of Chicago, University of La Laguna, Stockholm University, Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Oviedo, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Stanford University, Sun Yat-Sen University, Imperial College London, University of Helsinki, CNRS, University of California Santa Barbara, National Institute for Nuclear Physics, University College London, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Université Paris-Saclay, University of Nottingham, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Radboud University Nijmegen, Department of Applied Physics, University of British Columbia, European Space Research and Technology Centre, Università Degli Studi di Trieste, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of California San Diego, Aalto-yliopisto, and Aalto University

Subjects
Turbulence, Local insterstellar matter, Magnetic fields, Polarization, ISM [Submillimeter], Dust, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Extinction, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

Observations of the submillimetre emission from Galactic dust, in both total intensity I and polarization, have received tremendous interest thanks to the Planck full-sky maps. In this paper we make use of such full-sky maps of dust polarized emission produced from the third public release of Planck data. As the basis for expanding on astrophysical studies of the polarized thermal emission from Galactic dust, we present full-sky maps of the dust polarization fraction p, polarization angle ψ, and dispersion function of polarization angles «. The joint distribution (one-point statistics) of p and NH confirms that the mean and maximum polarization fractions decrease with increasing NH. The uncertainty on the maximum observed polarization fraction, pmax = 22.0-1.4+3.5% at 353 GHz and 80′ resolution, is dominated by the uncertainty on the Galactic emission zero level in total intensity, in particular towards diffuse lines of sight at high Galactic latitudes. Furthermore, the inverse behaviour between p and « foundearlier is seen to be present at high latitudes. This follows the «p-1 relationship expected from models of the polarized sky (including numerical simulations of magnetohydrodynamical turbulence) that include effects from only the topology of the turbulent magnetic field, but otherwise have uniform alignment and dust properties. Thus, the statistical properties of p, ψ, and « for the most part reflect the structure of the Galactic magnetic field. Nevertheless, we search for potential signatures of varying grain alignment and dust properties. First, we analyse the product map « × p, looking for residual trends. While the polarization fraction p decreases by a factor of 3-4 between NH = 1020 cm-2 and NH = 2 × 1022 cm-2, out of the Galactic plane, this product « × p only decreases by about 25%. Because « is independent of the grain alignment efficiency, this demonstrates that the systematic decrease in p with NH is determined mostly by the magnetic-field structure and not by a drop in grain alignment. This systematic trend is observed both in the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM) and in molecular clouds of the Gould Belt. Second, we look for a dependence of polarization properties on the dust temperature, as we would expect from the radiative alignment torque (RAT) theory. We find no systematic trend of « × p with the dust temperature Td, whether in the diffuse ISM or in the molecular clouds of the Gould Belt. In the diffuse ISM, lines of sight with high polarization fraction p and low polarization angle dispersion « tend, on the contrary, to have colder dust than lines of sight with low p and high «. We also compare the Planck thermal dust polarization with starlight polarization data in the visible at high Galactic latitudes. The agreement in polarization angles is remarkable, and is consistent with what we expect from the noise and the observed dispersion of polarization angles in the visible on the scale of the Planck beam. The two polarization emission-to-extinction ratios, RP/p and RS/V, which primarily characterize dust optical properties, have only a weak dependence on the column density, and converge towards the values previously determined for translucent lines of sight. We also determine an upper limit for the polarization fraction in extinction, pV/E(B - V), of 13% at high Galactic latitude, compatible with the polarization fraction p ≈ 20% observed at 353 GHz. Taken together, these results provide strong constraints for models of Galactic dust in diffuse gas.

Published
2020

2. Planck 2018 results

Author

Akrami, Y., Ashdown, M., Aumont, J., Baccigalupi, C., Ballardini, M., Banday, A. J., Barreiro, R. B., Bartolo, N., Basak, S., Benabed, K., Bernard, J. P., Bersanelli, M., Bielewicz, P., Bond, J. R., Borrill, J., Bouchet, F. R., Boulanger, F., Bracco, A., Bucher, M., Burigana, C., Calabrese, E., Cardoso, J. F., Carron, J., Chiang, H. C., Combet, C., Crill, B. P., De Bernardis, P., De Zotti, G., Delabrouille, J., Delouis, J. M., Di Valentino, E., Dickinson, C., Diego, J. M., Ducout, A., Dupac, X., Efstathiou, G., Elsner, F., Enßlin, T. A., Falgarone, E., Fantaye, Y., Ferrière, K., Finelli, F., Forastieri, F., Frailis, M., Fraisse, A. A., Franceschi, E., Frolov, A., Galeotta, S., Galli, S., Ganga, K., Génova-Santos, R. T., Ghosh, T., González-Nuevo, J., Górski, K. M., Gruppuso, A., Gudmundsson, J. E., Guillet, V., Handley, W., Hansen, F. K., Herranz, D., Huang, Z., Jaffe, A. H., Jones, W. C., Keihänen, E., Keskitalo, R., Kiiveri, K., Kim, J., Krachmalnicoff, N., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Lamarre, J. M., Lasenby, A., Le Jeune, M., Levrier, F., Liguori, M., Lilje, P. B., Lindholm, V., López-Caniego, M., Lubin, P. M., Ma, Y. Z., Maciás-Pérez, J. F., Maggio, G., Maino, D., Mandolesi, N., Mangilli, A., Martin, P. G., Martínez-González, E., Matarrese, S., McEwen, J. D., Meinhold, P. R., Melchiorri, A., Migliaccio, M., Miville-Deschênes, M. A., Molinari, D., Moneti, A., Montier, L., Morgante, G., Natoli, P., Pagano, L., Paoletti, D., Pettorino, V., Piacentini, F., Polenta, G., Puget, J. L., Rachen, J. P., Reinecke, M., Remazeilles, M., Renzi, A., Rocha, G., Rosset, C., Roudier, G., Rubiño-Martín, J. A., Ruiz-Granados, B., Salvati, L., Sandri, M., Savelainen, M., Scott, D., Soler, J. D., Spencer, L. D., Tauber, J. A., Tavagnacco, D., Toffolatti, L., Tomasi, M., Trombetti, T., Valiviita, J., Vansyngel, F., Van Tent, B., Vielva, P., Villa, F., Vittorio, N., Wehus, I. K., Zacchei, A., Zonca, A., Leiden University, University of Cambridge, Université Paul Sabatier, International School for Advanced Studies, University of the Western Cape, IRAP, Universidad de Cantabria, University of Padova, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Institut d 'Astrophysique de Paris, University of Milano, University of Toronto, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Université Paris-Sud, Université Pierre and Marie Curie, University of Ferrara, Cardiff University, University of Sussex, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules, California Institute of Technology, Sapienza University of Rome, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, University of Manchester, The University of Tokyo, European Space Astronomy Centre, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, UMR7095, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National Research Council of Italy, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Princeton University, Simon Fraser University, University of Chicago, University of La Laguna, University of Oviedo, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, University of Oslo, Sun Yat-Sen University, Imperial College London, University of Helsinki, University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Applied Physics, University College London, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Université Paris-Saclay, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Radboud University Nijmegen, National Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of British Columbia, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, European Space Research and Technology Centre, Università Degli Studi di Trieste, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna, University of California San Diego, Aalto-yliopisto, and Aalto University

Subjects
Polarization, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, magnetic fields [ISM], diffuse background [Submillimeter], Dust, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Extinction, structure [ISM], Cosmic background radiation, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

The study of polarized dust emission has become entwined with the analysis of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization in the quest for the curl-like B-mode polarization from primordial gravitational waves and the low-multipole E-mode polarization associated with the reionization of the Universe. We used the new Planck PR3 maps to characterize Galactic dust emission at high latitudes as a foreground to the CMB polarization and use end-to-end simulations to compute uncertainties and assess the statistical significance of our measurements. We present Planck EE, BB, and TE power spectra of dust polarization at 353 GHz for a set of six nested high-Galactic-latitude sky regions covering from 24 to 71% of the sky. We present power-law fits to the angular power spectra, yielding evidence for statistically significant variations of the exponents over sky regions and a difference between the values for the EE and BB spectra, which for the largest sky region are αEE = -2.42 ± 0.02 and αBB = -2.54 ± 0.02, respectively. The spectra show that the TE correlation and E/B power asymmetry discovered by Planck extend to low multipoles that were not included in earlier Planck polarization papers due to residual data systematics. We also report evidence for a positive TB dust signal. Combining data from Planck and WMAP, we have determined the amplitudes and spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of polarized foregrounds, including the correlation between dust and synchrotron polarized emission, for the six sky regions as a function of multipole. This quantifies the challenge of the component-separation procedure that is required for measuring the low-ℓ reionization CMB E-mode signal and detecting the reionization and recombination peaks of primordial CMB B modes. The SED of polarized dust emission is fit well by a single-temperature modified black-body emission law from 353 GHz to below 70 GHz. For a dust temperature of 19.6 K, the mean dust spectral index for dust polarization is βdP = 1.53±0.02. The difference between indices for polarization and total intensity is βdP-βdI = 0.05±0.03. By fitting multi-frequency cross-spectra between Planck data at 100, 143, 217, and 353 GHz, we examine the correlation of the dust polarization maps across frequency. We find no evidence for a loss of correlation and provide lower limits to the correlation ratio that are tighter than values we derive from the correlation of the 217- and 353 GHz maps alone. If the Planck limit on decorrelation for the largest sky region applies to the smaller sky regions observed by sub-orbital experiments, then frequency decorrelation of dust polarization might not be a problem for CMB experiments aiming at a primordial B-mode detection limit on the tensor-to-scalar ratio r≃ 0.01 at the recombination peak. However, the Planck sensitivity precludes identifying how difficult the component-separation problem will be for more ambitious experiments targeting lower limits on r.

Published
2020

3. VHE gamma-ray detection of FSRQ QSO B1420+326 and modeling of its enhanced broadband state in 2020

Author

Yu. V. Troitskaya, D. Zarić, M. I. Martínez, Svetlana G. Jorstad, J. Becerra González, Stefano Ansoldi, P. Peñil, D. Miceli, T. S. Grishina, Pullur Anil Kumar, Markus Gaug, Stefano Truzzi, A. De Angelis, D. Dorner, Alice Donini, G. Vanzo, L. A. Antonelli, Y. Suda, C. C. Cheung, J. van Scherpenberg, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Abelardo Moralejo, S. Lombardi, Francesco Longo, A. Babić, Elina Lindfors, Antonio Stamerra, D. Hadasch, Valeri M. Larionov, Petar Temnikov, Luigi Pacciani, Andrea Marchini, M. Orienti, B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga, E. Moretti, D. Depaoli, A. Porras, Kyoshi Nishijima, L. Bellizzi, Alan P. Marscher, R. J. C. Vera, Tjark Miener, M.K. Hallum, G. Maneva, M. Mariotti, Koji Noda, Elisa Bernardini, Yosuke Kobayashi, W. Bhattacharyya, Marco Berton, V. Fallah Ramazani, John Hoang, Stefano Ciprini, K. Mannheim, S. Mićanović, Alexander Kurtenkov, Alessia Spolon, P. Prajapati, I. Vovk, C. Maggio, S. M. Colak, Anne Lähteenmäki, A. Hahn, David H. Green, Matteo Cerruti, E. Molina, T. Surić, M. Minev, Simone Mender, D. Elsaesser, A. Rugliancich, T. Saito, M. Makariev, C. Perennes, K. Nilsson, G. Ceribella, Christian Fruck, W. Rhode, R. Carosi, V. A. Acciari, R. J. García López, Maria-Isabel Bernardos, Walter Max-Moerbeck, M. Hart, D. Paneque, Daria A. Morozova, D. Dominis Prester, Razmik Mirzoyan, Ciro Bigongiari, F. Giordano, Z. R. Weaver, J. Besenrieder, Damir Lelas, Oscar Blanch, F. Leone, J. Rico, Daniel Kerszberg, M. Will, B. De Lotto, Elisa Prandini, F. Di Pierro, Jenni Jormanainen, T. Schweizer, R. López-Coto, M. Vazquez Acosta, Pratik Majumdar, Giacomo D'Amico, A. Arbet Engels, Lea Heckmann, M. Karjalainen, Y. Kajiwara, L. Di Venere, Vitaly Neustroev, A. A. Vasilyev, S. Nozaki, D. Ninci, Elena G. Larionova, G. A. Borman, M. V. Fonseca, Rodrigo Reeves, W. Bednarek, Katsuaki Asano, R. Angioni, Dorota Sobczyńska, J. Herrera, Andrés Baquero, S. Paiano, Luca Tosti, Juan Abel Barrio, Chiara Righi, T. J. Pearson, M. Hodges, L. Jouvin, Joni Tammi, Dominik Baack, Shashikiran Ganesh, S. Fukami, Sebastian Kiehlmann, K. Ishio, G. Ferrara, Ashot Chilingarian, Antonio Tutone, J. Kushida, Narek Sahakyan, G. Bonnoli, Jose Luis Contreras, Y. Chai, M. Palatiello, Valerio D'Elia, Jarred Gershon Green, V. Verguilov, I. Puljak, A. López-Oramas, U. Barres de Almeida, Filippo D'Ammando, D. Strom, J. Otero-Santos, E. Colombo, Nikola Godinovic, Juan Cortina, Jose Miguel Miranda, Chaitanya Priyadarshi, I. Šnidarić, Dario Hrupec, R. Paoletti, A. Fattorini, Sergey S. Savchenko, Francesco Dazzi, Shunsuke Sakurai, Y. Iwamura, A. Berti, M. Teshima, M. Mallamaci, S. Ventura, M. Takahashi, Massimo Persic, J. M. Paredes, Markus Garczarczyk, M. Delfino, Vincenzo Vitale, G. Busetto, Tomohiko Oka, S. Gasparyan, Lab Saha, A. Lamastra, G. Escobedo, E. Recillas, F.G. Saturni, Hidetoshi Kubo, Jordi Delgado, Tomohiro Inada, S. Loporchio, Carlo Vigorito, S. Cikota, Susumu Inoue, Kevin Schmidt, Talvikki Hovatta, Ž. Bošnjak, Manuel Artero, M. López-Moya, Anthony C. S. Readhead, A. A. Nikiforova, Lovro Pavletić, Laura Maraschi, Pawel Gliwny, Nicola Giglietto, L. Font, E. Do Souto Espiñeira, Tomislav Terzić, C. Nigro, Luca Foffano, Julian Sitarek, E. N. Kopatskaya, Yoshiki Ohtani, N. Torres-Albà, C. Delgado Mendez, M. Strzys, Bernd Schleicher, Marina Manganaro, P. G. Prada Moroni, Merja Tornikoski, Konstancja Satalecka, D. Mazin, Michele Doro, Stefano Covino, Ivan S. Troitsky, A. Biland, L. Carrasco, P. Da Vela, M. Ribó, D. Morcuende, V. Moreno, Moritz Hütten, University of La Laguna, University of Udine, National Institute for Astrophysics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Institute for High Energy Physics, The University of Tokyo, Dortmund University, University of Zagreb, Complutense University, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, University of Łódź, University of Siena, German Electron Synchrotron, University of Padova, University of Turin, Max Planck Institute for Physics, University of Pisa, University of Barcelona, A. Alikhanian Yerevan Institute of Physics, CIEMAT, Polytechnic University of Bari, University of Rijeka, University of Würzburg, University of Turku, Autonomous University of Barcelona, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, University of Split, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Kyoto University, Tokai University, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, University of Oulu, Ruder Boskovic Institute, National Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, ASI Science Data Center, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna, Naval Research Laboratory, Physical Research Laboratory India, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Boston University, St. Petersburg State University, Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, California Institute of Technology, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Universidad de Chile, Universidad de Concepción, Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, Acciari, V. A., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arbet Engels, A., Artero, M., Asano, K., Baack, D., Babi??, A., Baquero, A., Barres de Almeida, U., Barrio, J. A., Becerra Gonz??lez, J., Bednarek, W., Bellizzi, L., Bernardini, E., Bernardos, M., Berti, A., Besenrieder, J., Bhattacharyya, W., Bigongiari, C., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnoli, G., Bo??njak, ??., Busetto, G., Carosi, R., Ceribella, G., Cerruti, M., Chai, Y., Chilingarian, A., Cikota, S., Colak, S. M., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., D???amico, G., D???elia, V., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Lotto, B., Delfino, M., Delgado, J., Delgado Mendez, C., Depaoli, D., Di Pierro, F., Di Venere, L., Do Souto Espi??eira, E., Dominis Prester, D., Donini, A., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Elsaesser, D., Fallah Ramazani, V., Fattorini, A., Ferrara, G., Foffano, L., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Fukami, S., Garc??a L??pez, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Gasparyan, S., Gaug, M., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Gliwny, P., Godinovi??, N., Green, J. G., Green, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Heckmann, L., Herrera, J., Hoang, J., Hrupec, D., H??tten, M., Inada, T., Inoue, S., Ishio, K., Iwamura, Y., Jormanainen, J., Jouvin, L., Kajiwara, Y., Karjalainen, M., Kerszberg, D., Kobayashi, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Lamastra, A., Lelas, D., Leone, F., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., L??pez-Coto, R., L??pez-Moya, M., L??pez-Oramas, A., Loporchio, S., Machado de Oliveira Fraga, B., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Mallamaci, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Mart??nez, M., Mazin, D., Mender, S., Mi??anovi??, S., Miceli, D., Miener, T., Minev, M., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Molina, E., Moralejo, A., Morcuende, D., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Neustroev, V., Nigro, C., Nilsson, K., Ninci, D., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nozaki, S., Ohtani, Y., Oka, T., Otero-Santos, J., Paiano, S., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Pavleti??, L., Pe??il, P., Perennes, C., Persic, M., Prada Moroni, P. G., Prandini, E., Priyadarshi, C., Puljak, I., Rhode, W., Rib??, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Rugliancich, A., Saha, L., Sahakyan, N., Saito, T., Sakurai, S., Satalecka, K., Saturni, F. G., Schleicher, B., Schmidt, K., Schweizer, T., Sitarek, J., nidari??, I., Sobczynska, D., Spolon, A., Stamerra, A., Strom, D., Strzys, M., Suda, Y., Suri??, T., Takahashi, M., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzi??, T., Teshima, M., Torres-Alb??, N., Tosti, L., Truzzi, S., Tutone, A., van Scherpenberg, J., Vanzo, G., Vazquez Acosta, M., Ventura, S., Verguilov, V., Vigorito, C. F., Vitale, V., Vovk, I., Will, M., Zari??, D., Angioni, R., D???ammando, F., Ciprini, S., Cheung, C. C., Orienti, M., Pacciani, L., Prajapati, P., Kumar, P., Ganesh, S., Kurtenkov, A., Marchini, A., Carrasco, L., Escobedo, G., Porras, A., Recillas, E., L??hteenm??ki, A., Tornikoski, M., Berton, M., Tammi, J., Vera, R. J. C., Jorstad, S. G., Marscher, A. P., Weaver, Z. R., Hart, M., Hallum, M. K., Larionov, V. M., Borman, G. A., Grishina, T. S., Kopatskaya, E. N., Larionova, E. G., Nikiforova, A. A., Morozova, D. A., Savchenko, S. S., Troitskaya, Yu. V., Troitsky, I. S., Vasilyev, A. A., Hodges, M., Hovatta, T., Kiehlmann, S., Max-Moerbeck, W., Readhead, A. C. S., Reeves, R., and Pearson, T. J.

Subjects
Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, individual: QSO B1420+326 [quasars], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, jets [galaxies], FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, gamma rays: galaxies, galaxies: jets, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, quasars: individual: QSO B1420+326, law.invention, law, 0103 physical sciences, Galaxies: jets, Gamma rays: galaxies, Quasars: individual: QSO B1420+326, galaxie [gamma rays], Blazar, Spectroscopy, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Superluminal motion, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Optical polarization, Quasar, non-thermal [radiation mechanisms], galaxies, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [gamma rays], jet [galaxies], Space and Planetary Science, galaxies [gamma rays], Spectral energy distribution, ddc:520, Física nuclear, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Equivalent width, Flare
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Astronomy and astrophysics 647, A163 (2021). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039687, Context. QSO B1420+326 is a blazar classified as a flat-spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ). At the beginning of the year 2020, it was found to be in an enhanced flux state and an extensive multiwavelength campaign allowed us to trace the evolution of the flare.Aims. We search for very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission from QSO B1420+326 during this flaring state. We aim to characterize and model the broadband emission of the source over different phases of the flare.Methods. The source was observed with a number of instruments in radio, near-infrared, optical (including polarimetry and spectroscopy), ultraviolet, X-ray, and gamma-ray bands. We use dedicated optical spectroscopy results to estimate the accretion disk and the dust torus luminosity. We performed spectral energy distribution modeling in the framework of combined synchrotron-self-Compton and external Compton scenario in which the electron energy distribution is partially determined from acceleration and cooling processes.Results. During the enhanced state, the flux of both SED components of QSO B1420+326 drastically increased and the peaks were shifted to higher energies. Follow-up observations with the MAGIC telescopes led to the detection of VHE gamma-ray emission from this source, making it one of only a handful of FSRQs known in this energy range. Modeling allows us to constrain the evolution of the magnetic field and electron energy distribution in the emission region. The gamma-ray flare was accompanied by a rotation of the optical polarization vector during a low -polarization state. Also, a new superluminal radio knot contemporaneously appeared in the radio image of the jet. The optical spectroscopy shows a prominent FeII bump with flux evolving together with the continuum emission and a MgII line with varying equivalent width.Key words: gamma rays: galaxies / galaxies: jets / radiation mechanisms: non-thermal / quasars: individual: QSO B1420+326��� Corresponding authors; contact.magic@mpp.mpg.de��� Deceased., Published by EDP Sciences, Les Ulis

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2020
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4. Investigating the Mini and Giant Radio Flare Episodes of Cygnus X-3

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Emilia Järvelä, Marcello Giroletti, Elise Egron, Jessica Lobina, A. Pellizzoni, Anne Lähteenmäki, Karri I. I. Koljonen, Maura Pilia, Victoria Grinberg, Alessio Trois, Joern Wilms, Simona Righini, S. Enestam, Merja Tornikoski, Katja Pottschmidt, S. Loru, J. Rodriguez, Stephane Corbel, Sergei A. Trushkin, Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay (USN), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO), National Institute for Astrophysics, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, University of Cagliari, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Université Paris-Saclay, University of Tübingen, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Library science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Radio telescope, Telescope, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Space and Planetary Science, law, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Christian ministry, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Copernicus
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The microquasar Cygnus X-3 underwent a giant radio flare in April 2017, reaching a maximum flux of $\sim 16.5$ Jy at 8.5 GHz. We present results from a long monitoring campaign carried out with Medicina at 8.5, 18.6 and 24.1 GHz, in parallel to the Mets\"ahovi radio telescope at 37 GHz, from 4 to 11 April 2017. We observe a spectral steepening from $\alpha = 0.2$ to 0.5 (with $S_{\nu} \propto \nu^{-\alpha}$) within 6 h around the epoch of the peak maximum of the flare, and rapid changes in the spectral slope in the following days during brief enhanced emission episodes while the general trend of the radio flux density indicated the decay of the giant flare. We further study the radio orbital modulation of Cyg X-3 emission associated with the 2017 giant flare and with six mini-flares observed in 1983, 1985, 1994, 1995, 2002 and 2016. The enhanced emission episodes observed during the decline of the giant flare at 8.5 GHz coincide with the orbital phase $\phi \sim 0.5$ (orbital inferior conjunction). On the other hand the light curves of the mini-flares observed at $15-22$ GHz peak at $\phi \sim 0$, except for the 2016 light curve which is shifted of 0.5 w.r.t. the other ones. We attribute the apparent phase shift to the variable location of the emitting region along the bent jet. This might be explained by the different accretion states of the flaring episodes (the 2016 mini-flare occurred in the hypersoft X-ray state)., Comment: 15 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal

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2020
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5. Planck intermediate results

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Ade, P. A. R., Aghanim, N., Arnaud, M., Ashdown, M., Aubourg, E., Aumont, J., Baccigalupi, C., Banday, A. J., Barreiro, R. B., Bartolo, N., Battaner, E., Benabed, K., Benoit-Levy, A., Bersanelli, M., Bielewicz, P., Bock, J. J., Bonaldi, A., Bonavera, L., Bond, J. R., Borrill, J., Bouchet, F. R., Burigana, C., Calabrese, E., Cardoso, J. -F., Catalano, A., Chamballu, A., Chiang, H. C., Christensen, P. R., Clements, D. L., Colombo, L. P. L., Combet, C., Crill, B. P., Curto, A., Cuttaia, F., Danese, L., Davies, R. D., Davis, R. J., de Bernardis, P., de Zotti, G., Delabrouille, J., Dickinson, C., Diego, J. M., Dolag, K., Donzelli, S., Doré, O., Douspis, M., Ducout, A., Dupac, X., Leon-Tavares, J., Savelainen, M., Planck Collaboration, University of Oslo, University of Cambridge, Université Paris-Sud, International School for Advanced Studies, University of Bologna, CNRS, CSIC, University of Padova, Institut d 'Astrophysique de Paris, University of Milan, University of Oviedo, University of Toronto, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Observatoire de Paris, University of Ferrara, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna, University of Oxford, University of Sussex, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of Southern California, Université Grenoble Alpes, California Institute of Technology, Sapienza University of Rome, Astronomical Observatory of Padua, University of Manchester, Imperial College London, European Space Astronomy Centre, University College London, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Topological Quantum Fluids, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, Cardiff University, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, University of Helsinki, Université de Toulouse, Universidad de Cantabria, Instituto Nationale di Fisica Nucleare, University of Granada, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica - Italy, University of California Berkeley, Telecom ParisTech, University of Paris Diderot, Princeton University, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Université Paris Diderot, Kavli Institute for Cosmology Cambridge, Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Università degli Studi di Milano, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, INAF/IASF Bologna, Niels Bohr Institute, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, INAF/IASF Milano, and European Space Agency - ESA

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PECULIAR VELOCITIES, PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS SIMULATIONS, individual: Messier 31 [galaxies], BULK FLOW, galaxies [submillimeter], Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, WIENER RECONSTRUCTION, STAR-FORMATION RATES, Cosmic background radiation, COSMOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS, SPHERE, LOCAL GROUP GALAXIES, PRE-LAUNCH STATUS, COSMIC WEB, SPINNING DUST EMISSION, ISM [submillimeter], observations [Cosmology], COMPLETE CO SURVEY, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, SPITZER-SPACE-TELESCOPE, polarization, REDSHIFT SURVEYS, RESOLUTION IRAS MAPS, ISM [galaxies], general [ISM], WAVELETS, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, GALAXY SAMPLES, FAR-INFRARED LUMINOSITY, RADIO-CONTINUUM SURVEY, galaxies [radio continuum], CLOUD, general [Planets and satellites], GALAXY, ROTATION MEASURES, clusters: intracluster medium [galaxies], MULTIBAND IMAGING PHOTOMETER, IRAS-GALAXIES, structure [galaxies], MORPHOLOGY, DARK ENERGY, large-scale structure of Universe, DENSITY FIELDS, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, EMISSION
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Measurements of flux density are described for five planets, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, across the six Planck High Frequency Instrument frequency bands (100-857 GHz) and these are then compared with models and existing data. In our analysis, we have also included estimates of the brightness of Jupiter and Saturn at the three frequencies of the Planck Low Frequency Instrument (30, 44, and 70 GHz). The results provide constraints on the intrinsic brightness and the brightness time-variability of these planets. The majority of the planet flux density estimates are limited by systematic errors, but still yield better than 1% measurements in many cases. Applying data from Planck HFI, the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), and the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) to a model that incorporates contributions from Saturn's rings to the planet's total flux density suggests a best fit value for the spectral index of Saturn's ring system of βring = 2.30 ± 0.03 over the 30-1000 GHz frequency range. Estimates of the polarization amplitude of the planets have also been made in the four bands that have polarization-sensitive detectors (100-353 GHz); this analysis provides a 95% confidence level upper limit on Mars's polarization of 1.8, 1.7, 1.2, and 1.7% at 100, 143, 217, and 353 GHz, respectively. The average ratio between the Planck-HFI measurements and the adopted model predictions for all five planets (excluding Jupiter observations for 353 GHz) is 1.004, 1.002, 1.021, and 1.033 for 100, 143, 217, and 353 GHz, respectively. Model predictions for planet thermodynamic temperatures are therefore consistent with the absolute calibration of Planck-HFI detectors at about the three-percent level. We compare our measurements with published results from recent cosmic microwave background experiments. In particular, we observe that the flux densities measured by Planck HFI and WMAP agree to within 2%. These results allow experiments operating in the mm-wavelength range to cross-calibrate against Planck and improve models of radiative transport used in planetary science.

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2017

6. Planck intermediate results

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Adam, R., Ade, P. A R, Aghanim, N., Ashdown, M., Aumont, J., Baccigalupi, C., Banday, A. J., Barreiro, R. B., Bartolo, N., Battaner, E., Benabed, K., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bersanelli, M., Bielewicz, P., Bikmaev, I., Bonaldi, A., Bond, J. R., Borrill, J., Bouchet, F. R., Burenin, R., Burigana, C., Calabrese, E., Cardoso, J. F., Catalano, A., Chiang, H. C., Christensen, P. R., Churazov, E., Colombo, L. P L, Combet, C., Comis, B., Couchot, F., Crill, B. P., Curto, A., Cuttaia, F., Danese, L., Davis, R. J., De Bernardis, P., De Rosa, A., De Zotti, G., Delabrouille, J., Désert, F. X., Diego, J. M., Dole, H., Doré, O., Douspis, M., Ducout, A., Dupac, X., Elsner, F., Enßlin, T. A., Finelli, F., Forni, O., Frailis, M., Fraisse, A. A., Franceschi, E., Galeotta, S., Ganga, K., Génova-Santos, R. T., Giard, M., Giraud-Héraud, Y., Gjerløw, E., González-Nuevo, J., Górski, K. M., Gregorio, A., Gruppuso, A., Gudmundsson, J. E., Hansen, F. K., Harrison, D. L., Hernández-Monteagudo, C., Herranz, D., Hildebrandt, S. R., Hivon, E., Hobson, M., Hornstrup, A., Hovest, W., Hurier, G., Jaffe, A. H., Jaffe, T. R., Jones, W. C., Keihänen, E., Keskitalo, R., Khamitov, I., Kisner, T. S., Kneissl, R., Knoche, J., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Lagache, G., Lähteenmäki, A., Lamarre, J. M., Lasenby, A., Lattanzi, M., Lawrence, C. R., Leonardi, R., Levrier, F., Liguori, M., Lilje, P. B., Linden-Vørnle, M., López-Caniego, M., Macías-Pérez, J. F., Maffei, B., Maggio, G., Mandolesi, N., Mangilli, A., Maris, M., Martin, P. G., Martínez-González, E., Masi, S., Matarrese, S., Melchiorri, A., Mennella, A., Migliaccio, M., Miville-Deschênes, M. A., Moneti, A., Montier, L., Morgante, G., Mortlock, D., Munshi, D., Murphy, J. A., Naselsky, P., Nati, F., Natoli, P., Nørgaard-Nielsen, H. U., Novikov, D., Novikov, I., Oxborrow, C. A., Pagano, L., Pajot, F., Paoletti, D., Pasian, F., Perdereau, O., Perotto, L., Pettorino, V., Piacentini, F., Piat, M., Plaszczynski, S., Pointecouteau, E., Polenta, G., Ponthieu, N., Pratt, G. W., Prunet, S., Puget, J. L., Rachen, J. P., Rebolo, R., Reinecke, M., Remazeilles, M., Renault, C., Renzi, A., Ristorcelli, I., Rocha, G., Rosset, C., Rossetti, M., Roudier, G., Rubiño-Martín, J. A., Rusholme, B., Santos, D., Savelainen, M., Savini, G., Scott, D., Stolyarov, V., Stompor, R., Sudiwala, R., Sunyaev, R., Sutton, D., Suur-Uski, A. S., Sygnet, J. F., Tauber, J. A., Terenzi, L., Toffolatti, L., Tomasi, M., Tristram, M., Tucci, M., Valenziano, L., Valiviita, J., Van Tent, F., Vielva, P., Villa, F., Wade, L. A., Wehus, I. K., Yvon, D., Zacchei, A., Zonca, A., Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules, Cardiff University, Kavli Institute for Cosmology Cambridge, International School for Advanced Studies, IRAP, Universidad de Cantabria, Sapienza University of Rome, Instituto Carlos I de Física Teórica y Computacional, UMR7095, INAF/IASF Milano, Kazan Federal University, University of Manchester, University of Toronto, University of California Berkeley, Institut d 'Astrophysique de Paris, Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, University of Oxford, Princeton University, Niels Bohr Institute, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Université Paris-Sud, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna, Università La Sapienza, Université Pierre and Marie Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Urbanización Villafranca Del Castillo, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, University of Oslo, University of Warsaw, Stockholm University, University of Cambridge, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Imperial College London, University of Helsinki, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Akdeniz University, European Southern Observatory Santiago, Department of Radio Science and Engineering, LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etudes du Rayonnement et de la Matiere en Astrophysique et Atmospheres, Torre C, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Osservatorio Astronomico Roma, Université Paris Diderot, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, California Institute of Technology, Department of Applied Physics, University College London, University of British Columbia, Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, European Space Research and Technology Centre, Università degli Studi eCampus, University of Geneva, University of California Santa Barbara, Aalto-yliopisto, and Aalto University

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Diffuse radiation, general [Infrared], Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, clusters: intracluster medium [Galaxies], clusters: general [Galaxies], Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
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Although infrared (IR) overall dust emission from clusters of galaxies has been statistically detected using data from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS), it has not been possible to sample the spectral energy distribution (SED) of this emission over its peak, and thus to break the degeneracy between dust temperature and mass. By complementing the IRAS spectral coverage with Planck satellite data from 100 to 857 GHz, we provide new constraints on the IR spectrum of thermal dust emission in clusters of galaxies. We achieve this by using a stacking approach for a sample of several hundred objects from the Planck cluster sample. This procedure averages out fluctuations from the IR sky, allowing us to reach a significant detection of the faint cluster contribution. We also use the large frequency range probed by Planck, together with componentseparation techniques, to remove the contamination from both cosmic microwave background anisotropies and the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect (tSZ) signal, which dominate at ν ≤ 353 GHz. By excluding dominant spurious signals or systematic effects, averaged detections are reported at frequencies 353 GHz ≤ ν ≤ 5000 GHz.We confirm the presence of dust in clusters of galaxies at low and intermediate redshifts, yielding an SED with a shape similar to that of the Milky Way. Planck's resolution does not allow us to investigate the detailed spatial distribution of this emission (e.g. whether it comes from intergalactic dust or simply the dust content of the cluster galaxies), but the radial distribution of the emission appears to follow that of the stacked SZ signal, and thus the extent of the clusters. The recovered SED allows us to constrain the dust mass responsible for the signal and its temperature.

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2016

7. Planck 2015 results

Author

Adam, R., Ade, P. A R, Aghanim, N., Akrami, Y., Alves, M. I R, Arguëso, F., Arnaud, M., Arroja, F., Ashdown, M., Aumont, J., Baccigalupi, C., Ballardini, M., Banday, A. J., Barreiro, R. B., Bartlett, J. G., Bartolo, N., Basak, S., Battaglia, P., Battaner, E., Battye, R., Benabed, K., Benoît, A., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bernard, J. P., Bersanelli, M., Bertincourt, B., Bielewicz, P., Bikmaev, I., Bock, J. J., Böhringer, H., Bonaldi, A., Bonavera, L., Bond, J. R., Borrill, J., Bouchet, F. R., Boulanger, F., Bucher, M., Burenin, R., Burigana, C., Butler, R. C., Calabrese, E., Cardoso, J. F., Carvalho, P., Casaponsa, B., Castex, G., Catalano, A., Challinor, A., Chamballu, A., Chary, R. R., Chiang, H. C., Chluba, J., Chon, G., Christensen, P. R., Church, S., Clemens, M., Clements, D. L., Colombi, S., Colombo, L. P L, Combet, C., Comis, B., Contreras, D., Couchot, F., Coulais, A., Crill, B. P., Cruz, M., Curto, A., Cuttaia, F., Danese, L., Davies, R. D., Davis, R. J., De Bernardis, P., De Rosa, A., De Zotti, G., Delabrouille, J., Delouis, J.-M., Désert, F. X., Di Valentino, E., Dickinson, C., Diego, J. M., Dolag, K., Dole, H., Donzelli, S., Doré, O., Douspis, M., Ducout, A., Dunkley, J., Dupac, X., Efstathiou, G., Eisenhardt, P. R M, Elsner, F., Enßlin, T. A., Eriksen, H. K., Falgarone, E., Fantaye, Y., Farhang, M., Feeney, S., Fergusson, J., Fernandez-Cobos, R., Feroz, F., Finelli, F., Florido, E., Forni, O., Frailis, M., Fraisse, A. A., Franceschet, C., Franceschi, E., Frejsel, A., Frolov, A., Galeotta, S., Galli, S., Ganga, K., Gauthier, C., Génova-Santos, R. T., Gerbino, M., Ghosh, T., Giard, M., Giraud-Héraud, Y., Giusarma, E., Gjerløw, E., González-Nuevo, J., Górski, K. M., Grainge, K. J B, Gratton, S., Gregorio, A., Gruppuso, A., Gudmundsson, J. E., Hamann, J., Handley, W., Hansen, F. K., Hanson, D., Harrison, D. L., Heavens, A., Helou, G., Henrot-Versillé, S., Hernández-Monteagudo, C., Herranz, D., Hildebrandt, S. R., Hivon, E., Hobson, M., Holmes, W. A., Hornstrup, A., Hovest, W., Huang, Z., Huffenberger, K. M., Hurier, G., Ilić, S., Jaffe, A. H., Jaffe, T. R., Jin, T., Jones, W. C., Juvela, M., Karakci, A., Keihänen, E., Keskitalo, R., Khamitov, I., Kiiveri, K., Kim, Jaiseung, Kisner, T. S., Kneissl, R., Knoche, J., Knox, L., Krachmalnicoff, N., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Lacasa, F., Lagache, G., Lähteenmäki, A., Lamarre, J. M., Langer, M., Lasenby, A., Lattanzi, M., Lawrence, C. R., Le Jeune, M., Leahy, J. P., Lellouch, E., Leonardi, R., León-Tavares, J., Lesgourgues, J., Levrier, F., Lewis, A., Liguori, M., Lilje, P. B., Lilley, M., Linden-Vørnle, M., Lindholm, V., Liu, H., López-Caniego, M., Lubin, P. M., Ma, Y.-Z., Maciás-Pérez, J. F., Maggio, G., Maino, D., Mak, D. S Y, Mandolesi, N., Mangilli, A., Marchini, A., Marcos-Caballero, A., Marinucci, D., Maris, M., Marshall, D. J., Martin, P. G., Martinelli, M., Martínez-González, E., Masi, S., Matarrese, S., Mazzotta, P., Mcewen, J. D., Mcgehee, P., Mei, S., Meinhold, P. R., Melchiorri, A., Melin, J. B., Mendes, L., Mennella, A., Migliaccio, M., Mikkelsen, K., Millea, M., Mitra, S., Miville-Deschênes, M. A., Molinari, D., Moneti, A., Montier, L., Moreno, R., Morgante, G., Mortlock, D., Moss, A., Mottet, S., Münchmeyer, M., Munshi, D., Murphy, J. A., Narimani, A., Naselsky, P., Nastasi, A., Nati, F., Natoli, P., Negrello, M., Netterfield, C. B., Nørgaard-Nielsen, H. U., Noviello, F., Novikov, D., Novikov, I., Olamaie, M., Oppermann, N., Orlando, E., Oxborrow, C. A., Paci, F., Pagano, L., Pajot, F., Paladini, R., Pandolfi, S., Paoletti, D., Partridge, B., Pasian, F., Patanchon, G., Pearson, T. J., Peel, M., Peiris, H. V., Pelkonen, V. M., Perdereau, O., Perotto, L., Perrott, Y. C., Perrotta, F., Pettorino, V., Piacentini, F., Piat, M., Pierpaoli, E., Pietrobon, D., Plaszczynski, S., Pogosyan, D., Pointecouteau, E., Polenta, G., Popa, L., Pratt, G. W., Prézeau, G., Prunet, S., Puget, J. L., Rachen, J. P., Racine, B., Reach, W. T., Rebolo, R., Reinecke, M., Remazeilles, M., Renault, C., Renzi, A., Ristorcelli, I., Rocha, G., Roman, M., Romelli, E., Rosset, C., Rossetti, M., Rotti, A., Roudier, G., Rouillé D'orfeuil, B., Rowan-Robinson, M., Rubinõ-Martín, J. A., Ruiz-Granados, B., Rumsey, C., Rusholme, B., Said, N., Salvatelli, V., Salvati, L., Sandri, M., Sanghera, H. S., Santos, D., Saunders, R. D E, Sauvé, A., Savelainen, M., Savini, G., Schaefer, B. M., Schammel, M. P., Scott, D., Seiffert, M. D., Serra, P., Shellard, E. P S, Shimwell, T. W., Shiraishi, M., Smith, K., Souradeep, T., Spencer, L. D., Spinelli, M., Stanford, S. A., Stern, D., Stolyarov, V., Stompor, R., Strong, A. W., Sudiwala, R., Sunyaev, R., Sutter, P., Sutton, D., Suur-Uski, A. S., Sygnet, J. F., Tauber, J. A., Tavagnacco, D., Terenzi, L., Texier, D., Toffolatti, L., Tomasi, M., Tornikoski, M., Tramonte, D., Tristram, M., Troja, A., Trombetti, T., Tucci, M., Tuovinen, J., Türler, M., Umana, G., Valenziano, L., Väliviita, J., Van Tent, F., Vassallo, T., Vibert, L., Vidal, M., Viel, M., Vielva, P., Villa, F., Wade, L. A., Walter, B., Wandelt, B. D., Watson, R., Wehus, I. K., Welikala, N., Weller, J., White, M., White, S. D M, Wilkinson, A., Yvon, D., Zacchei, A., Zibin, J. P., Zonca, A., Cardiff University, Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules, Kavli Institute for Cosmology Cambridge, International School for Advanced Studies, IRAP, Universidad de Cantabria, Sapienza University of Rome, Università Degli Studi di Trieste, Instituto Carlos I de Física Teórica y Computacional, UMR7095, INAF/IASF Milano, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, University of Manchester, University of Toronto, University of California Berkeley, Institut d 'Astrophysique de Paris, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna, University of Oxford, Telecom ParisTech, Service d'Astrophysique CEA, Niels Bohr Institute, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Università La Sapienza, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Urbanización Villafranca Del Castillo, University of Cambridge, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, University of Oslo, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, University of Chicago, University of Warsaw, McGill University, Université Paris-Sud, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Florida State University, Imperial College London, University of Helsinki, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of Milano, Department of Radio Science and Engineering, LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etudes du Rayonnement et de la Matiere en Astrophysique et Atmospheres, University of Ferrara, Centro de Gestão e Estudos Estratégicos, CERN, University of California Santa Barbara, California Institute of Technology, University of Nottingham, National University of Ireland, Galway, Princeton University, RAS - P.N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Haverford College, Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, University of Southern California, Osservatorio Astronomico Roma, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, University of British Columbia, Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, European Space Research and Technology Centre, Università degli Studi eCampus, University of Geneva, Trinity College Dublin, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Université Paris Diderot, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, Stanford University, Stockholm University, University of Sussex, Institute for Space Sciences, Universities Space Research Association, University College London, Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, CNRS/IN2P3, Universite de Toulouse, Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Università Degli Studi di Padova, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy, University of Granada, CNRS, Università degli Studi di Milano, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, University of California at Berkeley, Universite Paris Sorbonne - Paris IV, INAF/IASF Bologna, Università di Ferrara, INFN, Sezione di Bologna, UMR 5141, Laboratoire AIM, Service d’Astrophysique, DSM\IRFU, CEA\Saclay, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Johns Hopkins University, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, UMR 7095, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Institut Universitaire de France, European Space Agcy, European Space Agency, ESAC, Planck Sci Off, Shahid Beheshti University, National Taiwan University, Stockholms universitet, NORDITA, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, University of Sydney, Centro de Estudios de la Física del Cosmos de Aragón, Technical University of Denmark, European Southern Observatory Santiago, ALMA Santiago Central Offices, University of California, Université de Genève, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Helsinki Institute of Physics, Aix Marseille Universite, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, INFN, Sezione di Ferrara, RWTH Aachen University, INFN, Sezione di Padova, University of California, Santa Barbara, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Universite Paris-Sud, INFN, Sezione di Roma 1, University of Heidelberg, Gran Sasso Science Institute, CEA Saclay, CEA, DSM Irfu SPP, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, National University of Ireland, University of Copenhagen, ASI Science Data Center, RAS - Pn Lebedev Physics Institute, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Université Pierre and Marie Curie, Radboud University Nijmegen, Instituto Astrofisico de Canarias, CSIC, Universidad de La Laguna, Department of Applied Physics, ROTA – Topological superfluids, Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan Federal University, Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre, Università degli Studi e-Campus, Universidad de Oviedo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Université Paris-Saclay, University of Oviedo, IRFM-CEA, CEA Saclay, University of Bologna, Astroparticle and Cosmology Laboratory, University of Padova, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, European Space Astronomy Centre, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Simon Fraser University, TÛBITAK National Observatory, University of California Davis, Heidelberg University, Observatoire de Paris, University of Alberta, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India, Leiden University, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, University Observatory Munich, Facultad de Ciencias, Université Paris 13, School of Physics and Astronomy, Osservatorio Astronomicodi Roma, Universite Joseph Fourier, Université Grenoble Alpes, and European Space Agency - ESA

Subjects
statistical [Methods], Diffuse radiation, Large-scale structure of Universe, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Local insterstellar matter, Cosmological parameters, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Surveys, clusters: general [Galaxies], Cosmic background radiation, Early Universe, instruments [Space vehicles], theory [Cosmology], Polarization, Dark energy, observations [Cosmology], data analysis [Methods], general [Galaxy], Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, detectors [Instrumentation], general [Radiation mechanisms], polarimeters [Instrumentation], general [ISM], Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Inflation, ISM [Radio continuum], Space and Planetary Science, 115 Astronomy and space science, Magnetic fields, Gravitation
Abstract

This paper presents cosmological results based on full-mission Planck observations of temperature and polarization anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation. Our results are in very good agreement with the 2013 analysis of the Planck nominal-mission temperature data, but with increased precision. The temperature and polarization power spectra are consistent with the standard spatially-flat 6-parameter ΛCDM cosmology with a power-law spectrum of adiabatic scalar perturbations (denoted "base ΛCDM" in this paper). From the Planck temperature data combined with Planck lensing, for this cosmology we find a Hubble constant, H0 = (67.8 ± 0.9) km s-1Mpc-1, a matter density parameter Ωm = 0.308 ± 0.012, and a tilted scalar spectral index with ns = 0.968 ± 0.006, consistent with the 2013 analysis. Note that in this abstract we quote 68% confidence limits on measured parameters and 95% upper limits on other parameters. We present the first results of polarization measurements with the Low FrequencyInstrument at large angular scales. Combined with the Planck temperature and lensing data, these measurements give a reionization optical depth of τ = 0.066 ± 0.016, corresponding to a reionization redshift of \hbox{$z-{\rm re}=8.8{+1.7}-{-1.4}$}. These results are consistent with those from WMAP polarization measurements cleaned for dust emission using 353-GHz polarization maps from the High Frequency Instrument. We find no evidence for any departure from base ΛCDM in the neutrino sector of the theory; for example, combining Planck observations with other astrophysical data we find Neff = 3.15 ± 0.23 for the effective number of relativistic degrees of freedom, consistent with the value Neff = 3.046 of the Standard Model of particle physics. The sum of neutrino masses is constrained to â'mν < 0.23 eV. The spatial curvature of our Universe is found to be very close to zero, with | ΩK | < 0.005. Adding a tensor component as a single-parameter extension to base ΛCDM we find an upper limit on the tensor-to-scalar ratio of r0.002< 0.11, consistent with the Planck 2013 results and consistent with the B-mode polarization constraints from a joint analysis of BICEP2, Keck Array, and Planck (BKP) data. Adding the BKP B-mode data to our analysis leads to a tighter constraint of r0.002 < 0.09 and disfavours inflationarymodels with a V(φ) φ2 potential. The addition of Planck polarization data leads to strong constraints on deviations from a purely adiabatic spectrum of fluctuations. We find no evidence for any contribution from isocurvature perturbations or from cosmic defects. Combining Planck data with other astrophysical data, including Type Ia supernovae, the equation of state of dark energy is constrained to w =-1.006 ± 0.045, consistent with the expected value for a cosmological constant. The standard big bang nucleosynthesis predictions for the helium and deuterium abundances for the best-fit Planck base ΛCDM cosmology are in excellent agreement with observations. We also constraints on annihilating dark matter and onpossible deviations from the standard recombination history. In neither case do we find no evidence for new physics. The Planck results for base ΛCDM are in good agreement with baryon acoustic oscillation data and with the JLA sample of Type Ia supernovae. However, as in the 2013 analysis, the amplitude of the fluctuation spectrum is found to be higher than inferred from some analyses of rich cluster counts and weak gravitational lensing. We show that these tensions cannot easily be resolved with simple modifications of the base ΛCDM cosmology. Apart from these tensions, the base ΛCDM cosmology provides an excellent description of the Planck CMB observations and many other astrophysical data sets.

Published
2016

8. Planck intermediate results

Author

Aghanim, N., Alves, M., Arzoumanian, D., Aumont, J., Baccigalupi, C., Ballardini, M., Banday, A., Barreiro, B., Bartolo, N., Basak, S., Benabed, K., Bernard, P., Bersanelli, M., Bielewicz, P., Bonavera, L., Bond, J., Borrill, J., Bouchet, F., Boulanger, F., Bracco, A., Bucher, M., Burigana, C., Calabrese, E., Cardoso, F., Chiang, C., Colombo, P., Combet, C., Comis, B., Couchot, F., Coulais, A., Crill, P., Curto, A., Cuttaia, F., Davis, J., De Bernardis, P., De Rosa, A., De Zotti, G., Delabrouille, J., Delouis, J., Di Valentino, E., Dickinson, C., Diego, J., Doré, O., Douspis, M., Ducout, A., Dupac, X., Dusini, S., Efstathiou, G., Elsner, F., Enßlin, A., Eriksen, H., Falgarone, E., Fantaye, Y., Ferrière, K., Finelli, F., Frailis, M., Fraisse, A., Franceschi, E., Frolov, A., Galeotta, S., Galli, S., Ganga, K., Génova-Santos, T., Gerbino, M., Ghosh, T., González-Nuevo, J., Górski, M., Gratton, Serge, Gregorio, A., Gruppuso, A., Gudmundsson, J., Guillet, V., Hansen, F., Helou, G., Henrot-Versillé, S., Herranz, D., Hivon, E., Huang, Z., Jaffe, A., Jaffe, T., Jones, C., Keihänen, E., Keskitalo, R., Kisner, T., Krachmalnicoff, N., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Lagache, Guilaine, Lähteenmäki, A., Lamarre, J., Langer, M., Lasenby, A., Lattanzi, M., Le Jeune, M., Levrier, F., Liguori, M., Lilje, P., López-Caniego, M., Lubin, P., Macías-Pérez, J.F., Maggio, G., Maino, D., Mandolesi, N., Mangilli, A., Maris, M., Martin, P., Martínez-González, E., Matarrese, S., Mauri, N., McEwen, J., Melchiorri, A., Mennella, A., Migliaccio, M., Miville-Deschênes, A., Molinari, D., Moneti, A., Montier, L., Morgante, G., Moss, A., Naselsky, P., Natoli, P., Neveu, J., Nørgaard-Nielsen, H. U., Oppermann, N., Oxborrow, A., Pagano, L., Paoletti, D., Partridge, B., Perdereau, O., Perotto, L., Pettorino, V., Piacentini, F., Plaszczynski, S., Polenta, G., Rachen, P., Rebolo, R., Reinecke, M., Remazeilles, M., Renzi, A., Ristorcelli, I., Rocha, G., Rossetti, M., Roudier, G., Ruiz-Granados, B., Salvati, L., Sandri, M., Savelainen, M., Scott, D., Sirignano, C., Soler, J., Suur-Uski, A., Tauber, A., Tavagnacco, D., Tenti, M., Toffolatti, L., Tomasi, M., Tristram, M., Trombetti, T., Valiviita, J., Vansyngel, F., Van Tent, F., Vielva, P., Villa, F., Wandelt, B. D., Wehus, I. K., Zacchei, A., Zonca, A., Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), PLANCK, Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules, IRAP, Service d'Astrophysique CEA, International School for Advanced Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Universidad de Cantabria, UMR7095, INAF/IASF Milano, University of Toronto, University of California Berkeley, Institut d 'Astrophysique de Paris, Université Pierre and Marie Curie, University of Oxford, Telecom ParisTech, Princeton University, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Université Paris-Sud, LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etudes du Rayonnement et de la Matiere en Astrophysique et Atmospheres, Kavli Institute for Cosmology Cambridge, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna, University of Manchester, Università La Sapienza, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Urbanización Villafranca Del Castillo, University of Cambridge, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, University of Oslo, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Simon Fraser University, University of Chicago, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Stockholm University, University of Warsaw, California Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, University of Helsinki, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of Milano, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, University of California Santa Barbara, University College London, University of Nottingham, Niels Bohr Institute, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Haverford College, Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Osservatorio Astronomico Roma, Facultad de Ciencias, University of British Columbia, European Space Research and Technology Centre, Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto-yliopisto, and Aalto University

Subjects
dust extinction, polarization, Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), magnetic fields [ISM], Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, cosmic background radiation, Cosmic background radiation, magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), methods: data analysis, [PHYS.ASTR.GA]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA], Polarization, ISM: magnetic fields, data analysis [Methods], Dust, extinction, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

International audience; Using data from the Planck satellite, we study the statistical properties of interstellar dust polarization at high Galactic latitudes around the south pole (b < −60°). Our aim is to advance the understanding of the magnetized interstellar medium (ISM), and to provide a modelling framework of the polarized dust foreground for use in cosmic microwave background (CMB) component-separation procedures. We examine the Stokes I, Q, and U maps at 353 GHz, and particularly the statistical distribution of the polarization fraction (p) and angle (ψ), in order to characterize the ordered and turbulent components of the Galactic magnetic field (GMF) in the solar neighbourhood. The Q and U maps show patterns at large angular scales, which we relate to the mean orientation of the GMF towards Galactic coordinates (l0,b0) = (70° ± 5°,24° ± 5°). The histogram of the observed p values shows a wide dispersion up to 25%. The histogram of ψ has a standard deviation of 12° about the regular pattern expected from the ordered GMF. We build a phenomenological model that connects the distributions of p and ψ to a statistical description of the turbulent component of the GMF, assuming a uniform effective polarization fraction (p0) of dust emission. To compute the Stokes parameters, we approximate the integration along the line of sight (LOS) as a sum over a set of N independent polarization layers, in each of which the turbulent component of the GMF is obtained from Gaussian realizations of a power-law power spectrum. We are able to reproduce the observed p and ψ distributions using a p0 value of 26%, a ratio of 0.9 between the strengths of the turbulent and mean components of the GMF, and a small value of N. The mean value of p (inferred from the fit of the large-scale patterns in the Stokes maps) is 12 ± 1%. We relate the polarization layers to the density structure and to the correlation length of the GMF along the LOS. We emphasize the simplicity of our model (involving only a few parameters), which can be easily computed on the celestial sphere to produce simulated maps of dust polarization. Our work is an important step towards a model that can be used to assess the accuracy of component-separation methods in present and future CMB experiments designed to search the B mode CMB polarization from primordial gravity waves.

Published
2016
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Ade, P. A R, Aghanim, N., Arnaud, M., Ashdown, M., Atrio-Barandela, F., Aumont, J., Baccigalupi, C., Balbi, A., Banday, A. J., Barreiro, R. B., Bartlett, J. G., Battaner, E., Benabed, K., Benoît, A., Bernard, J. P., Bersanelli, M., Bhatia, R., Bikmaev, I., Böhringer, H., Bonaldi, A., Bond, J. R., Borrill, J., Bouchet, F. R., Bourdin, H., Burenin, R., Burigana, C., Cabella, P., Cardoso, J. F., Castex, G., Catalano, A., Cayón, L., Chamballu, A., Chary, R. R., Chiang, L. Y., Chon, G., Christensen, P. R., Clements, D. L., Colafrancesco, S., Colombo, L. P L, Comis, B., Coulais, A., Crill, B. P., Cuttaia, F., Da Silva, A., Dahle, H., Danese, L., Davis, R. J., De Bernardis, P., De Gasperis, G., De Zotti, G., Delabrouille, J., Démoclès, J., Désert, F. X., Diego, J. M., Dolag, K., Dole, H., Donzelli, S., Doré, O., Dörl, U., Douspis, M., Dupac, X., Efstathiou, G., Enßlin, T. A., Eriksen, H. K., Finelli, F., Flores-Cacho, I., Forni, O., Frailis, M., Franceschi, E., Frommert, M., Galeotta, S., Ganga, K., Génova-Santos, R. T., Giard, M., Gilfanov, M., Giraud-Héraud, Y., González-Nuevo, J., Górski, K. M., Gregorio, A., Gruppuso, A., Hansen, F. K., Harrison, D., Hempel, A., Henrot-Versillé, S., Hernández-Monteagudo, C., Herranz, D., Hildebrandt, S. R., Hivon, E., Hobson, M., Holmes, W. A., Hovest, W., Hurier, G., Jaffe, T. R., Jaffe, A. H., Jagemann, T., Jones, W. C., Juvela, M., Khamitov, I., Kisner, T. S., Kneissl, R., Knoche, J., Knox, L., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Lagache, G., Lamarre, J. M., Lasenby, A., Lawrence, C. R., Le Jeune, M., Leonardi, R., Lilje, P. B., Linden-Vørnle, M., López-Caniego, M., Lubin, P. M., Luzzi, G., MacÍas-Pérez, J. F., Maffei, B., Maino, D., Mandolesi, N., Maris, M., Marleau, F., Marshall, D. J., Martínez-González, E., Masi, S., Massardi, M., Matarrese, S., Matthai, F., Mazzotta, P., Mei, S., Melchiorri, A., Melin, J. B., Mendes, L., Mennella, A., Mitra, S., Miville-Deschênes, M. A., Moneti, A., Montier, L., Morgante, G., Munshi, D., Murphy, J. A., Naselsky, P., Nati, F., Natoli, P., Nørgaard-Nielsen, H. U., Noviello, F., Novikov, D., Novikov, I., Osborne, S., Pajot, F., Paoletti, D., Pasian, F., Patanchon, G., Perdereau, O., Perotto, L., Perrotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piat, M., Pierpaoli, E., Piffaretti, R., Plaszczynski, S., Pointecouteau, E., Polenta, G., Ponthieu, N., Popa, L., Poutanen, T., Pratt, G. W., Prunet, S., Puget, J. L., Rachen, J. P., Rebolo, R., Reinecke, M., Remazeilles, M., Renault, C., Ricciardi, S., Riller, T., Ristorcelli, I., Rocha, G., Roman, M., Rosset, C., Rossetti, M., Rubiño-Martín, J. A., Rusholme, B., Sandri, M., Savini, G., Schaefer, B. M., Scott, D., Smoot, G. F., Starck, J. L., Sudiwala, R., Sunyaev, R., Sutton, D., Suur-Uski, A. S., Sygnet, J. F., Tauber, J. A., Terenzi, L., Toffolatti, L., Tomasi, M., Tristram, M., Valenziano, L., Van Tent, B., Vielva, P., Villa, F., Vittorio, N., Wade, L. A., Wandelt, B. D., Welikala, N., White, S. D M, Yvon, D., Zacchei, A., Zonca, A., Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC), Planck Collaboration, Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Cardiff University, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris Diderot, Kavli Institute for Cosmology Cambridge, International School for Advanced Studies, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, IRAP, Universidad de Cantabria, Facultad de Ciencias, University of Manchester, UMR7095, Institut polytechnique de Grenoble, CNRS, INAF/IASF Milano, ALMA Santiago Central Offices, Kazan Federal University, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, University of Toronto, Space Sciences Laboratory, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Russian Academy of Sciences, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna, University of Cambridge, Purdue University, Imperial College London, California Institute of Technology, Academia Sinica, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etudes du Rayonnement et de la Matiere en Astrophysique et Atmospheres, Universidade do Porto, University of Oslo, Università La Sapienza, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Urbanización Villafranca Del Castillo, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, University of Warsaw, University of Miami, University of Helsinki, Akdeniz University, European Southern Observatory Santiago, University of Sussex, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, University of Innsbruck, INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia, University of Padova, University of California Santa Barbara, Niels Bohr Institute, Stanford University, University of Southern California, CNR-ENEA-EURATOM Association, Institute for Space Sciences, University College London, University of British Columbia, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, European Space Research and Technology Centre, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, Universidad de Salamanca, Telecom ParisTech, University of Geneva, Princeton University, University of California Davis, and Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik

Subjects
Large-scale structure of Universe, galaxies: clusters: general, cosmology: observations, clusters: intracluster medium [Galaxies], galaxies: clusters [X-rays], Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, cosmic background radiation, large-scale structure of Universe, clusters: general [Galaxies], Cosmic background radiation, observations [Cosmology], [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

Context. About half of the baryons of the Universe are expected to be in the form of filaments of hot and low-density intergalactic medium. Most of these baryons remain undetected even by the most advanced X-ray observatories, which are limited in sensitivity to the diffuse low-density medium. Aims. The Planck satellite has provided hundreds of detections of the hot gas in clusters of galaxies via the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (tSZ) effect and is an ideal instrument for studying extended low-density media through the tSZ effect. In this paper we use the Planck data to search for signatures of a fraction of these missing baryons between pairs of galaxy clusters. Methods. Cluster pairs are good candidates for searching for the hotter and denser phase of the intergalactic medium (which is more easily observed through the SZ effect). Using an X-ray catalogue of clusters and the Planck data, we selected physical pairs of clusters as candidates. Using the Planck data, we constructed a local map of the tSZ effect centred on each pair of galaxy clusters. ROSAT data were used to construct X-ray maps of these pairs. After modelling and subtracting the tSZ effect and X-ray emission for each cluster in the pair, we studied the residuals on both the SZ and X-ray maps. Results. For the merging cluster pair A399-A401 we observe a significant tSZ effect signal in the intercluster region beyond the virial radii of the clusters. A joint X-ray SZ analysis allows us to constrain the temperature and density of this intercluster medium. We obtain a temperature of kT = 7.1 ± 0.9 keV (consistent with previous estimates) and a baryon density of (3.7 ± 0.2) × 10-4 cm -3. Conclusions. The Planck satellite mission has provided the first SZ detection of the hot and diffuse intercluster gas. © 2013 ESO.

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2013
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