PIRSA:19090018

kSZ tomography and its applications to cosmology

Munchmeyer, M. (2019). kSZ tomography and its applications to cosmology. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/19090018

Munchmeyer, Moritz. kSZ tomography and its applications to cosmology. Perimeter Institute, Sep. 06, 2019, https://pirsa.org/19090018 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:19090018,
            doi = {10.48660/19090018},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/19090018},
            author = {Munchmeyer, Moritz},
            keywords = {Cosmology, Particle Physics, Strong Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {kSZ tomography and its applications to cosmology},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2019},
            month = {sep},
            note = {PIRSA:19090018 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Moritz Munchmeyer University of Wisconsin–Madison

Talk numberPIRSA:19090018
DOI10.48660/19090018
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Abstract

Upcoming CMB and large-scale structure experimental data can be cross correlated to reconstruct the large-scale matter velocity field in a process called kinetic Sunyaev–Zel'dovich (kSZ) tomography. Similar to CMB lensing reconstruction, kSZ tomography provides a large-scale probe from small scale observations. kSZ tomography is a powerful probe of cosmology, in particular of primordial non-Gaussianity, and I will discuss how the scientific returns from upcoming galaxy surveys can be enhanced with this method. I will also discuss a general bispectrum approach to kSZ estimation, which unifies several previously known methods.