Testing general relativity in cosmology

M Ishak - Living Reviews in Relativity, 2019 - Springer
We review recent developments and results in testing general relativity (GR) at cosmological
scales. The subject has witnessed rapid growth during the last two decades with the aim of …

Stochastic gravitational wave backgrounds

N Christensen - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
A stochastic background of gravitational waves could be created by the superposition of a
large number of independent sources. The physical processes occurring at the earliest …

Planck 2015 results-xiii. cosmological parameters

PAR Ade, N Aghanim, M Arnaud, M Ashdown… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
This paper presents cosmological results based on full-mission Planck observations of
temperature and polarization anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) …

Joint Analysis of BICEP2/Keck Array and Planck Data

PAR Ade, N Aghanim, Z Ahmed, RW Aikin… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
We report the results of a joint analysis of data from BICEP2/Keck Array and Planck. BICEP2
and Keck Array have observed the same approximately 400 deg 2 patch of sky centered on …

Planck 2015 results: XV. Gravitational lensing

Planck Collaboration - Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2016 - research.aalto.fi
We present the most significant measurement of the cosmic microwave background (CMB)
lensing potential to date (at a level of 40σ), using temperature and polarization data from the …

The quest for B modes from inflationary gravitational waves

M Kamionkowski, ED Kovetz - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The search for the curl component (B mode) in the cosmic microwave background (CMB)
polarization induced by inflationary gravitational waves is described. The canonical single …

Planck 2015 results-III. LFI systematic uncertainties

PAR Ade, J Aumont, C Baccigalupi, AJ Banday… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
We present the current accounting of systematic effect uncertainties for the Low Frequency
Instrument (LFI) that are relevant to the 2015 release of the Planck cosmological results …

Advanced ACTPol cryogenic detector arrays and readout

SW Henderson, R Allison, J Austermann… - Journal of Low …, 2016 - Springer
Advanced ACTPol is a polarization-sensitive upgrade for the 6 m aperture Atacama
Cosmology Telescope, adding new frequencies and increasing sensitivity over the previous …

Planck 2015 results-XV. Gravitational lensing

PAR Ade, N Aghanim, M Arnaud, M Ashdown… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
We present the most significant measurement of the cosmic microwave background (CMB)
lensing potential to date (at a level of 40σ), using temperature and polarization data from the …

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: two-season ACTPol spectra and parameters

T Louis, E Grace, M Hasselfield, M Lungu… - … of Cosmology and …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the temperature and polarization angular power spectra measured by the
Atacama Cosmology Telescope Polarimeter (ACTPol). We analyze night-time data collected …