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The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR6 Gravitational Lensing Map and Cosmological Parameters
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Working Paper
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Madhavacheril, Mathew S.Qu, Frank J.Sherwin, Blake D.MacCrann, NiallLi, YaqiongAbril-Cabezas, IreneAde, Peter A. R.Aiola, SimoneAlford, TommyAmiri, MandanaAmodeo, StefaniaAn, RuiAtkins, ZacharyAustermann, Jason E.Battaglia, NicholasBattistelli, Elia StefanoBeall, James A.Bean, RachelBeringue, BenjaminBhandarkar, TanayBiermann, EmilyBolliet, BorisBond, J RichardCai, HongboCalabrese, ErminiaCalafut, VictoriaCapalbo, ValentinaCarrero, FelipeChallinor, AnthonyChesmore, Grace E.Cho, Hsiao-meiChoi, Steve K.Clark, Susan E.Rosado, Rodrigo CórdovaCothard, Nicholas F.Coughlin, KevinCoulton, WilliamCrowley, Kevin T.Dalal, RoohiDarwish, OmarDevlin, Mark J.Dicker, SimonDoze, PeterDuell, Cody J.Duff, Shannon M.Duivenvoorden, Adriaan J.Dunkley, JoDünner, RolandoFanfani, ValentinaFankhanel, MaxFarren, GerritFerraro, SimoneFreundt, RodrigoFuzia, BrittanyGallardo, Patricio A.Garrido, XavierGivans, JahmourGluscevic, VeraGolec, Joseph E.Guan, YilunHall, Kirsten R.Halpern, MarkHan, DongwonHarrison, IanHasselfield, MatthewHealy, ErinHenderson, ShawnHensley, BrandonHervías-Caimapo, CarlosHill, J. ColinHilton, Gene C.Hilton, MattHincks, Adam D.Hložek, RenéeHo, Shuay-Pwu PattyHuber, Zachary B.Hubmayr, JohannesHuffenberger, Kevin M.Hughes, John P.Irwin, KentIsopi, GiovanniJense, Hidde T.Keller, BenKim, JoshuaKnowles, KendaKoopman, Brian J.Kosowsky, ArthurKramer, DarbyKusiak, AleksandraLa Posta, AdrienLague, AlexLakey, VictoriaLee, EunseongLi, ZackLimon, MicheleLokken, MartineLouis, ThibautLungu, MariusMacInnis, AmandaMaldonado, DiegoMaldonado, FelipeMallaby-Kay, MayaMarques, Gabriela A.McMahon, JeffMehta, YogeshMenanteau, FelipeMoodley, KavilanMorris, Thomas W.Mroczkowski, TonyNaess, SigurdNamikawa, ToshiyaNati, FedericoNewburgh, LauraNicola, AndrinaNiemack, Michael D.Nolta, Michael R.Orlowski-Scherer, JohnPage, Lyman A.Pandey, ShivamPartridge, BrucePrince, HeatherPuddu, RobertoRadiconi, FedericoRobertson, NaomiRojas, FelipeSakuma, TaiSalatino, MariaSchaan, EmmanuelSchmitt, Benjamin L.Sehgal, NeelimaShaikh, ShabbirSierra, CarlosSievers, JonSifón, CristóbalSimon, SaraSonka, RitaSpergel, David N.Staggs, Suzanne T.Storer, EmilieSwitzer, Eric R.Tampier, NiklasThornton, RobertTrac, HyTreu, JesseTucker, CaroleUlluom, JoelVale, Leila R.Van Engelen, AlexanderVan Lanen, Jeffvan Marrewijk, JoshiwaVargas, CristianVavagiakis, Eve M.Wagoner, KaseyWang, YuhanWenzl, LukasWollack, Edward J.Xu, ZhileiZago, FernandoZhang, Kaiwen
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Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
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Abstract
We present cosmological constraints from a gravitational lensing mass map covering 9400 sq. deg. reconstructed from CMB measurements made by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) from 2017 to 2021. In combination with BAO measurements (from SDSS and 6dF), we obtain the amplitude of matter fluctuations $\sigma_8 = 0.819 \pm 0.015$ at 1.8% precision, $S_8\equiv\sigma_8({\Omega_{\rm m}}/0.3)^{0.5}=0.840\pm0.028$ and the Hubble constant $H_0= (68.3 \pm 1.1)\, \text{km}\,\text{s}^{-1}\,\text{Mpc}^{-1}$ at 1.6% precision. A joint constraint with CMB lensing measured by the Planck satellite yields even more precise values: $\sigma_8 = 0.812 \pm 0.013$, $S_8\equiv\sigma_8({\Omega_{\rm m}}/0.3)^{0.5}=0.831\pm0.023$ and $H_0= (68.1 \pm 1.0)\, \text{km}\,\text{s}^{-1}\,\text{Mpc}^{-1}$. These measurements agree well with $\Lambda$CDM-model extrapolations from the CMB anisotropies measured by Planck. To compare these constraints to those from the KiDS, DES, and HSC galaxy surveys, we revisit those data sets with a uniform set of assumptions, and find $S_8$ from all three surveys are lower than that from ACT+Planck lensing by varying levels ranging from 1.7-2.1$\sigma$. These results motivate further measurements and comparison, not just between the CMB anisotropies and galaxy lensing, but also between CMB lensing probing $z\sim 0.5-5$ on mostly-linear scales and galaxy lensing at $z\sim 0.5$ on smaller scales. We combine our CMB lensing measurements with CMB anisotropies to constrain extensions of $\Lambda$CDM, limiting the sum of the neutrino masses to $\sum m_{\nu} < 0.12$ eV (95% c.l.), for example. Our results provide independent confirmation that the universe is spatially flat, conforms with general relativity, and is described remarkably well by the $\Lambda$CDM model, while paving a promising path for neutrino physics with gravitational lensing from upcoming ground-based CMB surveys.
Comment: 30 pages, 16 figures, prepared for submission to ApJ. Cosmological likelihood data is here: https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/act/actadv_prod_table.html ; likelihood software is here: https://github.com/ACTCollaboration/act_dr6_lenslike . Also see companion papers Qu et al and MacCrann et al. Mass maps will be released when papers are published