Measuring gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background by large-scale structure

• Main Author: van Engelen, Alexander
• Other Authors: Gilbert Holder (Supervisor1)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 2013
• Subjects: Physics - Astronomy and Astrophysics; Le Fond; Noire; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=116970

Lensing of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) is a rapidly-emergingcosmological probe. After describing background theory, we presentanalysis techniques developed for the measurement of lensing using CMB datafrom the South Pole Telescope. We characterize several sources of biasand systematic effe...