A Measurement of the Correlation of Galaxy Surveys with CMB Lensing Convergence Maps from the South Pole Telescope

• Main Authors: Bleem, L. E., van Engelen, A., Holder, G. P., Aird, K. A., Armstrong, R., Ashby, M. L. N., Becker, M. R., Benson, B. A., Biesiadzinski, T., Brodwin, M., Busha, M. T., Carlstrom, J. E., Chang, C. L., Cho, H. M., Crawford, T. M., Crites, A. T., de Haan, T., Desai, S., Dobbs, M. A., Doré, O., Dudley, J., Geach, J. E., George, E. M., Gladders, M. D., Gonzalez, A. H., Halverson, N. W., Harrington, N., High, F. W., Holden, B. P., Holzapfel, W. L., Hoover, S., Hrubes, J. D., Joy, M., Keisler, R., Knox, L., Lee, A. T., Leitch, E. M., Lueker, M., Luong-Van, D., Marrone, D. P., Martinez-Manso, J., McMahon, J. J., Mehl, J., Meyer, S. S., Mohr, J. J., Montroy, T. E., Natoli, T., Padin, S., Plagge, T., Pryke, C., Reichardt, C. L., Rest, A., Ruhl, J. E., Saliwanchik, B. R., Sayre, J. T., Schaffer, K. K., Shaw, L., Shirokoff, E., Spieler, H. G., Stalder, B., Stanford, S. A., Staniszewski, Z., Stark, A. A., Stern, D., Story, K., Vallinotto, A., Vanderlinde, K., Vieira, J. D., Wechsler, R. H., Williamson, R., Zahn, O.
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• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2012
• Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics astro-ph.CO; FOS Physical sciences; Blanco; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1203.4808; https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.4808

We compare cosmic microwave background lensing convergence maps derived from South Pole Telescope (SPT) data with galaxy survey data from the Blanco Cosmology Survey, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, and a new large Spitzer/IRAC field designed to overlap with the SPT survey. Using optical an...