Lensing of the CMB: Non-Gaussian aspects

Matias Zaldarriaga
Phys. Rev. D 62, 063510 – Published 18 August 2000
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Abstract

We study the generation of cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies by gravitational lensing on small angular scales. We show these fluctuations are not Gaussian. We prove that the power spectrum of the tail of the CMB anisotropies on small angular scales directly gives the power spectrum of the deflection angle. We show that the generated power on small scales is correlated with the large scale gradient. The cross correlation between the large scale gradient and the small scale power can be used to test the hypothesis that the extra power is indeed generated by lensing. We compute the three and four point functions of the temperature in the small angle limit. We relate the non-Gaussian aspects presented in this paper as well as those in our previous studies of the lensing effects on large scales to the three and four point functions. We interpret the statistics proposed in terms of different configurations of the four point function and show how they relate to the statistic that maximizes the S/N.

  • Received 6 January 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.62.063510

©2000 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Matias Zaldarriaga*

  • Institute for Advanced Studies, School of Natural Sciences, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

  • *Electronic address: matiasz@ias.edu

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Vol. 62, Iss. 6 — 15 September 2000

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