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CMB Anisotropy Wayne Hu II Workshop Challenges Campos do Jordao, December 2009

100 Temperature and Polarization Spectra 10 reionization ΘE (µk) 1 EE BB 0.1 0.01 gravitational waves 10 100 1000 l (multipole) gravitational lensing

Across the Horizon Hu & White (2004); artist:b. Christie/SciAm; available at http://background.uchicago.edu

Acoustic Oscillations

WMAP Data WMAP 3yr: Spergel et al. 2006 5000 l(l+1)/2π C l (µk 2 ) 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 200 400 600 800 1000 l (multipole moment)

Gravitational Ringing Gravitational potential wells Fluid falls into wells, pressure resists: acoustic oscillations

Curvature in the Power Spectrum Features scale with angular diameter distance Angular location of the first peak

Baryons in the Power Spectrum

Dark Matter in the Power Spectrum

Planck First Light Planck satellite, first light survey

Power of Planck's Precision 100 10 reionization ΘE (µk) 1 EE BB 0.1 0.01 gravitational waves 10 100 1000 l (multipole) gravitational lensing

Dark Energy

Fixed Deceleration Epoch CMB determination of matter density controls all determinations in the deceleration (matter dominated) epoch WMAP5: Ω m h 2 = 0.1326 ± 0.0063 5% Distance to recombination D determined to 1 5% 1.25% 4 Expansion rate during any redshift in the deceleration epoch determined to 5% Distance to any redshift in the deceleration epoch determined as D(z) = D z z dz H(z) Volumes determined by a combination dv = D 2 A dωdz/h(z) Structure also determined by growth of fluctuations from z Ω m h 2 can be determined to 1% from Planck.

Dark Energy Peaks measure distance to recombination ISW effect constrains dynamics of acceleration [ l(l+1)c l /2π ] 1/2 (µk) 100 80 60 40 Dark Energy Density Equation of State 20 Ω DE 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 10 100 1000 l w DE -0.8-0.6-0.4-0.2 0 10 100 1000 l

Dark Energy Peaks measure distance to recombination ISW effect constrains dynamics of acceleration and early dark energy [ l(l+1)c l /2π ] 1/2 (µk) 100 80 60 40 Dark Energy Density Equation of State 20 Ω DE 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 10 100 1000 l w DE -0.8-0.6-0.4-0.2 0 10 100 1000 l

Forecasts for CMB+H 0 To complement CMB observations with Ω m h 2 to 1%, an H 0 of ~1% enables constant w measurement to ~2% in a flat universe Planck: σ(lnω m h 2 )=0.009 0.1 σ(w) Hu (2004) 0.01 0.01 σ(lnh 0 ) prior 0.1

ISW Effect Gravitational blueshift on infall does not cancel redshift on climbing out Contraction of spatial metric doubles the effect: T/T=2 Φ Effect from potential hills and wells cancel on small scales

ISW Effect Gravitational blueshift on infall does not cancel redshift on climbing out Contraction of spatial metric doubles the effect: T/T=2 Φ Effect from potential hills and wells cancel on small scales

ISW-Galaxy Correlation Decaying potential: galaxy positions correlated with CMB Growing potential: galaxy positions anticorrelated with CMB Observations indicate correlation

Dark Energy Clustering ISW effect intrinsically sensitive to dark energy smoothness Large angle contributions reduced if clustered 10-9 ΘΘ l(l+1)c l /2π 10-10 10-11 ISW total c e =1 c e =0.1 10-12 w=-0.8 Hu (1998); [plot: Hu & Scranton (2004)] 10 100 l

ISW-Galaxy Correlation ~4σ joint detection of ISW correlation with large scale structure (galaxies) ~2σ high compared with ΛCDM Ho et al (2007) [Giannantonio et al 2008] ΛCDM

Polarization

Polarization Like light scattering off surface, scattering with electrons polarizes radiation

Polarization Unlike sunlight, CMB radiation comes from and electrons respond in all directions

Polarization If intensity differs at 90 degrees (quadrupole anisotropy), net linear polarization

Whence Quadrupoles? Temperature inhomogeneities in a medium Photons arrive from different regions producing an anisotropy hot cold hot Hu & White (1997) (Scalar) Temperature Inhomogeneity

Patterns on the Sky Projection of the quadrupole moment across sky determines polarization pattern

E-mode Polarization Polarization points along the direction of plane wave or amplitude variation E-tensor harmonic l=2, m=0

Acoustic Peaks in the Polarization Scalar quadrupole follows the velocity perturbation Acoustic velocity out of phase with acoustic temperature Correlation oscillates at twice the frequency 1 0 temp. v/23 cross 1 Hu & White (1997) ks vel.-quad.

Power Spectrum Present 100 50 QUAD: Pryke et al (2008) TE 0 50 100 30 EE 20 10 0 10 10 5 BB 0 5 10 0 500 1000 1500 2000 multipole

Polarized Landscape 100 10 reionization ΘE (µk) 1 EE BB 0.1 0.01 Hu & Dodelson (2002) gravitational waves 10 100 1000 l (multipole) gravitational lensing

B-mode Polarization

E-mode Polarization Polarization points along the direction of plane wave or amplitude variation E-tensor harmonic l=2, m=0

Electric & Magnetic Polarization (a.k.a. gradient & curl) Alignment of principal vs polarization axes (curvature matrix vs polarization direction) E B Kamionkowski, Kosowsky, Stebbins (1997) Zaldarriaga & Seljak (1997)

Gravitational Lensing

Example of CMB Lensing Toy example of lensing of the CMB primary anisotropies Shearing of the image

Polarization Lensing Since E and B denote the relationship between the polarization amplitude and direction, warping due to lensing creates B-modes Original Lensed E Zaldarriaga & Seljak (1998) [figure: Hu & Okamoto (2001)] Lensed B

Polarized Landscape 100 10 reionization ΘE (µk) 1 EE BB 0.1 0.01 Hu & Dodelson (2002) gravitational waves 10 100 1000 l (multipole) gravitational lensing

Lensed Power Spectrum Observables Principal components show two observables in lensed power spectra Temperature and E-polarization: deflection power at l~100 B-polarization: deflection power at l~500 Normalized so that observables error = fractional lens power error 0.006 0.004 Θ 1 : T,E 0.002 Θ 2 : B Smith, Hu & Kaplinghat (2006) 500 1000 1500 multipole l

Redshift Sensitivity Lensing observables probe distance and structure at high redshift 0.4 0.3 Θ 1 : T,E 0.2 0.1 Θ 2 : B Smith, Hu & Kaplinghat (2006) 2 4 6 8 redshift z

Lensing Observables Lensing observables provide a simple way of accounting for non-gaussianity and parameter degeneracies Direct forecasts for Planck + 10% sky with noise P =1.4uK' -0.5 direct Β w -1 Τ,Ε -1.5 unlensed -0.4-0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 Σ m ν (ev) Smith, Hu, Kaplinghat (2006) [see also: Kaplinghat et. al 2003, Acquaviva & Baccigalupi 2005, Smith et al 2005, Li et al 2006]

Lensing Observables Lensing observables provide a simple way of accounting for non-gaussianity and parameter degeneracies Observables forecasts for Planck + 10% sky with noise P =1.4uK' -0.5 observables Θ 2 w -1 Θ 1-1.5 unlensed -0.4-0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 Σ m ν (ev) Smith, Hu, Kaplinghat (2006)

Constraints on Lensing Observables Lensing observables in T,E are limited by CMB sample variance Lensing observables in B are limited by lens sample variance B-modes require 10x as much sky at high signal-to-noise or 3x as much sky at the optimal signal-to-noise with P =4.7uK' f sky 1/2 σ(θ 1 ) 10-1 10-2 T,E modes Gaussian lens sample variance f sky 1/2 σ(θ 2 ) Smith, Hu & Kaplinghat (2006) 1 10-1 10-2 10-3 B modes Gaussian true lens sample variance 10 noise p (µk') 100

High Signal-to-Noise B-modes Cosmic variance of CMB fields sets ultimate limit for T,E B-polarization allows mapping to finer scales and in principle is not limited by cosmic variance of E (Hirata & Seljak 2003) mass temp. reconstruction EB pol. reconstruction 100 sq. deg; 4' beam; 1µK-arcmin Hu & Okamoto (2001)

Lensing-Galaxy Correlation ~3σ+ joint detection of WMAP lensing reconstruction with large scale structure (galaxies) Consistent with ΛCDM Smith et al (2007) [Hirata et al 2008]

Matter Power Spectrum Measuring projected matter power spectrum to cosmic variance limit across whole linear regime 0.002< k < 0.2 h/mpc Linear deflection power 10 7 10 8 Reference Planck Hu & Okamoto (2001) 10 100 1000 L

Reionization

Across the Horizon Hu & White (2004); artist:b. Christie/SciAm; available at http://background.uchicago.edu

Anisotropy Suppression A fraction τ~0.1 of photons rescattered during reionization out of line of sight and replaced statistically by photon with random temperature flucutuation - suppressing anisotropy as e -τ

Reionization Suppression Rescattering suppresses primary temperature and polarization anisotropy according to optical depth, fraction of photons rescattered

Tilt-τ Degeneracy Only anisotropy at reionization (high k), not isotropic temperature fluctuations (low k) - is suppressed leading to effective tilt for WMAP (not Planck) Spergel et al (2006) 1.25 1.20 WMAP1 (T) 1.15 1.10 1.05 1.00 WMAP1ext 0.95 0.90 WMAP3 (T+E) 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5

Distance Predicts Growth With smooth dark energy, distance predicts scale-invariant growth to a few percent - a falsifiable prediction Mortonson, Hu, Huterer (2008)

Temperature Inhomogeneity Temperature inhomogeneity reflects initial density perturbation on large scales Consider a single Fourier moment:

Locally Transparent Presently, the matter density is so low that a typical CMB photon will not scatter in a Hubble time (~age of universe) transparent observer recombination

Reversed Expansion Free electron density in an ionized medium increases as scale factor a -3 ; when the universe was a tenth of its current size CMB photons have a finite (~10%) chance to scatter recombination rescattering

Polarization Anisotropy Electron sees the temperature anisotropy on its recombination surface and scatters it into a polarization recombination polarization

Temperature Correlation Pattern correlated with the temperature anisotropy that generates it; here an m=0 quadrupole

Instantaneous Reionization WMAP data constrains optical depth for instantaneous models of τ=0.087±0.017 Upper limit on gravitational waves weaker than from temperature

Ionization History Two models with same optical depth τ but different ionization history 1.0 ionization fraction x 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 fiducial step 0 5 10 15 20 25 z Kaplinghat et al. (2002); Hu & Holder (2003)

Distinguishable History Same optical depth, but different coherence - horizon scale during scattering epoch fiducial step l(l+1)c l EE /2π 10-13 10-14 10 100 l Kaplinghat et al. (2002); Hu & Holder (2003)

Transfer Function Linearized response to delta function ionization perturbation T li lncee l, δcl EE = Cl EE T li δx(z i ) x(z i ) i 0.4 z i =25 Transfer function 0.2 0 z=1 z i =8 Hu & Holder (2003) 10 100 l

Principal Components Eigenvectors of the Fisher Matrix F ij l (l + 1/2)T li T lj = µ S iµ σ 2 µ S jµ 0.5 δx δx 0-0.5 0.5 0 (a) Best -0.5 (b) Worst Hu & Holder (2003) 10 15 z 20 25

Representation in Modes Reproduces the power spectrum with sum over >3 modes more generally 5 modes suffices: e.g. total τ=0.1375 vs 0.1377 0.8 l(l+1)c l EE /2π Hu & Holder (2003) 0.4 10-13 0 10-14 x 10 15 20 25 true sum modes fiducial z 10 100 l

Large Scale Anomalies

Low Quadrupole Temperature quadrupole is low compared with best fit ΛCDM model

Quadrupole Origins Transfer function for the quadrupole 0.2 total ISW T E 2 T Θ 2 0-0.2 0.002 0 SW (a) Temperature -0.002 0.0001 0.001 k (Mpc -1 ) (b) Polarization 0.01 Gordon & Hu (2004)

Horizon-Scale Power Polarization is a robust indicator of horizon scale power and disfavors suppression as explanation of low quadrupole independently of ionization or acceleration model Mortonson & Hu (2009)

Quadrupole Origins Transfer function for the quadrupole 0.2 total T E 2 T Θ 2 0-0.2 0.002 0 ISW SW total 10 3 z<1 (a) Temperature -0.002 0.0001 0.001 k (Mpc -1 ) (b) Polarization 0.01 Gordon & Hu (2004)

Model-Independent Reionization All possible ionization histories at z<30 Detections at 20<l<30 required to further constrain general ionization which widens the τ-n s degeneracy allowing n s =1 Quadrupole & octopole predicted to better than cosmic variance test ΛCDM for anomalies EE l(l+1)c l /2π [µk 2 ] 0.1 0.01 cosmic v. all ionization Mortonson & Hu (2008) 3 10 30 l

Large Angle Anomalies Low planar quadrupole aligned with planar octopole More power in south ecliptic hemisphere Non-Gaussian spot EQX EQX dipole dipole NEP NEP NSGP NSGP SSGP SSGP SEP SEP dipole dipole EQX -0.019 EQX 0.019 0.000 T (mk) -0.034 0.000 T (mk) 0.034 EQX dipole NEP NSGP SSGP SEP dipole EQX -0.051 0.000 T (mk) 0.051 Copi et al (2006)

Polarization Tests Matching polarization anomalies if cosmological Dvorkin, Peiris, Hu (2007)

Polarization Bumps If features in the temperature spectrum reflect features in the power spectrum (inflationary potential), reflected in polarization with little ambiguity from reionization Covi et al (2006) ionization adjusted to max/min feature Mortonson et al (2009)

Inflation

Inflation Past Superhorizon correlations (acoustic coherence, polarization corr.) Spatially flat geometry (angular peak scale) Adiabatic fluctuations (peak morphology) Nearly scale invariant fluctuations (broadband power, small red tilt favored) Gaussian fluctuations (but fnl>few would rule out single field slow roll)

Inflationary Observables Curvature Power Spectrum: 2 R 8πG 2 1 ɛ ( ) 2 H, ɛ = 1 2π 2 1 8πG ( V V ) 2 Tilt where d ln 2 R d ln k = n S 1 = 4ɛ 2δ δ = ɛ 1 8πG V V So for featureless potentials e.g. monomial φ n, ɛ δ Running dn S /d ln k second order

Inflationary Observables Gravitational Wave (Tensor) Power Spectrum: 2 +, = 16πG ( ) 2 H 2π reflects energy scale of inflation H 2 V E 4 i B peak 0.024 Tensor-Scalar Ratio, Tilt: ( Ei 10 16 GeV ) 2 µk r 4 2 + 2 R = 16ɛ, d ln 2 + d ln k n T = 2 d ln H d ln k = 2ɛ Consistency: r = 8n T

Quadrupoles from Gravitational Waves Transverse-traceless distortion provides temperature quadrupole Gravitational wave polarization picks out direction transverse to wavevector transverse-traceless distortion

Electric & Magnetic Polarization (a.k.a. gradient & curl) Alignment of principal vs polarization axes (curvature matrix vs polarization direction) E B Kamionkowski, Kosowsky, Stebbins (1997) Zaldarriaga & Seljak (1997)

Gravitational Wave Pattern Projection of the quadrupole anisotropy gives polarization pattern Transverse polarization of gravitational waves breaks azimuthal symmetry density perturbation gravitational wave

Energy Scale of Inflation Amplitude of B-mode peak scales as square of energy scale (Hubble parameter) during inflation, power as E i 4 Good: upper limits are at GUT scale. Bad: secondaries & foregrounds 1 3 B (µk) 0.1 0.01 E i (10 16 GeV) 1 g-waves 0.3 10 100 1000 l

Large Field, Small Field Models For detectable gravitational waves r > 0.01, scalar field must roll by order M pl = (8πG) 1/2 dφ dn = dφ d ln a = dφ 1 dt H The larger ɛ is the more the field rolls in an e-fold ɛ = r 16 = 3 ( H dφ ) 2 = 8πG ( ) 2 dφ 2V dn 2 dn Observable scales span N 5 so φ > 5 dφ ( r ) 1/2 ( r ) 1/2 dn = 5 Mpl 0.2 Mpl 8 0.01 Does this make sense as an effective field theory? Lyth (1997) Small field models where φ near maximum more reasonable? Large field existence proof: monodromy Silverstein & Westphal (2008)...theorists running around in circles...

Inflation Present Tilt indicates that one of the slow roll parameters finite (ignoring exotic high-z reionization) Upper limit on gravity waves put an upper limit on V'/V and hence an upper limit on how far the inflaton rolls Constraints in the r-n s plane test classes of models Given functional form of V, constraints on the flatness of potential when the horizon left the horizon predict too many (or few) efolds of further inflation Non-Gaussian fluctuations at fnl~50? Glitches and large scale anomalies

Inflationary Constraints Tilt mildly favored over tensors as explaining small scale suppression Specific models of inflation relate r-n s through V, V Small tensors and n s ~1 may make inflation continue for too many efolds Komatsu et al (2008)

f nl Local second order non-gaussianity: Φnl=Φ+f nl (Φ 2 -<Φ 2 >) WMAP3 Kp0+: 27<f nl <147 (95% CL) (Yadav & Wandelt 2007) WMAP5 opt: -4<f nl <80 (95% CL) (Smith, Senatore & Zaldarriaga 2009)

Local Non-Gaussianity Local non-gaussianity couples long to short wavelength fluctuations Ligouri et al (2007)

Local Non-Gaussianity Local non-gaussianity couples long to short wavelength fluctuations Ligouri et al (2007)

Inflation Future Planck can test Gaussianity down to fnl~few and make a high significance detection if fnl~50 Planck will provide a high significance measurement of tilt (n S -1) Planck will test constancy of tilt - significant deviation would rule out all standard slow roll models Gravitational wave power proportional to energy scale to 4th power B-modes potentially observable for V 1/4 >3 x 1015 GeV with removal of lensing B-modes and foregrounds Measuring both the reionization bump and recombination peak tests slow roll consistency relation by constraining tensor tilt

Consistency Relation & Reionization By assuming the wrong ionization history can falsely rule out consistency relation Principal components eliminate possible biases Mortonson & Hu (2007)

Summary CMB acoustic peaks provide precision measurements of baryon density Ω b h 2 matter density Ω m h 2 distance to recombination D amplitude and tilt of spectrum A S, n S and all should reach better than 1% precision with Planck CMB polarization provides windows on reionization, large scale anomalies, intervening matter and expansion history (through lensing) Inflationary origins will be tested further by precision spectrum, gravitational waves and non-gaussianity Single-field slow roll inflation is highly falsifiable