Integrated Sachs-Wolfe map recovery from NVSS and WMAP 7yr data

TL;DR

This paper reconstructs a map of the late Integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect by combining WMAP 7-year data with NVSS survey data, enhancing the detection of late-time cosmological signals.

Contribution

It introduces a method to combine CMB and large-scale structure data for improved ISW map recovery within a standard cosmological model.

Findings

Reconstructed ISW map consistent with the LCDM model.

Map shows better quality than using large-scale structure data alone.

Results favor models with CMB and NVSS correlation.

Abstract

We present a map of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropies induced by the late Integrated Sachs Wolfe effect. The map is constructed by combining the information of the WMAP 7-yr CMB data and the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) through a linear filter. This combination improves the quality of the map that would be obtained using information only from the Large Scale Structure data. In order to apply the filter, a given cosmological model needs to be assumed. In particular, we consider the standard LCDM model. As a test of consistency, we show that the reconstructed map is in agreemet with the assumed model, which is also favoured against a scenario where no correlation between the CMB and NVSS catalogue is considered.