Exploring Cosmic Origins with CORE: Cosmological Parameters

We forecast the main cosmological parameter constraints achievable with theCORE space mission which is dedicated to mapping the polarisation of the CosmicMicrowave Background (CMB). CORE was recently submitted in response to ESA'sfifth call for medium-sized mission proposals (M5). Here we report the resultsfrom our pre-submission study of the impact of various instrumental options, inparticular the telescope size and sensitivity level, and review the great,transformative potential of the mission as proposed. Specifically, we assessthe impact on a broad range of fundamental parameters of our Universe as afunction of the expected CMB characteristics, with other papers in the seriesfocusing on controlling astrophysical and instrumental residual systematics. Inthis paper, we assume that only a few central CORE frequency channels areusable for our purpose, all others being devoted to the cleaning ofastrophysical contaminants. On the theoretical side, we assume LCDM as ourgeneral framework and quantify the improvement provided by CORE over thecurrent constraints from the Planck 2015 release. We also study the jointsensitivity of CORE and of future Baryon Acoustic Oscillation and Large ScaleStructure experiments like DESI and Euclid. Specific constraints on the physicsof inflation are presented in another paper of the series. In addition to thesix parameters of the base LCDM, which describe the matter content of aspatially flat universe with adiabatic and scalar primordial fluctuations frominflation, we derive the precision achievable on parameters like thosedescribing curvature, neutrino physics, extra light relics, primordial heliumabundance, dark matter annihilation, recombination physics, variation offundamental constants, dark energy, modified gravity, reionization and cosmicbirefringence. (ABRIDGED

Optimization of a 4th generation CMB space mission

Le rayonnement du Fond Diffus Cosmologique est une source riche et propre d’informations cosmologiques. L’étude du CMB au cours des dernières décennies a conduit à la mise en place d’un modèle standard pour la cosmologie et a permis de mesurer précisément ses principaux paramètres. Il a également transformé le domaine, en le basant davantage sur les données observationnelles et les approches numériques et statistiques.A l’heure actuelle, l’inflation est le principal paradigme décrivant les premiers moments de notre Univers. Elle prédit la génération de fluctuations de la densité de matière primordiale et des ondes gravitationnelles. Le signal de polarisation du CMB porte la signature de ces ondes gravitationnelles sous la forme de modes-B primordiaux. Une future génération de missions spatiale d’observation de la polarisation du CMB est bien adaptée à l’observation de cette signature de l’inflation.Cette thèse se concentre sur l’optimisation d’une future mission spatiale CMB qui observera le signal en modes-B pour atteindre une sensibilité de r = 0,001. Plus précisément, j’étudie la stratégie d’observation et l’impact des effets systématiques sur la qualité de la mesure de polarisationThe Cosmic Microwave Background radiation is a rich and clean source of Cosmological information. Study of the CMB over the past few decades has led to the establishment of a “Standard Model” for Cosmology and constrained many of its principal parameters. It hasalso transformed the field into a highly data-driven domain.Currently, Inflation is the leading paradigm describing the earliest moments of our Universe. It predicts the generation of primordial matter density fluctuations and gravitational waves. The CMB polarisation carries the signature of these gravitational waves in the form of primordial “B-modes”. A future generation of CMB polarisation space mission is well suited to observe this signature of Inflation.This thesis focuses on optimising a future CMB space mission that will observe the B-modesignal for reaching a sensitivity of r = 0.001. Specifically, I study the optimisation of the scanning strategy and the impact of systematics on the quality of polarisation measuremen

Optimisation d’une mission spatiale CMB de 4eme génération

The Cosmic Microwave Background radiation is a rich and clean source of Cosmological information. Study of the CMB over the past few decades has led to the establishment of a “Standard Model” for Cosmology and constrained many of its principal parameters. It hasalso transformed the field into a highly data-driven domain.Currently, Inflation is the leading paradigm describing the earliest moments of our Universe. It predicts the generation of primordial matter density fluctuations and gravitational waves. The CMB polarisation carries the signature of these gravitational waves in the form of primordial “B-modes”. A future generation of CMB polarisation space mission is well suited to observe this signature of Inflation.This thesis focuses on optimising a future CMB space mission that will observe the B-modesignal for reaching a sensitivity of r = 0.001. Specifically, I study the optimisation of the scanning strategy and the impact of systematics on the quality of polarisation measurementLe rayonnement du Fond Diffus Cosmologique est une source riche et propre d’informations cosmologiques. L’étude du CMB au cours des dernières décennies a conduit à la mise en place d’un modèle standard pour la cosmologie et a permis de mesurer précisément ses principaux paramètres. Il a également transformé le domaine, en le basant davantage sur les données observationnelles et les approches numériques et statistiques.A l’heure actuelle, l’inflation est le principal paradigme décrivant les premiers moments de notre Univers. Elle prédit la génération de fluctuations de la densité de matière primordiale et des ondes gravitationnelles. Le signal de polarisation du CMB porte la signature de ces ondes gravitationnelles sous la forme de modes-B primordiaux. Une future génération de missions spatiale d’observation de la polarisation du CMB est bien adaptée à l’observation de cette signature de l’inflation.Cette thèse se concentre sur l’optimisation d’une future mission spatiale CMB qui observera le signal en modes-B pour atteindre une sensibilité de r = 0,001. Plus précisément, j’étudie la stratégie d’observation et l’impact des effets systématiques sur la qualité de la mesure de polarisatio

BeyondPlanck I: Global Bayesian analysis of the Planck Low Frequency Instrument data

We describe the BeyondPlanck project in terms of our motivation, methodology, and main products, and provide a guide to a set of companion papers that describe each result in more detail. Building directly on experience from ESA's Planck mission, we implemented a complete end-to-end Bayesian analysis framework for the Planck Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) observations. The primary product is a full joint posterior distribution P( omega vertical bar d), where omega represents the set of all free instrumental (gain, correlated noise, bandpass, etc.), astrophysical (synchrotron, free-free, thermal dust emission, etc.), and cosmological (cosmic microwave background - CMB - map, power spectrum, etc.) parameters. Some notable advantages of this approach compared to a traditional pipeline procedure are seamless end-to-end propagation of uncertainties; accurate modeling of both astrophysical and instrumental e ffects in the most natural basis for each uncertain quantity; optimized computational costs with little or no need for intermediate human interaction between various analysis steps; and a complete overview of the entire analysis process within one single framework. As a practical demonstration of this framework, we focus in particular on low-l CMB polarization reconstruction with Planck LFI. In this process, we identify several important new e ffects that have not been accounted for in previous pipelines, including gain oversmoothing and time-variable and non-1/f correlated noise in the 30 and 44 GHz channels. Modeling and mitigating both previously known and newly discovered systematic e ffects, we find that all results are consistent with the Lambda CDM model, and we constrained the reionization optical depth to tau = 0:066 +/- 0:013, with a low-resolution CMB-based X-2 probability to exceed of 32%. This uncertainty is about 30% larger than the o fficial pipelines, arising from taking a more complete instrumental model into account. The marginal CMB solar dipole amplitude is 3362.7 +/- 1.4 mu K, where the error bar was derived directly from the posterior distribution without the need of any ad hoc instrumental corrections. We are currently not aware of any significant unmodeled systematic e ffects remaining in the Planck LFI data, and, for the first time, the 44 GHz channel is fully exploited in the current analysis. We argue that this framework can play a central role in the analysis of many current and future high-sensitivity CMB experiments, including LiteBIRD, and it will serve as the computational foundation of the emerging community-wide Cosmoglobe e ffort, which aims to combine state-of-the-art radio, microwave, and submillimeter data sets into one global astrophysical model.Peer reviewe

Bandpass mismatch error for satellite CMB experiments II: correcting for the spurious signal

Future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) satellite missions aim at using the B-mode polarisation signal to measure the tensor-to-scalar ratio r with a sensitivity σ(r) of the order of ≤ 10-2. Small uncertainties in the characterisation of instrument properties such as the spectral filters can lead to a leakage of the intensity signal to polarisation and can possibly bias any measurement of a primordial signal. In this paper we discuss methods for avoiding and correcting for the intensity to polarisation leakage due to bandpass mismatch among detector sets. We develop a template fitting map-maker to obtain an unbiased estimate of the leakage signal and subtract it out of the total signal. Using simulations we show how such a method can reduce the bias on the observed B-mode signal by up to 3 orders of magnitude in power

Bandpass mismatch error for satellite CMB experiments I: estimating the spurious signal

International audienceFuture Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) satellite missions aim to use the B mode polarization to measure the tensor-to-scalar ratio r with a sensitivity σr  10−3. Achieving this goal will not only require sufficient detector array sensitivity but also unprecedented control of all systematic errors inherent in CMB polarization measurements. Since polarization measurements derive from differences between observations at different times and from different sensors, detector response mismatches introduce leakages from intensity to polarization and thus lead to a spurious B mode signal. Because the expected primordial B mode polarization signal is dwarfed by the known unpolarized intensity signal, such leakages could contribute substantially to the final error budget for measuring r. Using simulations we estimate the magnitude and angular spectrum of the spurious B mode signal resulting from bandpass mismatch between different detectors. It is assumed here that the detectors are calibrated, for example using the CMB dipole, so that their sensitivity to the primordial CMB signal has been perfectly matched. Consequently the mismatch in the frequency bandpass shape between detectors introduces differences in the relative calibration of galactic emission components. We simulate this effect using a range of scanning patterns being considered for future satellite missions. We find that the spurious contribution to r from the reionization bump on large angular scales (&ell; < 10) is ≈ 10−3 assuming large detector arrays and 20 percent of the sky masked. We show how the amplitude of the leakage depends on the nonuniformity of the angular coverage in each pixel that results from the scan pattern