Kinematic Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect with ACT, DES, and BOSS: A novel hybrid estimator
Maya Mallaby-Kay, Stefania Amodeo, J. Colin Hill, M. Aguena, S. Allam, O. Alves, J. Annis, Nicholas Battaglia, E. S. Battistelli, Eric J. Baxter, K. Bechtol, M. R. Becker, E. Bertin, J. R. Bond, D. Brooks, Erminia Calabrese, A. Carnero Rosell, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, A. Choi, M. Crocce, L. N. da Costa, M. E. S. Pereira, J. De Vicente, S. Desai, J. P. Dietrich, P. Doel, C. Doux, A. Drlica-Wagner, Jo Dunkley, J. Elvin-Poole, S. Everett, S Ferraro, I. Ferrero, J. Frieman, Patricio A. Gallardo, J. García-Bellido, G. Giannini, D. Gruen, R. A. Gruendl, G. Gutiérrez, S. R. Hinton, D.L Hollowood, D. J. James, Arthur Kosowsky, K. Kuehn, Martine Lokken, Thibaut Louis, J. L. Marshall, jeannette mcmahon, J. Mena-Fernández, F. Menanteau, R. Miquel, Kavilan Moodley, Tony Mroczkowski, Sigurd Næss, Michael D. Niemack, R. L. C. Ogando, Lyman A. Page, Shivam Pandey, A. Pieres, A. A. Plazas Malagón, Marco Raveri, M. Rodríguez-Monroy, E. S. Rykoff, S. Samuroff, E. Sánchez, Emmanuel Schaan, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, E. Sheldon, Cristobál Sifón, M. Smith, M. Soares-Santos, F. Sobreira, E. Suchyta, G. Tarlé, C. To, Cristian Vargas, Eve M. Vavagiakis, N. Weaverdyck, J. Weller, P. Wiseman, B. Yanny
Abstract
This paper introduces a novel, ``hybrid'' (optical+spectroscopic) estimator for kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) studies. It is expected to be most useful for increasing the SZ signal when results from upcoming data surveys become available.