The Astrophysical Journal (Jan 2025)
Analysis of Polarized Dust Emission Using Data from the First Flight of SPIDER
- P. A. R. Ade,
- M. Amiri,
- S. J. Benton,
- A. S. Bergman,
- R. Bihary,
- J. J. Bock,
- J. R. Bond,
- J. A. Bonetti,
- S. A. Bryan,
- H. C. Chiang,
- C. R. Contaldi,
- O. Doré,
- A. J. Duivenvoorden,
- H. K. Eriksen,
- J. P. Filippini,
- A. A. Fraisse,
- K. Freese,
- M. Galloway,
- A. E. Gambrel,
- N. N. Gandilo,
- K. Ganga,
- S. Gourapura,
- R. Gualtieri,
- J. E. Gudmundsson,
- M. Halpern,
- J. Hartley,
- M. Hasselfield,
- G. Hilton,
- W. Holmes,
- V. V. Hristov,
- Z. Huang,
- K. D. Irwin,
- W. C. Jones,
- A. Karakci,
- C. L. Kuo,
- Z. D. Kermish,
- J. S.-Y. Leung,
- S. Li,
- D. S. Y. Mak,
- P. V. Mason,
- K. Megerian,
- L. Moncelsi,
- T. A. Morford,
- J. M. Nagy,
- C. B. Netterfield,
- M. Nolta,
- R. O’Brient,
- B. Osherson,
- I. L. Padilla,
- B. Racine,
- A. S. Rahlin,
- C. Reintsema,
- J. E. Ruhl,
- M. C. Runyan,
- T. M. Ruud,
- J. A. Shariff,
- E. C. Shaw,
- C. Shiu,
- J. D. Soler,
- X. Song,
- A. Trangsrud,
- C. Tucker,
- R. S. Tucker,
- A. D. Turner,
- J. F. van der List,
- A. C. Weber,
- I. K. Wehus,
- D. V. Wiebe,
- E. Y. Young,
- Spider Collaboration
Affiliations
- P. A. R. Ade
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University , The Parade, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, UK
- M. Amiri
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia , 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
- S. J. Benton
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, Princeton University , Jadwin Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
- A. S. Bergman
- Department of Physics, Princeton University , Jadwin Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
- R. Bihary
- Physics Department, Case Western Reserve University , 10900 Euclid Avenue, Rockefeller Building, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- J. J. Bock
- Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology , MS 367-17, 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- J. R. Bond
- ORCiD
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto , 60 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H8, Canada
- J. A. Bonetti
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- S. A. Bryan
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University , 650 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA
- H. C. Chiang
- Department of Physics, McGill University , 3600 Rue University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2T8, Canada; School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal , Durban, South Africa
- C. R. Contaldi
- ORCiD
- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London , SW7 2AZ, London, UK
- O. Doré
- Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology , MS 367-17, 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- A. J. Duivenvoorden
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, Princeton University , Jadwin Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute , New York, NY 10010, USA
- H. K. Eriksen
- Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo , P.O. Box 1029 Blindern, NO-0315 Oslo, Norway
- J. P. Filippini
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , 1110 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA ; [email protected]
- A. A. Fraisse
- Department of Physics, Princeton University , Jadwin Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
- K. Freese
- Department of Physics, University of Texas , 2515 Speedway, C1600, Austin, TX 78712, USA; Weinberg Institute for Theoretical Physics , Texas Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Austin, TX 78712, USA; The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, Department of Physics, Stockholm University , AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- M. Galloway
- Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo , P.O. Box 1029 Blindern, NO-0315 Oslo, Norway
- A. E. Gambrel
- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago , 5640 S Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- N. N. Gandilo
- Steward Observatory , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
- K. Ganga
- APC, Univ. Paris Diderot , CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France
- S. Gourapura
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, Princeton University , Jadwin Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
- R. Gualtieri
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , 1110 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA ; [email protected]; Department of Physics & Astronomy, Northwestern University , Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- J. E. Gudmundsson
- ORCiD
- The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, Department of Physics, Stockholm University , AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden; Science Institute, University of Iceland , 107 Reykjavik, Iceland
- M. Halpern
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia , 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
- J. Hartley
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, University of Toronto , 60 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada
- M. Hasselfield
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University , 520 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802, USA
- G. Hilton
- National Institute of Standards and Technology , 325 Broadway Mailcode 817.03, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
- W. Holmes
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- V. V. Hristov
- Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology , MS 367-17, 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- Z. Huang
- ORCiD
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto , 60 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H8, Canada
- K. D. Irwin
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, Stanford University , 382 Via Pueblo Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
- W. C. Jones
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, Princeton University , Jadwin Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
- A. Karakci
- Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo , P.O. Box 1029 Blindern, NO-0315 Oslo, Norway
- C. L. Kuo
- Department of Physics, Stanford University , 382 Via Pueblo Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Z. D. Kermish
- Department of Physics, Princeton University , Jadwin Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
- J. S.-Y. Leung
- ORCiD
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto , 50 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada; Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto , 50 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada
- S. Li
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, Princeton University , Jadwin Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University , Engineering Quadrangle, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
- D. S. Y. Mak
- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London , SW7 2AZ, London, UK
- P. V. Mason
- Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology , MS 367-17, 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- K. Megerian
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- L. Moncelsi
- Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology , MS 367-17, 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- T. A. Morford
- Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology , MS 367-17, 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- J. M. Nagy
- ORCiD
- Physics Department, Case Western Reserve University , 10900 Euclid Avenue, Rockefeller Building, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- C. B. Netterfield
- Department of Physics, University of Toronto , 60 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada; Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto , 50 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada
- M. Nolta
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto , 60 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H8, Canada
- R. O’Brient
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- B. Osherson
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , 1110 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA ; [email protected]
- I. L. Padilla
- ORCiD
- Physics Department, Case Western Reserve University , 10900 Euclid Avenue, Rockefeller Building, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto , 50 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University , 3701 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- B. Racine
- Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo , P.O. Box 1029 Blindern, NO-0315 Oslo, Norway
- A. S. Rahlin
- ORCiD
- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago , 5640 S Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago , 5640 S Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- C. Reintsema
- National Institute of Standards and Technology , 325 Broadway Mailcode 817.03, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
- J. E. Ruhl
- ORCiD
- Physics Department, Case Western Reserve University , 10900 Euclid Avenue, Rockefeller Building, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- M. C. Runyan
- Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology , MS 367-17, 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- T. M. Ruud
- ORCiD
- Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo , P.O. Box 1029 Blindern, NO-0315 Oslo, Norway
- J. A. Shariff
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto , 60 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H8, Canada
- E. C. Shaw
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , 1110 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA ; [email protected]; Department of Physics, University of Texas , 2515 Speedway, C1600, Austin, TX 78712, USA; Weinberg Institute for Theoretical Physics , Texas Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Austin, TX 78712, USA
- C. Shiu
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, Princeton University , Jadwin Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
- J. D. Soler
- Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy , Konigstuhl 17, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
- X. Song
- Department of Physics, Princeton University , Jadwin Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
- A. Trangsrud
- Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology , MS 367-17, 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- C. Tucker
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University , The Parade, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, UK
- R. S. Tucker
- Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology , MS 367-17, 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- A. D. Turner
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- J. F. van der List
- Department of Physics, Princeton University , Jadwin Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
- A. C. Weber
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- I. K. Wehus
- ORCiD
- Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo , P.O. Box 1029 Blindern, NO-0315 Oslo, Norway
- D. V. Wiebe
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia , 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
- E. Y. Young
- Department of Physics, Stanford University , 382 Via Pueblo Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
- Spider Collaboration
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad900c
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 978,
no. 2
p. 130
Abstract
Using data from the first flight of Spider and from the Planck High Frequency Instrument, we probe the properties of polarized emission from interstellar dust in the Spider observing region. Component-separation algorithms operating in both the spatial and harmonic domains are applied to probe their consistency and to quantify modeling errors associated with their assumptions. Analyses of diffuse Galactic dust emission spanning the full Spider region demonstrate (i) a spectral energy distribution that is broadly consistent with a modified-blackbody (MBB) model with a spectral index of β _d = 1.45 ± 0.05 (1.47 ± 0.06) for E ( B )-mode polarization, slightly lower than that reported by Planck for the full sky; (ii) an angular power spectrum broadly consistent with a power law; and (iii) no significant detection of line-of-sight polarization decorrelation. Tests of several modeling uncertainties find only a modest impact (∼10% in σ _r ) on Spider ’s sensitivity to the cosmological tensor-to-scalar ratio. The size of the Spider region further allows for a statistically meaningful analysis of the variation in foreground properties within it. Assuming a fixed dust temperature T _d = 19.6 K, an analysis of two independent subregions of that field results in inferred values of β _d = 1.52 ± 0.06 and β _d = 1.09 ± 0.09, which are inconsistent at the 3.9 σ level. Furthermore, a joint analysis of Spider and Planck 217 and 353 GHz data within one subregion is inconsistent with a simple MBB at more than 3 σ , assuming a common morphology of polarized dust emission over the full range of frequencies. This evidence of variation may inform the component-separation approaches of future cosmic microwave background polarization experiments.
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