Astrophysics with the spatially and spectrally resolved Sunyaev-Zeldovich effects: A millimetre/submillimetre probe of the warm and hot universe

T Mroczkowski, D Nagai, K Basu, J Chluba… - Space Science …, 2019 - Springer
In recent years, observations of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect have had significant
cosmological implications and have begun to serve as a powerful and independent probe of …

Extragalactic background light measurements and applications

A Cooray - Royal Society Open Science, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This review covers the measurements related to the extragalactic background light intensity
from γ-rays to radio in the electromagnetic spectrum over 20 decades in wavelength. The …

The power spectrum on small scales: Robust constraints and comparing PBH methodologies

AD Gow, CT Byrnes, PS Cole… - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We compare primordial black hole (PBH) constraints on the power spectrum and mass
distributions using the traditional Press Schechter formalism, peaks theory, and a recently …

New horizons in cosmology with spectral distortions of the cosmic microwave background

J Chluba, MH Abitbol, N Aghanim, Y Ali-Haimoud… - Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
This Voyage 2050 paper highlights the unique science opportunities using spectral
distortions of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). CMB spectral distortions probe …

Exotic energy injection in the early Universe. II. CMB spectral distortions and constraints on light dark matter

H Liu, W Qin, GW Ridgway, TR Slatyer - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
We calculate the post-recombination contribution to the cosmic microwave background
(CMB) spectral distortion due to general exotic energy injections, including dark matter (DM) …

CMB spectral distortions revisited: A new take on distortions and primordial non-Gaussianities from FIRAS data

F Bianchini, G Fabbian - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
Deviations from the blackbody spectral energy distribution of the cosmic microwave
background (CMB) are a precise probe of physical processes active both in the early …

Exploring cosmic origins with CORE: Inflation

F Finelli, M Bucher, A Achúcarro… - … of Cosmology and …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We forecast the scientific capabilities to improve our understanding of cosmic inflation of
CORE, a proposed CMB space satellite submitted in response to the ESA fifth call for a …

Disentangling the primordial nature of stochastic gravitational wave backgrounds with CMB spectral distortions

B Cyr, T Kite, J Chluba, JC Hill, D Jeong… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The recent detection of a stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) at nanohertz
frequencies by pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) has sparked a flurry of interest. Beyond the …

Exploring cosmic origins with CORE: Survey requirements and mission design

J Delabrouille, P De Bernardis… - … of Cosmology and …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
In the past few decades, the field of cosmology has undergone a period of dramatically rapid
progress in which a standard model of cosmology has emerged, ΛCDM. The precision with …

Spectral distortion constraints on photon injection from low-mass decaying particles

B Bolliet, J Chluba, R Battye - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Spectral distortions (SDs) of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) provide a powerful
tool for studying particle physics. Here we compute the distortion signals from decaying …