Pixel space convolution for cosmic microwave background experiments
arXiv:1908.05662 · doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2020/02/030
Abstract
Cosmic microwave background experiments have experienced an exponential increase in complexity, data size and sensitivity. One of the goals of current and future experiments is to characterize the B-mode power spectrum, which would be considered a strong evidence supporting inflation. The signal associated with inflationary B-modes is very weak, and so a successful detection requires exquisite control over systematic effects, several of which might arise due to the interaction between the electromagnetic properties of the telescope beam, the scanning strategy and the sky model. In this work, we present the Pixel Space COnvolver (PISCO), a new software tool capable of producing mock data streams for a general CMB experiment. PISCO uses a fully polarized representation of the electromagnetic properties of the telescope. PISCO also exploits the massively parallel architecture of Graphic Processing Units to accelerate the main calculation. This work shows the results of applying PISCO in several scenarios, included a realistic simulation of an ongoing experiment, the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor.
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