Reionization optical depth determination from Planck HFI data with ten percent accuracy

Abstract

We present an estimation of the reionization optical depth $\tau$ from an improved analysis of the High Frequency Instrument (HFI) data of Planck satellite. By using an improved version of the HFI map-making code, we greatly reduce the residual large scale contamination affecting the data, characterized, but not fully removed, in the Planck 2018 legacy release. This brings the dipole distortion systematic effect, contaminating the very low multipoles, below the noise level. On large scale polarization only data, we measure $\tau =0.0566_{-0.0062}^{+0.0053}$ at $68\%$ C.L., reducing the Planck 2018 legacy release uncertainty by $\sim 40\%$. Within the $\Lambda$CDM model, in combination with the Planck large scale temperature likelihood, and the high-$\ell$ temperature and polarization likelihood, we measure $\tau =0.059\pm 0.006$ at $68\%$ C.L. which corresponds to a mid-point reionization redshift of $z_{\mathrm{re}}=8.14\pm 0.61$ at $68\%$ C.L.. This estimation of the reionization optical depth with $10\%$ accuracy is the strongest constraint to date.

11 pages, 18 figures; matches published version. Maps and simulations available at http://sroll20.ias.u-psud.fr, likelihood at https://web.fe.infn.it/~pagano/low_ell_datasets/sroll2

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