Relativistic SZ maps and electron gas temperature spectroscopy

Abstract

While third-generation CMB experiments have allowed to release the first maps of Compton-$y$ distortion due to thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect, next-generation CMB experiments should allow us to map also the electron gas temperature, $T_{\mathrm{e}}$, across the sky through the detection of relativistic corrections to the thermal SZ effect. We discuss about experimental requirements to break the $y$-$T_{\mathrm{e}}$ degeneracy of the observed SZ intensity, and propose a new component separation approach based on moment expansion to disentangle the $y$ and $T_{\mathrm{e}}$ observables of the relativistic SZ effect while mitigating foregrounds. We show how our approach offers a new spectroscopic view of the clusters not only across frequencies but now also across temperatures. We also show how the relativistic electron temperature power spectrum provides a new cosmological observable which may complement the Compton-$y$ map power spectrum to break some of the parameter degeneracies in future cosmological SZ analyses.

6 pages, 3 figures. To appear in the Proceedings of the International Conference entitled "mm Universe @ NIKA2", Rome (Italy), June 2021, EPJ Web of conferences

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