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Title:
An Imprint of Superstructures on the Microwave Background due to the Integrated Sachs-Wolfe Effect
Authors:
Granett, Benjamin R.; Neyrinck, Mark C.; Szapudi, István
Affiliation:
AA(Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822), AB(Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822), AC(Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822)
Publication:
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 683, Issue 2, pp. L99-L102. (ApJL Homepage)
Publication Date:
08/2008
Origin:
UCP
ApJ Keywords:
Cosmology: Cosmic Microwave Background, Cosmology: Observations, Cosmology: Large-Scale Structure of Universe, Methods: Statistical
DOI:
10.1086/591670
Bibliographic Code:
2008ApJ...683L..99G

Abstract

We measure hot and cold spots on the microwave background associated with supercluster and supervoid structures identified in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey luminous red galaxy catalog. The structures give a compelling visual imprint, with a mean temperature deviation of 9.6 +/- 2.2 μK, i.e., above 4 σ. We interpret this as a detection of the late-time integrated Sachs-Wolfe (ISW) effect, in which cosmic acceleration from dark energy causes gravitational potentials to decay, heating or cooling photons passing through density crests or troughs. In a flat universe, the linear ISW effect is a direct signal of dark energy.
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