2017MNRAS.470.2328M

Query : 2017MNRAS.470.2328M

2017MNRAS.470.2328M - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 470, 2328-2338 (2017/September-2)

Evidence against a supervoid causing the CMB Cold Spot.

MACKENZIE R., SHANKS T., BREMER M.N., CAI Y.-C., GUNAWARDHANA M.L.P., KOVACS A., NORBERG P. and SZAPUDI I.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the results of the 2dF-VST ATLAS Cold Spot galaxy redshift survey (2CSz) based on imaging from VST ATLAS and spectroscopy from 2dF AAOmega over the core of the CMB Cold Spot. We sparsely surveyed the inner 5° radius of the Cold Spot to a limit of iAB <= 19.2, sampling ∼7000 galaxies at z < 0.4. We have found voids at z = 0.14, 0.26 and 0.30 but they are interspersed with small overdensities, and the scale of these voids is insufficient to explain the Cold Spot through the ΛCDM ISW effect. Combining with previous data out to z ∼ 1, we conclude that the CMB Cold Spot could not have been imprinted by a void confined to the inner core of the Cold Spot. Additionally, we find that our 'control' field GAMA G23 shows a similarity in its galaxy redshift distribution to the Cold Spot. Since the GAMA G23 line of sight shows no evidence of a CMB temperature decrement, we conclude that the Cold Spot may have a primordial origin rather than being due to line-of-sight effects.

Abstract Copyright: © 2017 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: distances and redshifts - cosmic background radiation - large-scale structure of Universe - large-scale structure of Universe

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N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 NAME the Cold Spot ? 03 13 -20.5           ~ 52 0

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NAME the Cold Spot -- Object of Unknown Nature
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ICRS coord. (ep=J2000) : 		03 13 00.0 -20 30 00 [ ] E 2005MNRAS.356...29C
FK4 coord. (ep=B1950 eq=1950) : 		03 10 44.9 -20 41 11 [ ]
Gal coord. (ep=J2000) : 		209.0818 -57.0643 [ ]
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