# Maximum likelihood search results without 85GHz and 145GHz

B. Racine

In this posting we run the maximum likelihood search on the DC4, removing the 85GHz and 145GHz channels.
The goal is to assess some benefits of the split-band strategy. Since we did not create a new dataset redistribution the effort in joint bands, we will have a decrease in sensitivity. This posting is mostly focusing on the possible bias increase when dropping the split band.

## Introduction

This posting is a modification of the analysis of CMB-S4 Data Challenge 04 using a BICEP/Keck-style parametric multicomponent analysis, reported in this posting, where we also described the parameterization, studied the dependence on priors, presented the simulations etc.

In the DC4 challenge, we used 9 bands (20, 30, 40, 85, 95, 145, 155, 220 and 270 GHz), specified here, and plotted here. Splitting the "90" and "150" bands should help to check the possible foreground residuals, but it's importance will strongly depend on the foreground model complexity.
The band splitting was studied with the performance-based Fisher forecasting code in this posting. Switching between the "optimal" and "force-split" path, you can see that it prefers split band when we reach the sensitivity $$\sigma(r) = 5\times 10^{-4}$$.
In the current posting, we study the effect of the band splitting on the bias on the recovered r for 10 different sky models.

## 1: Summary Plot

In Figure 1, we summarize the r results, for the full frequency coverage and for the case where we drop the 85 and 145GHz channel. We show it for different values of $$A_L$$, which is a crude approximation to delensing performances.
We also show the L=-2 log(Likelihood)/dof, where the Likelihood is the one returned by the minuit minimizer and dof is the number of degrees of freedom, i.e. $$N_{\rm bandpowers} * N_{\rm channels} * (N_{\rm channels}+1)/2 - N_{\rm param}$$. Here $$N_{\rm bandpowers}=9$$, $$N_{\rm params}=10$$ and $$N_{\rm channels}$$ is either 9 or 7. It is not exactly a reduced $$\chi^2$$, since we are not using a Gaussian likelihood (we use Hammimeche-Lewis), but it is a good approximation.
For a description of the sky models used, see this posting.
For a table with the numbers plotted here, see this table.

• Switching between the full frequency coverage to the case with no 85GHz and no 145GHz, we see an increase in $$\sigma(r)$$, as expected but no significant shifts in the biases. Note nevertheless that the bias for model 9 gets worse, whereas it gets reduced for model 4.
• Model 5, which has strong decorrelation, doesn't have any biases, since we are using the same model in for the fit. It is hard to tell if we do better for $$\sigma(r)$$ since we are not comparing similar efforts here.