Spectral Distortion Fisher Forecasting

CMB Signals

  • Blackbody CMB
  • Thermal SZ ("y") + relativistic effects
  • mu distortion
  • r-type ("residual", or non-mu/non-y) distortion
  • H and He recombination lines

Foregrounds

  • Cosmic Infrared Background (dusty galaxies)
  • Galactic dust
  • Galactic synchrotron
  • Extragalactic synchrotron/radio emission
  • Galactic "anomalous microwave emission" (perhaps spinning dust)
  • Galactic free-free emission
  • CO lines