====== Telecon Notes Nov. 29 2018 ====== Attendance: Graca, Mathieu, Shaul \\ Regrets: \\ Notes: Shaul \\ === Updates === * __Mathieu__ ran 20 simulations of 90.92 with r=0, 85% delensing, 36% sky coverage. The results are in the logbook. * We see significant residuals above lensing at \ell<20. Discussing what's going on. * SH asks: is the excess power at low \ell the result of small sky coverage, or of the actual foreground residual. How does the pseudo cl code deal with small sky coverage? Actions: * Mathieu will plot the input CMB for the same mask 36% mask * Mathieu will use a much larger 98%, and much smaller 2.5% mask. * Mathieu will show the masks. * We note that if we believe the results, the foreground residual is white below \ell=200, and happens to peak above the delensed at \ell<10. Is that the limit for GNILC cleaning? * Mathieu says that the code has not been optimized yet. * __Graca__ ran Soumen's r=0 maps. She gets r=0, but the dispersion is 10^{-7}. Far too low. * Suggestion: take a step back; validate code on pure CMB simulations with no foregrounds, but with noise. * without foregrounds, recover r=0 with full lensing, and with 85% delensing. * without foregrounds, recover r=1e-3 with 85% delensing with small and larger noise.