A new statistic for picking out non-Gaussianity in the CMB

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-138

  Lewin, Alex ^a   Albrecht, Andreas ^a   Magueijo, João ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmic microwave background; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; FOURIER SERIES; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC);

ANGULAR SCALE; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; COSMIC MICROWAVES BACKGROUND; FOURIER MODES; FOURIER SPACE; GAUSSIAN COMPONENTS; METHODS:STATISTICAL; NON-GAUSSIAN; NONGAUSSIAN SIGNALS; NONGAUSSIANITY;

STATISTICS;

EID: 0004395143     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02104.x     Document Type: Article

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