Wavelet analysis and the detection of non-Gaussianity in the cosmic microwave background

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 309, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 125-140

  Hobson, M P ^a   Jones, A W ^a   Lasenby, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmic microwave background; Methods: data analysis techniques: image processing

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); IMAGE PROCESSING; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

COSMIC MICROWAVES BACKGROUND; COSMIC STRINGS; DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; GAUSSIAN SIGNALS; METHOD: DATA ANALYSE TECHNIQUE: IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODS. DATA ANALYSIS; NONGAUSSIANITY; TECHNIQUES: IMAGE PROCESSING; WAVELET TECHNIQUES; WAVELET-ANALYSIS;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 0006190553     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02824.x     Document Type: Article

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