Multiple methods for estimating the bispectrum of the cosmic microwave background with application to the MAXIMA data

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 341, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 623-643

  Santos, M G ^a,b   Heavens, A ^c   Balbi, A ^d,e,f   Borrill, J ^f,g   Ferreira, P G ^a   Hanany, S ^e,h   Jaffe, A H ⁱ   Lee, A T ^e,f   Rabii, B ^e   Richards, P L ^e   Smoot, G F ^e,f,g   Stompor, R ^e,f,g   Winant, C D ^e   Wu, J H P ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h Imperial College ^*  (United States)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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Author keywords

Cosmic microwave background; Early universe; Methods: Data analysis; Methods: Statistical

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; RADIATION EFFECTS;

BISPECTRA; COSMIC MICROWAVES BACKGROUND; DATA SET; EARLY UNIVERSE; FREQUENTIST METHODS; METHODS. DATA ANALYSIS; METHODS:STATISTICAL; MINIMUM VARIANCE ESTIMATOR; MULTIPLE METHODS; NONGAUSSIANITY;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 0041302923     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06438.x     Document Type: Article

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