First-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations: Parameter estimation methodology

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 195-211

  Verde, L ^a   Peiris, H V ^a   Spergel, D N ^a   Nolta, M R ^a   Bennett, C L ^b   Halpern, M ^c   Hinshaw, G ^b   Jarosik, N ^a   Kogut, A ^b   Limon, M ^b   Meyer, S S ^d   Page, L ^a   Tucker, G S ^b,e   Wollack, E ^b   Wright, E L ^f  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic microwave background; Cosmological parameters; Cosmology: observations; Methods: data analysis; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242390198     PISSN: 00670049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377335     Document Type: Review

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