Geometrical estimators as a test of Gaussianity in the cosmic microwave background

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 322, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 411-418

  Barreiro, R B ^a   Martinez Gonzalez E ^b   Sanz, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA DE CANTABRIA CSIC UC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cosmic microwave background; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS;

COSMIC MICROWAVES BACKGROUND; EXCURSION SET; GAUSSIAN CURVATURES; GAUSSIANITY; METHODS:STATISTICAL; NON-GAUSSIAN; NONGAUSSIANITY; PERFORMANCE; POWER; SMALL PATCHES;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 15444366658     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04139.x     Document Type: Article

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