Testing for non-Gaussianity of the cosmic microwave background in harmonic space: An empirical process approach

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Hansen, Frode K ^a   Marinucci, Domenico ^a   Natoli, Paolo ^a   Vittorio, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COSMOS; MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHASE TRANSITION; POWER SPECTRUM; RADIATION DETECTION;

EID: 1942445797     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.66.063006     Document Type: Article

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