Genus topology of the cosmic microwave background from the WMAP 3-year data

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 377, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1668-1678

  Gott III, J Richard ^a   Colley, Wesley N ^b   Park, Chan Gyung ^c   Park, Changbom ^c   Mugnolo, Charles ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c Korea Institute for Advanced Study   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cosmic microwave background; Large scale structure of Universe

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVES; TOPOLOGY;

ANTICORRELATION; CONFIDENCE LIMIT; COSMIC MICROWAVES BACKGROUND; GAUSSIANS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE OF UNIVERSE; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM-PHASE; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 34249661116     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11730.x     Document Type: Article

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