Three-year Wilkinsonmicrowave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations: Polarization analysis

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 335-376

  Page, L ^a   Hinshaw, G ^b   Komatsu, E ^c   Nolta, M R ^d   Spergel, D N ^a   Bennett, C L ^e   Barnes, C ^a   Bean, R ^a,f   Dore O ^a,d   Dunkley, J ^a   Halpern, M ^g   Hill, R S ^b   Jarosik, N ^a   Kogut, A ^b   Limon, M ^b   Meyer, S S ^h   Odegard, N ^b   Peiris, H V ^h   Tucker, G S ⁱ   Verde, L ^j   Weiland, J L ^b   Wollack, E ^b   Wright, E L ^k   more..

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Cosmic microwave background; Cosmology: observations; Polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347358608     PISSN: 00670049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513699     Document Type: Article

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