A cosmic microwave background feature consistent with a cosmic texture

Science

Volumn 318, Issue 5856, 2007, Pages 1612-1614

  Cruz, M ^a   Turok, N ^b   Vielva, P ^a   Martinez Gonzalez E ^a   Hobson, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COSMIC RAY; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; TOPOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COSMIC RADIATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 36849064304     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1148694     Document Type: Article

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