Probability density of the multipole vectors for a Gaussian cosmic microwave background

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 383, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 424-434

  Dennis, Mark R ^a,c   Land, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmic microwave background; Methods: analytical

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; MICROWAVES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

COSMIC MICROWAVES BACKGROUND; GAUSSIAN MODELING; GAUSSIANS; ISOTROPICS; MATHEMATICAL PROPERTIES; METHODS:ANALYTICAL; MULTIPOLES; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; RANDOM FUNCTIONS; WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 37849038063     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12484.x     Document Type: Article

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