The one-dimensional Fourier representation and large angular scale foreground contamination in the three-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe data

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Chiang, Lung Yih ^a   Coles, Peter ^a,b   Naselsky, Pavel D ^a   Olesen, Poul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMBR experiments; CMBR theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 42749101357     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2007/01/021     Document Type: Article

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