A Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm for analysis of low signal-to-noise cosmic microwave background data

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 697, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 258-268

  Jewell, J B ^a,b   Eriksen, H K ^c   Wandelt, B D ^d,e   O'Dwyer, I J ^a   Huey, Greg ^a   Gorski K M ^a,b,f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cosmic microwave background; Cosmology: observations; Methods: numerical

Indexed keywords

EID: 66649085532     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/697/1/258     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Bennett, C. L. et al. 2003, ApJS, 148, 1
2. Eriksen, H. K., Dickinson, C., Jewell, J. B., Banday, A. J., Górski, K. M., & Lawrence, C. R. 2008a, ApJ, 672, L87
3. Eriksen, H. K., Huey, G., Banday, A. J., Górski, K. M., Jewell, J. B., O'Dwyer, I. J., & Wandelt, B. D. 2007a, ApJ, 665, L1
4. Eriksen, H. K., Jewell, J. B., Dickinson, C., Banday, A. J., Górski, K. M., & Lawrence, C. R. 2008b, ApJ, 676, 10
5. Eriksen, H. K. & Wehus, I. K. 2009, ApJS, 180, 30
6. Eriksen, H. K. et al. 2004, ApJS, 155, 227
7. Eriksen, H. K. et al. 2007b, ApJ, 656, 641
8. Gantmakher, F. R. 1959, The Theory of Matrices, Vols. 1-2 (New York: Chelsea)
9. Gelman, A. & Rubin, D. 1992, Stat. Sci., 7, 457
10. Gold, B. et al. 2009, ApJS, 180, 265
11. Górski, K. M., Hivon, E., Banday, A. J., Wandelt, B. D., Hansen, F. K., Reinecke, M., & Bartelmann, M. 2005, ApJ, 622, 759
12. Green, P. 1995, Biometrika, 82, 711
13. Gupta, A. K. & Nagar, D. K. 2000, Matrix Variate Distributions
14. Hinshaw, G. et al. 2007, ApJS, 170, 288
15. Hinshaw, G. et al. 2009, ApJS, 180, 225
16. Jewell, J., Levin, S., & Anderson, C. H. 2002, arXiv:astro-ph/ 0209560v1
17. Jewell, J., Levin, S., & Anderson, C. H. 2004, ApJ, 609, 1
18. Komatsu, E. et al. 2009, ApJS, 180, 330
19. Larson, D. L., Eriksen, H. K., Wandelt, B. D., Górski, K. M., Huey, G., Jewell, J. B., & O'Dwyer, I. J. 2007, ApJ, 656, 653
20. O'Dwyer, I. J. et al. 2004, ApJ, 617, L99
21. Page, L. et al. 2007, ApJS, 170, 335
22. Roberts, G. O. & Rosenthal, J. S. 2001, Stat. Sci., 16, 351
23. Smoot, G. F. et al. 1992, ApJ, 396, L1
24. Sokal, A. D. 1989, Monte Carlo Methods in Statistical Mechanics: Foundations and New Algorithms, Lecture notes Cous de Troisième Cycle de la Physique en Suisse Romande, Lausanne
25. Wandelt, B. D., Larson, D. L., & Lakshminarayanan, A. 2004, Phys.Rev.D, 70, 083511