Large scale directional anomalies in the WMAP 5yr ILC map

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Gruppuso, Alessandro ^a,b   Gorski, Krzysztof M ^c,d  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; Non gaussianity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950278206     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/03/019     Document Type: Article

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