Non-detection of a statistically anisotropic power spectrum in large-scale structure

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Pullen, Anthony R ^a   Hirata, Christopher M ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy surveys; Power spectrum

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952798406     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/05/027     Document Type: Article

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