Constraints on the SZ power spectrum on degree angular scales in WMAP data

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Joudaki, Shahab ^a   Smidt, Joseph ^a   Amblard, Alexandre ^a   Cooray, Asantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CMBR experiments; CMBR theory; Sunyaev Zeldovich effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449289863     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/08/027     Document Type: Article

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