Cosmic microwave background polarization as a probe of the anomalous nature of the cold spot

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 410, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-38

  Vielva, P ^a   Martinez Gonzalez E ^a   Cruz, M ^a   Barreiro, R B ^a   Tucci, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cosmology: cosmic background radiation; Methods: data analysis; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); POLARIZATION; PROBES; RADIATION;

COLD SPOTS; COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION; COSMICS; COSMOLOGY: COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION; GAUSSIANS; METHODS. DATA ANALYSIS; METHODS:STATISTICAL; SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS; TENERIFE; WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 78650131133     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17418.x     Document Type: Article

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