Estimating the tensor-to-scalar ratio and the effect of residual foreground contamination

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Fantaye, Y ^a   Stivoli, F ^b   Grain, J ^c   Leach, S M ^a,d   Tristram, M ^e   Baccigalupi, C ^a,d   Stompor, R ^f  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b INRIA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

CMBR experiments; cosmological parameters from CMBR; gravitational waves and CMBR polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052550916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/08/001     Document Type: Review

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