WMAP 7 year constraints on CPT violation from large angle CMB anisotropies

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Gruppuso, A ^a,b   Natoli, P ^a,c,d   Mandolesi, N ^a   De Rosa, A ^a   Finelli, F ^a,b   Paci, F ^e  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

CMBR experiments; CMBR polarization; CMBR theory; cosmological parameters from CMBR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857876536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/02/023     Document Type: Article

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