MASTER of the CMB Anisotropy Power Spectrum: A Fast Method for Statistical Analysis of Large and Complex CMB Data Sets
Astrophysics
2011-08-11 v1
Abstract
We describe a fast and accurate method for estimation of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy angular power spectrum --- Monte Carlo Apodised Spherical Transform EstimatoR. Originally devised for use in the interpretation of the Boomerang experimental data, MASTER is both a computationally efficient method suitable for use with the currently available CMB data sets (already large in size, despite covering small fractions of the sky, and affected by inhomogeneous and correlated noise), and a very promising application for the analysis of very large future CMB satellite mission products.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0105302,
title = {MASTER of the CMB Anisotropy Power Spectrum: A Fast Method for Statistical Analysis of Large and Complex CMB Data Sets},
author = {E. Hivon and K. M. Gorski and C. B. Netterfield and B. P. Crill and S. Prunet and F. Hansen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0105302},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
20 pages, 6 fig; submitted to ApJ; uses aastex.cls and psfig.sty (included)