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Ellipticity in Cosmic Microwave Background as a Tracer of Large-Scale Universe

Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) 3-year data confirm the ellipticity of anisotropies of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) maps, found previously for Boomerang and WMAP 1-year high sensitivity maps. The low noise level of the WMAP…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 V. G. Gurzadyan , C. L. Bianco , A. L. Kashin , H. Kuloghlian , G. Yegorian

Constraints on Primordial Non-Gaussianity from a Needlet Analysis of the WMAP-5 Data

We look for a non-Gaussian signal in the WMAP 5-year temperature anisotropy maps by performing a needlet-based data analysis. We use the foreground-reduced maps obtained by the WMAP team through the optimal combination of the W, V and Q…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Davide Pietrobon , Paolo Cabella , Amedeo Balbi , Giancarlo de Gasperis , Nicola Vittorio

Planck 2013 Results. XXIV. Constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity

The Planck nominal mission cosmic microwave background (CMB) maps yield unprecedented constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity (NG). Using three optimal bispectrum estimators, separable template-fitting (KSW), binned, and modal, we obtain…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-29 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , C. Armitage-Caplan , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , F. Atrio-Barandela , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , J. G. Bartlett , N. Bartolo , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoît , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. Bobin , J. J. Bock , A. Bonaldi , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , M. Bridges , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , H. C. Chiang , L. -Y Chiang , P. R. Christensen , S. Church , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , F. -X. Désert , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , J. Dunkley , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , J. Fergusson , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Héraud , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , F. K. Hansen , D. Hanson , D. Harrison , A. Heavens , S. Henrot-Versillé , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , K. M. Huffenberger , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , J. Knoche , L. Knox , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , F. Lacasa , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , R. J. Laureijs , C. R. Lawrence , J. P. Leahy , R. Leonardi , J. Lesgourgues , A. Lewis , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , B. Maffei , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , D. Marinucci , M. Maris , D. J. Marshall , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , M. Massardi , S. Matarrese , F. Matthai , P. Mazzotta , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , A. Moss , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , S. Osborne , C. A. Oxborrow , F. Paci , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , H. V. Peiris , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , L. Popa , T. Poutanen , G. W. Pratt , G. Prézeau , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , B. Racine , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , A. Renzi , S. Ricciardi , T. Riller , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , G. Savini , D. Scott , M. D. Seiffert , E. P. S. Shellard , K. Smith , L. D. Spencer , J. -L. Starck , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , F. Sureau , P. Sutter , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , J. Tuovinen , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , J. Varis , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , M. White , S. D. M. White , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Planck 2015 results. XVII. Constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity

The Planck full mission cosmic microwave background(CMB) temperature and E-mode polarization maps are analysed to obtain constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity(NG). Using three classes of optimal bispectrum estimators - separable…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-26 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. Arnaud , F. Arroja , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , M. Ballardini , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoît , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. J. Bock , A. Bonaldi , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , S. Church , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , F. -X. Désert , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , J. Fergusson , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frejsel , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , C. Gauthier , T. Ghosh , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Héraud , E. Gjerløw , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , J. Hamann , F. K. Hansen , D. Hanson , D. L. Harrison , A. Heavens , G. Helou , S. Henrot-Versillé , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , Z. Huang , K. M. Huffenberger , G. Hurier , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , J. Kim , T. S. Kisner , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , F. Lacasa , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , J. Lesgourgues , F. Levrier , A. Lewis , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , G. Maggio , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , D. Marinucci , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , P. McGehee , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , A. Moss , M. Münchmeyer , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , C. A. Oxborrow , F. Paci , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , H. V. Peiris , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , L. Popa , G. W. Pratt , G. Prézeau , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , B. Racine , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , A. Renzi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , M. Rossetti , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , M. Savelainen , G. Savini , D. Scott , M. D. Seiffert , E. P. S. Shellard , M. Shiraishi , K. Smith , L. D. Spencer , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , P. Sutter , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , A. Troja , M. Tucci , J. Tuovinen , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , F. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Statistical anisotropies in temperature and polarization fluctuations from a scale-dependent trispectrum

We study statistical anisotropies generated in the observed two-point function of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) fluctuations if the primordial statistics are non-Gaussian. Focusing on the dipole modulations of the anisotropies, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-17 Saroj Adhikari , Anne-Sylvie Deutsch , Sarah Shandera

A Two-Fluid Approximation for Calculating the Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies

We present a simple, yet accurate approximation for calculating the cosmic microwave background anisotropy power spectrum in adiabatic models. It consists of solving for the evolution of a two-fluid model until the epoch of recombination…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Uros Seljak

First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Data Processing Methods and Systematic Errors Limits

We describe the calibration and data processing methods used to generate full-sky maps of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from the first year of Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations. Detailed limits on residual…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-12 G. Hinshaw , C. Barnes , C. L. Bennett , M. Greason , M. Halpern , R. S. Hill , N. Jarosik , A. Kogut , M. Limon , S. S. Meyer , N. Odegard , L. Page , D. N. Spergel , G. S. Tucker , J. Weiland , E. Wollack , E. L. Wright

Cosmic microwave background maps from the HACME experiment

We present Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) maps from the Santa Barbara HACME balloon experiment (Staren etal 2000), covering about 1150 square degrees split between two regions in the northern sky, near the stars gamma Ursae Minoris and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Max Tegmark , Angelica de Oliveira-Costa , John Staren , Peter Meinhold , Philip Lubin , Jeffrey Childers , Newton Figueiredo , Todd Gaier , Mark Lim , Michael Seiffert , Thyrso Villela , C. Alexandre Wuensche

Contributions of point extragalactic sources to the Cosmic Microwave Background bispectrum

All the analyses of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature maps up--to--date show that CMB anisotropies follow a Gaussian distribution. On the other hand, astrophysical foregrounds which hamper the detection of the CMB angular power…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Argüeso , J. González-Nuevo , L. Toffolatti

Large-angle non-Gaussianity in simulated high-resolution CMB maps

A detection or nondetection of primordial non-Gaussianity by using the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) offers a way of discriminating inflationary scenarios and testing alternative models of the early universe. This has…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-15 A. Bernui , M. J. Reboucas , A. F. F. Teixeira

Impact of Secondary non-Gaussianities on the Search for Primordial Non-Gaussianity with CMB Maps

When constraining the primordial non-Gaussianity parameter f_NL with cosmic microwave background anisotropy maps, the bias resulting from the covariance between primordial non-Gaussianity and secondary non-Gaussianities to the estimator of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Paolo Serra , Asantha Cooray

Gaussian Statistics of the Cosmic Microwave Background: Correlation of Temperature Extrema In the COBE DMR Two-Year Sky Maps

We use the two-point correlation function of the extrema points (peaks and valleys) in the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometers (DMR) 2-year sky maps as a test for non-Gaussian temperature distribution in the cosmic microwave background…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-10 A. Kogut , A. J. Banday , C. L. Bennett , G. Hinshaw , P. M. Lubin , G. F. Smoot

Concerning Parameter Estimation Using the Cosmic Microwave Background

Most parameter constraints obtained from cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy data are based on power estimates and rely on approximate likelihood functions; computational difficulties generally preclude an exact analysis based on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 M. Douspis , J. G. Bartlett , A. Blanchard , M. Le Dour

Limits on Arcminute Scale Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy with the BIMA Array

We have used the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland-Association (BIMA) millimeter array outfitted with sensitive cm-wave receivers to search for Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropies on arcminute scales. The interferometer was placed in a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 W. L. Holzapfel , J. E. Carlstrom , L. Grego , G. Holder , M. Joy , E. D. Reese

Spectral Indications of thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in Archeops and WMAP Data

In this paper, we present a joint cross-correlation analysis of the Archeops CMB maps at 143 and 217 GHz and the WMAP CMB maps at 41, 61 and 94 GHz with sky templates of projected galaxy density constructed from the 2MASS Extended Source…

Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-26 C. Hernandez-Monteagudo , J. F. Macias-Perez , M. Tristram , F. -X. Desert

Non-Gaussianity of Large-Scale Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies beyond Perturbation Theory

We compute the fully non-linear Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropies on scales larger than the horizon at last-scattering in terms of only the curvature perturbation, providing a generalization of the linear Sachs-Wolfe effect at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 N. Bartolo , S. Matarrese , A. Riotto

Acoustic Signatures in the Primary Microwave Background Bispectrum

If the primordial fluctuations are non-Gaussian, then this non-Gaussianity will be apparent in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) sky. With their sensitive all-sky observation, MAP and Planck satellites should be able to detect weak…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-09 Eiichiro Komatsu , David N. Spergel

Morphological Measures of nonGaussianity in CMB Maps

We discuss the tests of nonGaussianity in CMB maps using morphological statistics known as Minkowski functionals. As an example we test degree-scale cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy for Gaussianity by studying the \qmask map…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sergei F. Shandarin , Hume A. Feldman , Yongzhong Xu , Max Tegmark

A Measurement of Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background on 7-22 Arcminute Scales

We report a measurement of anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) on 7-22 arcminute scales. Observations of 36 fields near the North Celestial Pole (NCP) were made at 31.7 and 14.5 GHz, using the 5.5-meter and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. M. Leitch , A. C. S. Readhead , T. J. Pearson , S. T. Myers , S. Gulkis , C. R. Lawrence

Cross-correlations as a Diagnostic Tool for Primordial Gravitational Waves

We explore and corroborate, by working out explicit examples, the effectiveness of cross-correlating stochastic gravitational wave background anisotropies with CMB temperature fluctuations as a way to establish the primordial nature of a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-30 Ameek Malhotra , Ema Dimastrogiovanni , Matteo Fasiello , Maresuke Shiraishi