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Measuring Planck beams with planets

Accurate measurement of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy requires precise knowledge of the instrument beam. We explore how well the Planck beams will be determined from observations of planets, developing techniques that are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-26 K. M. Huffenberger , B. P. Crill , A. E. Lange , K. M. Gorski , C. R. Lawrence

Planck 2015 results. XVI. Isotropy and statistics of the CMB

We test the statistical isotropy and Gaussianity of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies using observations made by the Planck satellite. Our results are based mainly on the full Planck mission for temperature, but also…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-21 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , Y. Akrami , P. K. Aluri , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , 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 , B. Casaponsa , 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 , D. Contreras , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , M. Cruz , 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 , Y. Fantaye , J. Fergusson , R. Fernandez-Cobos , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frejsel , A. Frolov , 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 , F. K. Hansen , D. Hanson , D. L. Harrison , 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 , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , J. Lesgourgues , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , H. Liu , 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 , K. Mikkelsen , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , D. Molinari , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , A. Moss , 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 , N. Pant , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , T. J. Pearson , 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 , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , A. Renzi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , M. Rossetti , A. Rotti , 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 , T. Souradeep , L. D. Spencer , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , T. Trombetti , M. Tucci , J. Tuovinen , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , J. P. Zibin , A. Zonca

On Planck simulations: towards `2-nd order' analyses

We simulate Planck observations by adopting a detailed model of the microwave sky including monopole, dipole, anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and galactic and extragalactic foregrounds. We estimate the impact of main…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Burigana , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , F. Villa , L. Valenziano , M. Bersanelli , L. Danese , L. Toffolatti , F. Argüeso

Probing the statistical isotropy of the universe with Planck data of the cosmic microwave background

We study the angular distribution of temperature fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) to probe the statistical isotropy of the universe by using precise full-sky CMB data with a model-independent approach. We investigated…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-01 C. E. Kester , A. Bernui , W. S. Hipólito-Ricaldi

Directional Variations of Cosmological Parameters from the Planck CMB Data

Recent observations suggest that there are violations of the isotropy of the universe at large scales, an important part of the cosmological principle. In this paper, we use the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) data to search for spatial…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-20 Shek Yeung , Ming-Chung Chu

Asymmetric Beams and CMB Statistical Anisotropy

Beam asymmetries result in statistically-anisotropic cosmic microwave background (CMB) maps. Typically, they are studied for their effects on the CMB power spectrum, however they more closely mimic anisotropic effects such as gravitational…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-05 Duncan Hanson , Antony Lewis , Anthony Challinor

Explaining Cosmological Anisotropy: Evidence for Causal Horizons from CMB data

The origin of power asymmetry and other measures of statistical anisotropy on the largest scales of the universe, as manifested in Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and large-scale structure data, is a long-standing open question in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-12 Pablo Fosalba , Enrique Gaztanaga

Isotropy analyses of the Planck convergence map

The presence of matter in the path of relic photons causes distortions in the angular pattern of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature fluctuations, modifying their properties in a slight but measurable way. Recently, the Planck…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-11 G. A. Marques , C. P. Novaes , A. Bernui , I. S. Ferreira

Direction dependence of cosmological parameters due to cosmic hemispherical asymmetry

Persistent evidence for a cosmic hemispherical asymmetry in the temperature field of cosmic microwave background (CMB) as observed by both WMAP as well as PLANCK increases the possibility of its cosmological origin. Presence of this signal…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-28 Suvodip Mukherjee , Pavan K. Aluri , Santanu Das , Shabbir Shaikh , Tarun Souradeep

A close examination of cosmic microwave background mirror-parity after Planck

Previous claims of significant evidence for mirror-parity in the large-scale cosmic microwave background (CMB) data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) experiment have been recently echoed in the first study of isotropy and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-20 Assaf Ben-David , Ely D. Kovetz

Fast Pixel Space Convolution for CMB Surveys with Asymmetric Beams and Complex Scan Strategies: FEBeCoP

Precise measurement of the angular power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature and polarization anisotropy can tightly constrain many cosmological models and parameters. However, accurate measurements can only be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 S. Mitra , G. Rocha , K. M. Górski , K. M. Huffenberger , H. K. Eriksen , M. A. J. Ashdown , C. R. Lawrence

Planck 2018 results. VII. Isotropy and Statistics of the CMB

Analysis of the Planck 2018 data set indicates that the statistical properties of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies are in excellent agreement with previous studies using the 2013 and 2015 data releases. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-16 Planck Collaboration , Y. Akrami , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , M. Ballardini , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , K. Benabed , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , B. Casaponsa , H. C. Chiang , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , D. Contreras , B. P. Crill , P. de Bernardis , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , E. Di Valentino , J. M. Diego , O. Doré , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , Y. Fantaye , R. Fernandez-Cobos , F. Finelli , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frolov , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , R. T. Génova-Santos , M. Gerbino , T. Ghosh , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , J. Hamann , W. Handley , F. K. Hansen , D. Herranz , E. Hivon , Z. Huang , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , K. Kiiveri , J. Kim , N. Krachmalnicoff , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , M. Le Jeune , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , M. López-Caniego , Y. -Z. Ma , J. F. Macías-Pérez , G. Maggio , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , A. Marcos-Caballero , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Matarrese , N. Mauri , J. D. McEwen , P. R. Meinhold , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , D. Molinari , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , A. Moss , P. Natoli , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , B. Partridge , F. Perrotta , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , G. Polenta , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , A. Renzi , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Ruiz-Granados , L. Salvati , M. Savelainen , D. Scott , E. P. S. Shellard , C. Sirignano , R. Sunyaev , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , M. Tenti , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , T. Trombetti , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , A. Zacchei , J. P. Zibin , A. Zonca

Power asymmetry in CMB polarization maps from PLANCK : a local variance analysis

A persistent signal of power asymmetry on opposite hemispheres of CMB sky was seen in full-sky temperature measurements made so far. This asymmetry was seen in microwave sky from WMAP as well as PLANCK satellites, and calls for attention…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-03 Pavan K. Aluri , Arman Shafieloo

Nearly full-sky low-multipole CMB temperature anisotropy: III. CMB anomalies

Unexpected features have been observed in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature on large scales. We revisit these CMB anomalies using new foreground-cleaned CMB temperature maps derived in a companion paper from WMAP and Planck…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-05 Laura Herold , Graeme E. Addison , Charles L. Bennett , Hayley C. Nofi , J. L. Weiland

Hemispherical asymmetry from an isotropy violating stochastic gravitational wave background

Measurement of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature by Planck has resulted in extremely tight constraints on the $\Lambda$CDM model. However the data indicates a evidence of dipole modulated temperature fluctuations at large…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-06 Suvodip Mukherjee

Non-circular rotating beams and CMB experiments

This paper is concerned with small angular scale experiments for the observation of cosmic microwave background anisotropies. In the absence of beam, the effects of partial coverage and pixelisation are disentangled and analyzed (using…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. V. Arnau , A. M. Aliaga , D. Saez

Cosmic Microwave Background Observations in the Post-Planck Era

The Microwave Anisotropy Probe and Planck missions will provide low noise maps of the temperature of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). These maps will allow measurement of the power spectrum of the CMB with measurement noise below…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. B. Peterson , J. E. Carlstrom , E. S. Cheng , M. Kamionkowski , A. E. Lange , M. Seiffert , D. N. Spergel , A. Stebbins

Planck 2013 results. XXIII. Isotropy and statistics of the CMB

The two fundamental assumptions of the standard cosmological model - that the initial fluctuations are statistically isotropic and Gaussian - are rigorously tested using maps of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy from the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 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 , R. Battye , 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 , R. -R. Chary , 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 , M. Cruz , 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 , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , Y. Fantaye , J. Fergusson , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Frommert , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , M. Giard , G. Giardino , Y. Giraud-Héraud , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , F. K. Hansen , M. Hansen , D. Hanson , D. L. Harrison , G. Helou , 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 , J. Kim , T. S. Kisner , J. Knoche , L. Knox , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , R. J. Laureijs , C. R. Lawrence , J. P. Leahy , R. Leonardi , C. Leroy , J. Lesgourgues , 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 , J. D. McEwen , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , K. Mikkelsen , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , D. Molinari , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , A. Moss , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , 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 , D. Pogosyan , 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 , C. Räth , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , A. Renzi , S. Ricciardi , T. Riller , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , A. Rotti , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Ruiz-Granados , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , G. Savini , D. Scott , M. D. Seiffert , E. P. S. Shellard , T. Souradeep , L. D. Spencer , J. -L. Starck , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , 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 , M. Türler , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , J. Varis , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , M. White , A. Wilkinson , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Forecasting Cosmic Parameter Errors from Microwave Background Anisotropy Experiments

Accurate measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies with an angular resolution of a few arcminutes can be used to determine fundamental cosmological parameters such as the densities of baryons, cold and hot dark…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-13 J. Richard Bond , George Efstathiou , Max Tegmark

Constraints on Spatial Variations in the Fine-Structure constant from Planck

We use the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropy data from Planck to constrain the spatial fluctuations of the fine-structure constant \alpha. Through Thompson scattering of CMB photons, spatial anisotropies of \alpha lead to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-07 Jon O'Bryan , Joseph Smidt , Francesco De Bernardis , Asantha Cooray