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On the CMB large-scales angular correlations

We study the large-scale angular correlation signatures of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature fluctuations from WMAP data in several spherical cap regions of the celestial sphere, outside the Kp0 or Kp2 cut-sky masks. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Armando Bernui , Thyrso Villela , Carlos A. Wuensche , Rodrigo Leonardi , Ivan Ferreira

A low CMB variance in the WMAP data

We have estimated the CMB variance from the three-year WMAP data, finding a value which is significantly lower than the one expected from Gaussian simulations using the WMAP best-fit cosmological model, at a significance level of 98.7 per…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 C. Monteserin , R. B. Barreiro , P. Vielva , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , M. P. Hobson , A. N. Lasenby

Towards a fast, model-independent Cosmic Microwave Background bispectrum estimator

The measurements of the statistical properties of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) fluctuations enable us to probe the physics of the very early Universe especially at the epoch of inflation. A particular interest lays on the detection…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-07 S. Pires , S. Plaszczynski , A. Lavabre

A Measurement of the Medium-Scale Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

Observations from the first flight of the Medium Scale Anisotropy Measurement (MSAM) are analyzed to place limits on Gaussian fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR). This instrument chops a 30\arcmin\ beam in a 3…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 E. S. Cheng , D. A. Cottingham , D. J. Fixsen , C. A. Inman , M. S. Kowitt , S. S. Meyer , L. A. Page , J. L. Puchalla , R. F. Silverberg

A measurement of gravitational lensing of the microwave background using South Pole Telescope data

We use South Pole Telescope data from 2008 and 2009 to detect the non-Gaussian signature in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) produced by gravitational lensing and to measure the power spectrum of the projected gravitational potential.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 A. van Engelen , R. Keisler , O. Zahn , K. A. Aird , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. M. Cho , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , J. Dudley , E. M. George , N. W. Halverson , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , S. Hoover , Z. Hou , J. D. Hrubes , M. Joy , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , M. Lueker , D. Luong-Van , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , M. Millea , J. J. Mohr , T. E. Montroy , T. Natoli , S. Padin , T. Plagge , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , L. Shaw , E. Shirokoff , H. G. Spieler , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. Story , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , R. Williamson

Non-Gaussian Probability Distribution for the CMB Angular Power Spectra?

This is my contribution to Proceedings of the International Workshop on Cosmic Structure and Evolution, September 23-25, 2009, Bielefeld, Germany. In my talk I presented some non-Gaussian features of the foreground reduced WMAP five year…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-15 Alexey Golovnev

Using CMB polarization to constrain the anomalous nature of the Cold Spot with an incomplete sky-coverage

Recent results of the ESA Planck satellite have confirmed the existence of some anomalies in the statistical distribution of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies. One of the most intriguing anomalies is the Cold Spot, firstly…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 R. Fernández-Cobos , P. Vielva , E. Martínez-González , M. Tucci , M. Cruz

A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Damping Tail from the 2500-square-degree SPT-SZ survey

We present a measurement of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature power spectrum using data from the recently completed South Pole Telescope Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SPT-SZ) survey. This measurement is made from observations of 2540…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 K. T. Story , C. L. Reichardt , Z. Hou , R. Keisler , K. A. Aird , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H-M. Cho , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , J. Dudley , B. Follin , E. M. George , N. W. Halverson , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , S. Hoover , J. D. Hrubes , M. Joy , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , M. Lueker , D. Luong-Van , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , M. Millea , J. J. Mohr , T. E. Montroy , S. Padin , T. Plagge , C. Pryke , J. E. Ruhl , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , L. Shaw , E. Shirokoff , H. G. Spieler , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , A. van Engelen , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , R. Williamson , O. Zahn

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

Statistical analysis of undetected point sources in cosmic microwave background maps

Cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies follow a Gaussian statistical distribution in the standard inflationary model, but there are non-Gaussian contributions due to astrophysical foregrounds. The detection of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Argueso , J. L. Sanz , R. B. Barreiro , D. Herranz , J. Gonzalez-Nuevo

Tests for Non-Gaussian Statistics in the DMR Four-Year Sky Maps

We search the high-latitude portion of the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometers (DMR) 4-year sky maps for evidence of a non-Gaussian temperature distribution in the cosmic microwave background. The genus, 3-point correlation function,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 A. Kogut , A. J. Banday , C. L. Bennett , K. Gorski , G. Hinshaw , G. F. Smoot , E. L. Wright

Five-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Angular Power Spectra

We present the temperature and polarization angular power spectra of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) derived from the first 5 years of WMAP data. The 5-year temperature (TT) spectrum is cosmic variance limited up to multipole l=530,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-18 M. R. Nolta , J. Dunkley , R. S. Hill , G. Hinshaw , E. Komatsu , D. Larson , L. Page , D. N. Spergel , C. L. Bennett , B. Gold , N. Jarosik , N. Odegard , J. L. Weiland , E. Wollack , M. Halpern , A. Kogut , M. Limon , S. S. Meyer , G. S. Tucker , E. L. Wright

On non-Gaussianity in the Cosmic Microwave Background

We consider a cosmological model with non-Gaussian initial perturbations, which in principle could be generated in non-standard inflationary scenarios with two or more scalar fields. In particular we focus our attention on the model…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-10 Dmitri Novikov , Jens Schmalzing , Viatcheslav F. Mukhanov

Hunting for Primordial Non-Gaussianity in the Cosmic Microwave Background

Since the first limit on the (local) primordial non-Gaussianity parameter, fNL, was obtained from COBE data in 2002, observations of the CMB have been playing a central role in constraining the amplitudes of various forms of non-Gaussianity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 Eiichiro Komatsu

Statistical and systematical errors in cosmic microwave background maps

Sky temperature map of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) is one of the premier probes of cosmology. To minimize instrumentally induced systematic errors, CMB anisotropy experiments measure temperature differences across the sky using…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-30 Hao Liu , Ti-Pei Li

The Pursuit of Non-Gaussian Fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background

We present theoretical and observational studies of non-Gaussian fluctuations in CMB, by using the angular bispectrum and trispectrum. We predict the primary angular bispectrum from inflation, and forecast how well we can measure the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eiichiro Komatsu

Consistency of cosmic microwave background temperature measurements in three frequency bands in the 2500-square-degree SPT-SZ survey

We present an internal consistency test of South Pole Telescope (SPT) measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropy using three-band data from the SPT-SZ survey. These measurements are made from observations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-30 L. M. Mocanu , T. M. Crawford , K. Aylor , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H-M. Cho , R. Chown , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , W. B. Everett , E. M. George , N. W. Halverson , N. L. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , Z. Hou , J. D. Hrubes , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , D. Luong-Van , D. P. Marrone , J. J. McMahon , S. S. Meyer , M. Millea , J. J. Mohr , T. Natoli , Y. Omori , S. Padin , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , E. Shirokoff , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. T. Story , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , R. Williamson , W. L. K. Wu

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

Primordial Bispectrum Information from CMB Polarization

After the precise observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropy power spectrum, attention is now being focused on the higher order statistics of the CMB anisotropies. Since linear evolution preserves the statistical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Daniel Babich , Matias Zaldarriaga

The Imprint of Proper Motion of Nonlinear Structures on the Cosmic Microwave Background

We investigate the imprint of nonlinear matter condensations on the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) in an $\Omega=1$, Cold Dark Matter (CDM) model universe. Temperature anisotropies are obtained by numerically evolving matter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Robin Tuluie , Pablo Laguna