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Analysis Issues for Large CMB Data Sets

Multi-frequency, high resolution, full sky measurements of the anisotropy in both temperature and polarisation of the cosmic microwave background radiation are the goals of the satellite missions MAP (NASA) and Planck (ESA). The ultimate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. M. Gorski , E. Hivon , B. D. Wandelt

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

Probing Anisotropic Cosmic Birefringence with Foreground-Marginalised SPT B-mode Likelihoods

In this work, we construct foreground-marginalised versions of the SPT-3G D1 and SPTpol cosmic microwave background (CMB) B-mode polarisation likelihoods. The compression is performed using the CMB-lite framework and we use the resulting…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-18 L. Balkenhol , A. Coerver , C. L. Reichardt , J. A. Zebrowski

Observation of Anisotropy in the Arrival Directions of Galactic Cosmic Rays at Multiple Angular Scales with IceCube

Between May 2009 and May 2010, the IceCube neutrino detector at the South Pole recorded 32 billion muons generated in air showers produced by cosmic rays with a median energy of 20 TeV. With a data set of this size, it is possible to probe…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-09-22 IceCube Collaboration , R. Abbasi , Y. Abdou , T. Abu-Zayyad , J. Adams , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , D. Altmann , K. Andeen , J. Auffenberg , X. Bai , M. Baker , S. W. Barwick , R. Bay , J. L. Bazo Alba , K. Beattie , J. J. Beatty , S. Bechet , J. K. Becker , K. -H. Becker , M. L. Benabderrahmane , S. BenZvi , J. Berdermann , P. Berghaus , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , D. Bertrand , D. Z. Besson , D. Bindig , M. Bissok , E. Blaufuss , J. Blumenthal , D. J. Boersma , C. Bohm , D. Bose , S. Böser , O. Botner , A. M. Brown , S. Buitink , K. S. Caballero-Mora , M. Carson , D. Chirkin , B. Christy , J. Clem , F. Clevermann , S. Cohen , C. Colnard , D. F. Cowen , M. V. D'Agostino , M. Danninger , J. Daughhetee , J. C. Davis , C. De Clercq , L. Demirörs , T. Denger , O. Depaepe , F. Descamps , P. Desiati , G. de Vries-Uiterweerd , T. DeYoung , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , M. Dierckxsens , J. Dreyer , J. P. Dumm , R. Ehrlich , J. Eisch , R. W. Ellsworth , O. Engdegård , S. Euler , P. A. Evenson , O. Fadiran , A. R. Fazely , A. Fedynitch , J. Feintzeig , T. Feusels , K. Filimonov , C. Finley , T. Fischer-Wasels , M. M. Foerster , B. D. Fox , A. Franckowiak , R. Franke , T. K. Gaisser , J. Gallagher , L. Gerhardt , L. Gladstone , T. Glüsenkamp , A. Goldschmidt , J. A. Goodman , D. Gora , D. Grant , T. Griesel , A. Groß , S. Grullon , M. Gurtner , C. Ha , A. Hajismail , A. Hallgren , F. Halzen , K. Han , K. Hanson , D. Heinen , K. Helbing , P. Herquet , S. Hickford , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , A. Homeier , K. Hoshina , D. Hubert , W. Huelsnitz , J. -P. Hülß , P. O. Hulth , K. Hultqvist , S. Hussain , A. Ishihara , J. Jacobsen , G. S. Japaridze , H. Johansson , J. M. Joseph , K. -H. Kampert , A. Kappes , T. Karg , A. Karle , P. Kenny , J. Kiryluk , F. Kislat , S. R. Klein , J. -H. Köhne , G. Kohnen , H. Kolanoski , L. Köpke , S. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , M. Kowalski , T. Kowarik , M. Krasberg , T. Krings , G. Kroll , N. Kurahashi , T. Kuwabara , M. Labare , S. Lafebre , K. Laihem , H. Landsman , M. J. Larson , R. Lauer , J. Lünemann , B. Madajczyk , J. Madsen , P. Majumdar , A. Marotta , R. Maruyama , K. Mase , H. S. Matis , K. Meagher , M. Merck , P. Mészáros , T. Meures , E. Middell , N. Milke , J. Miller , T. Montaruli , R. Morse , S. M. Movit , R. Nahnhauer , J. W. Nam , U. Naumann , P. Nießen , D. R. Nygren , S. Odrowski , A. Olivas , M. Olivo , A. O'Murchadha , M. Ono , S. Panknin , L. Paul , C. Pérez de los Heros , J. Petrovic , A. Piegsa , D. Pieloth , R. Porrata , J. Posselt , C. C. Price , P. B. Price , G. T. Przybylski , K. Rawlins , P. Redl , E. Resconi , W. Rhode , M. Ribordy , A. Rizzo , J. P. Rodrigues , P. Roth , F. Rothmaier , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , D. Rutledge , B. Ruzybayev , D. Ryckbosch , H. -G. Sander , M. Santander , S. Sarkar , K. Schatto , T. Schmidt , A. Schönwald , A. Schukraft , A. Schultes , O. Schulz , M. Schunck , D. Seckel , B. Semburg , S. H. Seo , Y. Sestayo , S. Seunarine , A. Silvestri , A. Slipak , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , G. Stephens , T. Stezelberger , R. G. Stokstad , A. Stössl , S. Stoyanov , E. A. Strahler , T. Straszheim , M. Stür , G. W. Sullivan , Q. Swillens , H. Taavola , I. Taboada , A. Tamburro , A. Tepe , S. Ter-Antonyan , S. Tilav , P. A. Toale , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , D. Turčan , N. van Eijndhoven , J. Vandenbroucke , A. Van Overloop , J. van Santen , M. Vehring , M. Voge , C. Walck , T. Waldenmaier , M. Wallraff , M. Walter , Ch. Weaver , C. Wendt , S. Westerhoff , N. Whitehorn , K. Wiebe , C. H. Wiebusch , D. R. Williams , R. Wischnewski , H. Wissing , M. Wolf , T. R. Wood , K. Woschnagg , C. Xu , X. W. Xu , G. Yodh , S. Yoshida , P. Zarzhitsky , M. Zoll

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Power Spectra at 98 and 150 GHz

We present the temperature and polarization angular power spectra of the CMB measured by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) from 5400 deg$^2$ of the 2013-2016 survey, which covers $>$15000 deg$^2$ at 98 and 150 GHz. For this analysis we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-18 Steve K. Choi , Matthew Hasselfield , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Brian Koopman , Marius Lungu , Maximilian H. Abitbol , Graeme E. Addison , Peter A. R. Ade , Simone Aiola , David Alonso , Mandana Amiri , Stefania Amodeo , Elio Angile , Jason E. Austermann , Taylor Baildon , Nick Battaglia , James A. Beall , Rachel Bean , Daniel T. Becker , J Richard Bond , Sarah Marie Bruno , Erminia Calabrese , Victoria Calafut , Luis E. Campusano , Felipe Carrero , Grace E. Chesmore , Hsiao-mei Cho , Susan E. Clark , Nicholas F. Cothard , Devin Crichton , Kevin T. Crowley , Omar Darwish , Rahul Datta , Edward V. Denison , Mark J. Devlin , Cody J. Duell , Shannon M. Duff , Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden , Jo Dunkley , Rolando Dünner , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Max Fankhanel , Simone Ferraro , Anna E. Fox , Brittany Fuzia , Patricio A. Gallardo , Vera Gluscevic , Joseph E. Golec , Emily Grace , Megan Gralla , Yilun Guan , Kirsten Hall , Mark Halpern , Dongwon Han , Peter Hargrave , Shawn Henderson , Brandon Hensley , J. Colin Hill , Gene C. Hilton , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hložek , Johannes Hubmayr , Kevin M. Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Leopoldo Infante , Kent Irwin , Rebecca Jackson , Jeff Klein , Kenda Knowles , Arthur Kosowsky , Victoria Lakey , Dale Li , Yaqiong Li , Zack Li , Martine Lokken , Thibaut Louis , Amanda MacInnis , Mathew Madhavacheril , Felipe Maldonado , Maya Mallaby-Kay , Danica Marsden , Loïc Maurin , Jeff McMahon , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Tim Morton , Sigurd Naess , Toshiya Namikawa , Federico Nati , Laura Newburgh , John P. Nibarger , Andrina Nicola , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , John Orlowski-Sherer , Lyman A. Page , Christine G. Pappas , Bruce Partridge , Phumlani Phakathi , Heather Prince , Roberto Puddu , Frank J. Qu , Jesus Rivera , Naomi Robertson , Felipe Rojas , Maria Salatino , Emmanuel Schaan , Alessandro Schillaci , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Neelima Sehgal , Blake D. Sherwin , Carlos Sierra , Jon Sievers , Cristobal Sifon , Precious Sikhosana , Sara Simon , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Jason Stevens , Emilie Storer , Dhaneshwar D. Sunder , Eric R. Switzer , Ben Thorne , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Jesse Treu , Carole Tucker , Leila R. Vale , Alexander Van Engelen , Jeff Van Lanen , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Kasey Wagoner , Yuhan Wang , Jonathan T. Ward , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Fernando Zago , Ningfeng Zhu

Signals of Statistical Anisotropy in WMAP Foreground-Cleaned Maps

Recently a symmetry-based method to test for statistical isotropy of the cosmic microwave background was developed. We apply the method to template-cleaned 3-year and 5-year WMAP-$DA$ maps. We examine a wide range of angular multipoles from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-02 Pramoda Kumar Samal , Rajib Saha , Pankaj Jain , John P. Ralston

Violation of statistical isotropy and homogeneity in the 21-cm power spectrum

Most inflationary models predict primordial perturbations to be statistically isotropic and homogeneous. Cosmic microwave background (CMB) observations, however, indicate a possible departure from statistical isotropy in the form of a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-11 Maresuke Shiraishi , Julian B. Muñoz , Marc Kamionkowski , Alvise Raccanelli

A Constraint on Primordial $B$-Modes from the First Flight of the SPIDER Balloon-Borne Telescope

We present the first linear polarization measurements from the 2015 long-duration balloon flight of SPIDER, an experiment designed to map the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on degree angular scales. Results from these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-25 SPIDER Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , A. S. Bergman , R. Bihary , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. A. Bonetti , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , O. Doré , A. J. Duivenvoorden , H. K. Eriksen , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , A. A. Fraisse , K. Freese , M. Galloway , A. E. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , K. Ganga , R. Gualtieri , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , J. Hartley , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , Z. Huang , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , A. Karakci , C. L. Kuo , Z. D. Kermish , J. S. -Y. Leung , S. Li , D. S. Y. Mak , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , M. Nolta , R. O'Brient , B. Osherson , I. L. Padilla , B. Racine , A. S. Rahlin , C. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , T. M. Ruud , J. A. Shariff , E. C. Shaw , C. Shiu , J. D. Soler , X. Song , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , J. F. van der List , A. C. Weber , I. K. Wehus , S. Wen , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

Millimeter Wavelength Brightness Fluctuations of the Atmosphere Above the South Pole

We report measurements of the millimeter wavelength brightness fluctuations produced by the atmosphere above the South Pole made with the Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver (ACBAR). The data span the 2002 Austral winter during…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. S. Bussmann , W. L. Holzapfel , C. L. Kuo

Probing the primordial Universe from the low-multipole CMB data

Since the temperature fluctuations in cosmic microwave background (CMB) on large-angular scales probe length scales that were super-horizon sized at photon decoupling and hence insensitive to microphysical processes, the low-multipole CMB…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-30 Cheng Cheng , Qing-Guo Huang

Seven-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Sky Maps, Systematic Errors, and Basic Results

(Abridged) New full sky temperature and polarization maps based on seven years of data from WMAP are presented. The new results are consistent with previous results, but have improved due to reduced noise from the additional integration…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 N. Jarosik , C. L. Bennett , J. Dunkley , B. Gold , M. R. Greason , M. Halpern , R. S. Hill , G. Hinshaw , A. Kogut , E. Komatsu , D. Larson , M. Limon , S. S. Meyer , M. R. Nolta , N. Odegard , L. Page , K. M. Smith , D. N. Spergel , G. S. Tucker , J. L. Weiland , E. Wollack , E. L. Wright

Constraints on Modified Gravity from ACT and SPT

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) and the South Pole Telescope (SPT) have recently provided new and precise measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropy damping tail. This region of the CMB angular spectra, thanks to the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-08 Andrea Marchini , Alessandro Melchiorri , Valentina Salvatelli , Luca Pagano

A measurement by BOOMERANG of multiple peaks in the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background

This paper presents a measurement of the angular power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background from l=75 to l=1025 (~10' to 5 degrees) from a combined analysis of four 150 GHz channels in the BOOMERANG experiment. The spectrum contains…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 C. B. Netterfield , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , A. Boscaleri , K. Coble , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , P. de Bernardis , P. Farese , K. Ganga , M. Giacometti , E. Hivon , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , A. E. Lange , L. Martinis , S. Masi , P. Mason , P. D. Mauskopf , A. Melchiorri , T. Montroy , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , D. Pogosyan , F. Pongetti , S. Prunet , G. Romeo , J. E. Ruhl , F. Scaramuzzi

Five-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Data Processing, Sky Maps, and Basic Results

We present new full-sky temperature and polarization maps in five frequency bands from 23 to 94 GHz, based on data from the first five years of the WMAP sky survey. The five-year maps incorporate several improvements in data processing made…

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

Analysis of cosmic microwave background data on an incomplete sky

Measurement of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background is most often based on a spherical harmonic analysis of the observed temperature anisotropies. Even if all-sky maps are obtained, however, it is likely that the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Daniel J. Mortlock , Anthony D. Challinor , Michael P. Hobson

Measurement of the cosmic microwave background bispectrum on the COBE DMR sky maps

We measure the angular bispectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation anisotropy from the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer (DMR) four-year sky maps. The angular bispectrum is the harmonic transform of the three-point…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Eiichiro Komatsu , Benjamin D. Wandelt , David N. Spergel , Anthony J. Banday , Krzysztof M. Gorski

Effects of Foreground Contamination on the Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Measured by MAP

We study the effects of diffuse Galactic, far-infrared extragalactic source, and radio point source emission on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy data anticipated from the MAP experiment. We focus on the correlation function…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-10 Chan-Gyung Park , Changbom Park , Bharat Ratra

Power spectrum of the polarized diffuse Galactic radio emission

We have analyzed the available polarization surveys of the Galactic emission to estimate to what extent it may be a serious hindrance to forthcoming experiments aimed at detecting the polarized component of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. Baccigalupi , C. Burigana , F. Perrotta , G. De Zotti , L. La Porta , D. Maino , M. Maris , R. Paladini

Large Scale Cosmic Ray Anisotropy With IceCube

We report on a study of the anisotropy in the arrival direction of cosmic rays with a median energy per Cosmic Ray (CR) particle of ~ 14 TeV using data from the IceCube detector. IceCube is a neutrino observatory at the geographical South…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Rasha Abbasi , Paolo Desiati

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