Non-Gaussian signatures in the five-year WMAP data as identified with isotropic scaling indices
@article{Rossmanith2009NonGaussianSI, title={Non-Gaussian signatures in the five-year WMAP data as identified with isotropic scaling indices}, author={Gregor Johannes Rossmanith and Christoph W. Raeth and Anthony J. Banday and Gregor Eugen Morfill}, journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society}, year={2009}, volume={399}, pages={1921-1933} }
We continue the analysis of non-Gaussianities in the cosmic microwave background by means of the scaling index method by applying this method on the single Q, V, W bands and the co-added VW band of the five-year data of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe. We compare each of the results with 1000 Monte Carlo simulations mimicking the Gaussian properties of the best fitting A cold dark matter model. Based on the scaling indices, scale-dependent empirical probability distributions, moments…
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